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The COVID-19 outbreak at the Kodiak Coast Guard base has been contained through aggressive contact tracing. That was the message from commanders at Thursday’s virtual town hall meeting for Coast Guard service members and their families, despite an outbreak of more than a dozen cases, with more expected. Capt. Riley Gatewood, Capt. Bryan Dailey and Capt. Edward Hernaez answered questions …

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A second case of coronavirus exposure in Kodiak schools  was reported on Thursday. The Kodiak Island Borough School District announced that it would close North Star Elementary School for 24 hours for deep cleaning and disinfection. Due to a teacher in-service scheduled for next week, North Star will not re-open until Thursday October,15. In a notice sent to parents, the …

The Coast Guard is holding a virtual town hall meeting for its Kodiak service members and families at five o’clock tonight. The Thursday meeting will give them an opportunity to ask questions about the COVID-19 outbreak, which so far involves at least 13 service members and dependents. The town hall will be streamed live on Facebook. The commander of the …

Three more COVID-19 cases were reported in the Kodiak region Thursday morning, which brings the total number reported since April to 93. The Kodiak Area Emergency Services Organization says 17 of those cases are currently active locally. One of the cases involves a resident who was a close contact of previously reported cases. The second is classified a community spread case. …

There will be two new members on the Borough Assembly soon. That’s according to the unofficial election results released Wednesday morning. Geoff Smith and Aimee Williams will likely join incumbent Julie Kavanaugh on the Assembly after the election is ratified later this month. Incumbent Rebecca Skinner was not re-elected to her seat. And the mandate was overwhelming. The top-three vote-getters—Kavanaugh, …

As of midnight Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, only early voting ballots for Tuesday’s municipal election had been reported by the Kodiak Island Borough. The only contested seats among the city council, school board, and area service boards were three seats on the Kodiak Island Borough, two of them currently held by incumbents Julie Kavanaugh and Rebecca Skinner. But as of late …

The coronavirus outbreak at the Kodiak Coast Guard base continues to spread, and the problem is likely to get worse over the next few weeks. Since an air station member tested positive for the virus a week ago, hundreds of service members have been screened. Capt. Edward Hernaez, commander of the Kodiak Coast Guard base. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast …