About 60 people stood around "the Y" once again to share their frustration with President Donald Trump and his administration. Attendance has varied, but organizers say they want to keep going.

The school system's financial situation is only getting more dire, as politicians in Juneau scramble to figure out how to increase funding for schools. It’s submitting a draft budget to local government for approval this week.

Kodiak’s St. Herman Harbor is in dire need of replacement. City officials took Alaska’s senior senator to tour its waterfront infrastructure on a recent stop to the island.

“We have the potential for a Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization in this Congress. That is something that has come up," Rep. Nick Begich III told a packed room of ComFish attendees at Kodiak's Best Western Inn on April 16.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE, arrested a Philippine national in Kodiak this week, according to a post on X on April 16. The arrest comes as the Trump administration has ramped up deportation activities.

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan as well as Rep. Nick Begich III all gave speeches at ComFish, Kodiak's annual commercial fishing trade show. The three-day event kicked off on April 15.

The movement targets Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, protesting the federal government's sweeping budget cuts. More than 1,300 protests were held across the country, with several in Alaska including Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage, Bethel, and Nome.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is another victim of the Trump administration’s executive order cuts on March 15. The service provided Kodiak nonprofits hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years.

Work has already begun on demolishing the units down to the frames and studs, with plans to put on temporary roofing and wrapping them in vapor barrier that has a warranty of about six months, but what the properties will be used for after abatement is done is still undecided.

The latest wave includes firing some NOAA employees at the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center. Staff could not confirm how many people were affected in the state, nor what positions were cut.