Public Safety

The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center (EOC) issued a Flood Warning for Kodiak this morning. The EOC announced on Facebook: “Due to heavy rainfall, there is increased potential for landslides in the Kodiak area. The City & Borough are advising residents to stay vigilant in observing damage or dangerous slide activity and to report hazards to the Kodiak Police Department. City …

Construction can now begin on Kodiak’s new fire station after the City Council approved a contract with Osborne Construction Company on Thursday night, April 11. The company, which has offices in Alaska and Washington state, is slated to break ground on the project on Mill Bay Road as soon as the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed. Osborne …

Kodiak’s fire departments jointly responded to a structure fire Saturday evening, which required monitoring into Sunday morning. No injuries or fatalities were reported and the cause of the blaze is under investigation. Fire Protection Area No. 1, also known as the Bayside Volunteer Fire Department, received a report of a fire at 3266 View Crest Lane – in the vicinity …

Persistent outages of weather observation stations across Alaska have caused problems for rural communities, aviators and climatologists for years. Now the Alaska State Legislature is hoping to spur the federal government to do something about it. SJR20, a joint resolution currently working through the Alaska State Legislature would urge the U.S. Congress to address Automated Weather Observing System, called AWOS, …

There’s a new partnership to monitor Kodiak Island beaches for harmful algal blooms, which spread marine toxins like Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. Academic, federal, and tribal entities are working to better understand which waters are most susceptible to the toxins.   The project’s partners held a presentation about what they hope to find on Near Island in a building owned by …

A fire broke out aboard a tugboat called the Brian T. Wednesday afternoon as it was transiting near one of the piers in Kodiak’s boat harbor. Frank Dorner is the fire chief for the City of Kodiak Fire Department, one of the responding agencies on scene yesterday. “About 12:50 p.m. yesterday afternoon, we were toned out for a vessel at …

The Kodiak Police Department says reports of a firearm at Kodiak High School Feb. 15 were found to be not credible. KMXT’s Brian Venua reports officers responded to an alleged threat at the school Thursday morning. This is the latest report in an increasing trend of threats to schools across the country, February 15, 2024. (Brian Venua/KMXT) KPD Public Information …

UPDATED: Feb. 14, 2024 Starting tomorrow GCI cell phone users in Womens Bay, just outside Kodiak city limits, will temporarily be without coverage while a local cell tower is upgraded. A text message from the company sent out over the weekend said that services including calls, text messages and mobile data will be unavailable through Thursday night at 6 p.m. …

Updated Feb. 13, 2024 Kodiak’s City Council approved a land lease agreement on Mill Bay Road for the city of Kodiak’s new fire station. Specifically, .18 acres of land located at 1248 and 1250 Mill Bay Road that is owned by SondaCo LLC. The roughly two-year lease will cost the city $2,000 per month starting in April and extending through …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin takes a deeper dive into juvenile justice with guests Rebecca Luther, Division of Juvenile Justice; Darlene Turner, Executive Director of Kodiak Teen Court; Payton Callahan, Vice President and attorney for Kodiak Teen Court; and Maddox Diemer, attorney and board member with Kodiak Teen Court. Listen here: