According to an emailed statement from the Kodiak Fire Department, the odor of ammonia was strongest around 517 Shelikof Street, where the Silver Bay Seafoods plant is located.

KPD officers practiced entering stressful and potentially dangerous situations like responding to armed suspects on July 19. The department held its training at Kodiak Middle School.

Dock users at Kodiak’s biggest boat harbor, St. Herman Harbor, are being urged to keep an eye out for eagles in the area, as several attacks have been reported in the last week.

Many Kodiak residents may have heard wailing sirens on the evening of July 3 into the early morning of July Fourth, as emergency responders were called to three separate ATV accidents.

The pyrotechnic store has been open for over 40 years, however a fire sent explosions shooting from the building last month. In lieu of a storefront, the business is taking pre-orders by phone.

The fire was reported early morning on June 12 and was out in about an hour. No injuries were reported and the structure is still standing.

A Good Samaritan vessel was in the area about 20 miles southwest of Kodiak Island and picked up four crew. The Alaska Air National Guard then transported the hypothermic mariner to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage.

The Bayside Fire Department responded to a reported blaze at 353 Benny Benson Drive Unit #3, near Spruce Cape Road, around 1 a.m. on Sunday morning, May 26.

Police Chief Tim Putney told KMXT in January, this will be the first time in decades, since the 1980s, the department has not been able to maintain overnight patrols throughout the whole week.

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 …