Crashed Wag-Aero 2+2 piloted by Derek Leichliter. Federal investigators are heading to Kodiak after a small plane crashed Sunday afternoon shortly after takeoff. Authorities have released few details on the 2 p.m. crash except to confirm that a 39-year-old Soldotna man piloting the plane was killed, a few hundred yards from the runway near Kodiak’s …

The City of Kodiak decided this week where to build their new fire station. They settled on a lot at 1240 Mill Bay Road, which the city purchased a few months ago. 1240 Mill Bay road will be the location of the new fire station. According to Fire Chief Jim Mullican, the location will work. …

January 19, 2021 by Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media The Robert B. Atwood building and neighbors in downtown Anchorage. (Alaska Public Media staff photo) Several state buildings in Juneau and Anchorage are closed out of an “abundance of caution” due to fears about pre-inauguration violence. The closures were announced in an internal memo from Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s chief of …

The weekly Kodiak tsunami warning drill will take place this Wednesday, September 30 at 2:00 p.m. like it usually does. But with one difference. Some neighborhoods will get to hear a test of the new siren. Here’s what the new tsunami warning siren will sound like. The Kodiak Police Department says the drill will begin …

Listen to the story here: This tsunami siren behind the post office has been there for decades. Kodiak has heard the wail of sirens every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. for decades. They sound like something out of an old, World War II movie – a weekly test of a warning system to signal households in …