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On today’s edition of The Lowdown, we talk to Bal Dreyfus, Vice President of Matson Alaska to discuss shipping of goods to the island during the pandemic. We’ll also check back in with Mike Murray, manager at Safeway, about new measures to keep employees and shoppers safe, and how stocking the store is going.

Safeway is struggling to keep up with the demands of coronavirus panic buying. Mike Murray, manager of Kodiak Safeway said shelves are regularly running low — not because there aren’t enough food or supplies coming in, but because people are buying at a significantly higher rate. “It was right down to the paper aisle, to the sanitation wipes, to the …

Wells Fargo’s branch on Mill Bay Rd. is closing later this summer. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Wells Fargo location in the City of Kodiak on Mill Bay Rd, near Safeway, is closing. A letter was recently sent to customers of the branch informing them that operations will officially cease at noon on August 15th. There are currently …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Weather has gotten in the way of some of the food importation to the island, but Kodiak Safeway store manager Mike Murray says staff will work around it. Usually Safeway receives food shipments on Mondays and Wednesdays, and unloads one extra container of perishables on Fridays. This coming Monday, Murray says the barge will skip the island due …