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Brian Venua/KMXTUp to 27,783 cruise ship passengers are scheduled to visit the island community this year — the busiest season in years if not ever. Discover Kodiak's executive director, Brock Simmons, says it's a good test to see if more tourism is good for Kodiak. -
Brian Venua/KMXTIt's the latest cancellations of the year for the aging boat. The oldest ferry in the Alaska Marine Highway System and is showing its age — it had to be brought to a shipyard in Seward for repairs. Kodiak ferry terminal staff also warned there may be additional cancellations later.
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April 20, 2021 by Claire Stremple, KTOO Alaska will join Florida in a federal lawsuit challenging the current cruise ship regulations in the U.S. The lawsuit says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is overstepping its authority with the Conditional Sailing Order, which imposes strict COVID-19 safety precautions on the cruise industry. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office released … -
CrabFest 2021 is proceeding as planned this upcoming year, and the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce is calling for submissions for the design of its poster and logo. “A huge part of it is just the social aspect of it too, for town. Like we do have a lot of tourists and it’s exciting,” said Sarah … -
Kodiak can look forward to the return of cruise ships in 2021. While the recently published schedule is still extremely tentative in the context of the global pandemic, cruise ships may reach the dock of Kodiak as early as May 1st this upcoming year. Many small businesses downtown and around the island benefit from the … -
It was a summer the Olds River Inn hopes never to repeat. Like many Kodiak businesses, the coronavirus pandemic took a big bite out of its customer base. Tourists stayed home. The Coast Guard barred its members from Kodiak eating and drinking establishments. And while locals helped the inn stay afloat, the 40-minute drive … -
It happens. You get in the grocery line with just a few items, and the couple in front of you has a great, big, cart load – so, you settle in to wait. Then suddenly, the groceries go flying out of the bags, and the clerk is swiping codes again, to deduct items. The man … -
FERRY UPDATE 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2020 The M/V Kennicott is due to arrive from Whittier at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. It is scheduled to depart for Whittier at 9:30 p.m. The M/V Tustumena is set to arrive at 10:45 a.m. on Friday and leave at 5 p.m. The Tusty will be coming and going … -
Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: Cruise season canceled COVID-19 required tests for travel COVID-19 case surge in Dillingham seafood workers AFN convention changes Salmon market difficulties Renaming military bases plus, Alaska Fish Radio, updates from Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game,and the weather … -
If it were baseball, you’d call the cruise ship season a “shut out.” As of yesterday, there was hope that in the final inning of the cruise ship season, Kodiak would see one cruise ship arrive – the Silver Muse on September 11. But Kodiak’s port agent, Nick Szabo, says he received word Tuesday from … -
UPDATE: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 4:45 p.m. KMXT has received word that the sole ship expected late this season has cancelled. More information to follow. The Covid-19 threat has made it a quiet summer along the Kodiak waterfront – and when it comes to cruise ships, it’ll stay that way. Aimee Williams, director for Discover … -
Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, program updates and local stories on: University of Alaska plans to merge Kodiak College and other campuses with UAS, and another plan to merge UAS with UAA new COVID-19 cases Canada’s ban on cruise ships until October Parks and Recreation opening facilities this weekend …
