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Sept. 3 marks the beginning of the Mill Bay Road rebuild project which will be completed in coordination with Brechan Construction and the City of Kodiak Public Works Department.
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Many people waiting to get into Emerald Heights are currently living in single family homes around town and some say giving senior residents a way to downsize will create more housing options for other families.
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Kodiak State Parks, under the state Department of Natural Resources, was able to hire more employees for the summer season. That’s despite staffing gaps and high turnover in the last year.
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A new television series about Alaska premiered on July 11. It's focused on big brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve with narration from a well-known New Zealand comedian and actor.
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Based on a recent rental market survey from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the median rent in Kodiak this year is $1,450. That’s 20.83% higher than last year’s average rent.
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On June 13 the Kodiak City Council committed to sell city-owned lots where at least ten homes could be built, in order to support RurAL CAP’s mutual self-help housing program.
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Old Harbor is a village on the southeastern end of Kodiak Island. KMXT Photojournalist Brian Venua visited for a day to learn about the community.
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The chair of Friends of Kodiak State Parks said the bookings this summer have been almost nonstop at the Pasersaq or Pasagshak cabin. Now the nonprofit is raising money to build a second cabin.
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Currently Island Trails Network is in the process of applying for a federal grant to help pay for the trail. But the nonprofit needs matching funds from the Kodiak City Council in order to do so.
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The City of Kodiak contributes $108,000 annually to Discover Kodiak for tourism, and has done so for the past decade. But money from local tourism is growing, and Discover Kodiak, which is the local visitor’s bureau, could be receiving significantly more money from the city.
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“So as we look to increase that investment in our region, time and time again we hit one roadblock, and that’s that there is not enough housing,” Koniag's president Shauna Hegna explained. “There is not enough housing in Kodiak city, and some of our villages also have a lack of housing.”
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The village of Old Harbor, on the southeast side of Kodiak Island, is one step closer to building a hydroelectric facility that would power the entire community of roughly 200 people. The rural energy project is getting a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help fund construction. Last month on Feb. …