Three Sisters Coffee has opened a location with seating along the Kodiak channel, adding to its existing drive-through-only location in town.
Migrating birds have returned to Alaska, and so has the highly pathogenic avian influenza that began to sweep through global bird populations in 2020.
A random collection of what there is to do in Kodiak. Send your ideas and information to Publisher Kevin Bumgarner via email at kevin@kodiakdailymirror.com
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A forum scheduled for June 17 is designed to help residents know how to live safely around Kodiak bears.
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Katie Oliver has announced that she will be leaving her leadership role at the Kodiak Arts Council and may not run for re-election on the Board of Education, but she is not leaving behind non-profits or education.
Kodiak is an amazing place to live. We have access to the ocean and her abundance that is the envy of people around the world. But the world’s problems are starting to encroach upon us. One way is with the marine debris problem, and another way is by the habits we participate in as consumers.
Kodiak’s salmon fishery gets underway on Friday with openers for returning sockeyes at rivers and streams around the island.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly has unanimously approved an offer for Scott Ellis to be the new chief for the Bayside Volunteer Fire Department.
Three Kodiak High School students are helping pave the way to grow the trades by graduating through the school’s career and technical education program after working extensively to gain certifications and credentials.
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Bob Feiereisen was celebrating his birthday in Point Mugu, Calif., on March 27, 1964, the day most people in Kodiak know as the Good Friday Earthquake. The next day, he was in Kodiak trying to help restore electricity.
A Fairbanks chef is representing Alaska in the high-stakes world of reality TV cooking shows.
Several vessels were unable to be accessed or receive power while a portion of G Float in St. Herman Harbor sank below the water last weekend.
Over the years I have probably worked with 50 fishery observers. Many fisheries require at least partial observer coverage, so every once in a while we went to sea with a scientist.
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Outdoor Kodiak LLC, operator of Kodiak’s only sanctioned paintball field, opened for play for the first time last Saturday.
In a recent paper, scientists wrote that a small population of polar bears living off Greenland and Arctic Canada increased by 1.6 times when they compared the numbers from the 1990s to 2013 and 2014. They concluded that lighter sea ice might have benefitted the animals.
The Kodiak City Council has approved several changes to the structure of the Port and Harbors Advisory Board.
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Ryan Sharratt was appointed to the vacant Kodiak Island Borough Assembly seat during last Thursday’s regular session.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected Alaska as its next area to define Aquaculture Opportunity Areas for mariculture in state waters.
Most schools take field trips and do special things as the school year draws to a close. Kodiak’s Peterson Elementary School did something not a lot of elementary schools would attempt.
In a separate lawsuit, Darren Byler is suing the United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard agent Aaron Woods, Coast Guard Agent Timothy Jans, and Lt. Sarah Lovette for $10 million.
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Darren Byler, after years of seeking media attention and posting on social media about how he felt ill treated by the city of Kodiak, recently raised the stakes in his ongoing feud.
Kodiak City Jail corrections officer Fredrick Fangonilo has pleaded not guilty in a preliminary hearing to a felony charge of sexual assault in the third degree for acts that allegedly took place with a woman being held in the jail.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is going to introduce an amended ordinance containing the breakdown of fiscal year 2024’s $40.15 million proposed budget at tonight’s meeting.
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By his own admission, Shawn Olsen has been a con, an addict and an alcoholic.
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Last weekend, when President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced they had reached a preliminary agreement on how much money the U.S. government could borrow, Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola was in Kodiak meeting with constituents and enjoying Crab Fest.
Heather Preece still remembers the moment Kodiak Kindness Project was borne.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly interviewed four community members for the vacant seat of Borough Assembly member during last Thursday’s Work Session.
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Kodiak resident Daniel Rich walked the spit three times Friday, and it wasn’t for exercise. He was looking for KDM’s Crab Fest Token.
A total of 26 senators, including Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska republican serving as vice chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, is reintroducing a bill that “seeks healing for stolen Native children and their communities.”
Today’s calendar highlights Crab Fest activities. Next week’s ARTS, BEATS & FEATS will be back to normal. Send information about your upcoming event to Publisher Kevin Bumgarner via email at kevin@kodiakdailymirror.com
As soon as June 1, Alaskans may go without Social Security checks, food-stamp payments and even their basic paychecks unless members of Congress agree to raise the nation’s debt ceiling.
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Main Elementary’s Parent Teacher Organization organized a book giveaway Thursday for the school’s students, one day ahead of the final day of class.
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The Kodiak City Council will be voting on potential changes to the Port and Harbors Advisory Board at tonight’s meeting.
Annika Woods, 26, has begun campaigning for a soon-to-be-open seat on the Kodiak City Council.
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The Kodiak High School welding class was commissioned by Kodiak’s Port and Harbors to build two industrial harbor carts. Harbormaster Dave Johnson and Deputy Harbormaster Monte Anderson recently came to the school to thank the students and pick up the carts.
Come rain or shine, you’re less than 24 hours away from the start of the 65th annual Kodiak Crab Festival, and with it the second-annual Kodiak Daily Mirror Crab Fest Token Search.
The city of Kodiak is budgeting more than $59 million for its capital projects in the upcoming Fiscal Year.
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Chris Paulson has been named Kodiak’s new resident port agent for the Alaska Maritime Agencies, a company contracted to assist cruise ships with their visits to Kodiak.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly has unanimously appointed two members to the Borough Parks and Recreation Committee.
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The recently approved Alaska state budget for Fiscal Year 2024 includes one-time additional education funding of $175 million.
Jensen Yorba Wall Architects in Juneau has been awarded a $293,000 contract to identify the facilities needed to meet future health care needs in Kodiak.
The Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission wants to clarify housing codes to allow for the addition of affordable housing options.
Kodiak’s remote villages are close-knit communities, and Akhiok is no exception. At the local school, which has about 15 students and two teachers, pupils share every connection.
A random collection of what there is to do in Kodiak. Send your ideas and information to Publisher Kevin Bumgarner via email at kevin@kodiakdailymirror.com
The Alaska Senate passed what lawmakers described as the largest one-time education funding increase in state history on Wednesday night. It will cost the state roughly $175 million in a $6.1 billion budget.
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Rain or shine, the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics will start at 10 a.m. Saturday, with participants meeting in the high school parking lot.
The state of Alaska filed criminal misdemeanor charges last Friday against a vessel operator for illegal trawling.
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Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center is requesting that the Kodiak Island Borough adopt a different method for approving hospital capital requests going forward.
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The Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education hired 13 educators to fill many of the vacant teaching positions in the school district, including four educators from the Philippines.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is considering the creation of a staff position that would oversee the potential sale or lease of unused borough properties in an effort to spawn more housing opportunities.
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