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Alaska DOT identifies $350m low bid for Tustumena replacement
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (400+ words) The Alaska Department of Transportation has identified a low bidder for the Tustumena ferry's replacement. According to a department press release published June 30, the bidder is Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L. L. C. a shipbuilder based in Louisiana. The company's bid was $349, 996, 251. State Rep....
NOAA hydrographic surveys are underway around Kodiak
3+ week, 1+ day ago (501+ words) Summer survey season is underway, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is studying the bottom of the ocean around Kodiak. The organization said it's aiming to make the waters around the archipelago safer. Every year, NOAA picks locations around…...
Colder May in Kodiak features hail and a record low daily temperature
4+ week, 1+ day ago (239+ words) Much of Southcentral Alaska has experienced a colder than average spring, with the month of May featuring record cold temperatures in several areas of the state, including Kodiak. According to climatologist Rick Thoman, with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment…...
Marine heatwave could combine with El Ni'o in Alaska this summer
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (412+ words) Marine heatwaves can wreak all sorts of havoc in Alaska: last year, a marine heatwave in the North Pacific ocean fueled Typhoon Halong, which devastated Alaskan communities. This summer there could be an extra hiccup: a strong El Ni'o event…...
Kodiak hatchery will be first in Alaska to rehabilitate wild Chinook
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (743+ words) Hatcheries in Alaska are usually in the business of providing stable fish harvests for commercial, sport, and subsistence fishers alike. But a hatchery in Kodiak is about to embark on a new venture: the rehabilitation of a crashing Chinook salmon…...
State of Alaska to update decades-old ranger station in Kodiak
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (308+ words) Wendy Sailors, the public information officer for the state Division of Parks and Recreation under the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, said that the station was initially a manufactured home built before the 1960s and got put up in its final…...
Snow in Kodiak exceeded snow dump capacity this winter with more than 50 inches of snowfall
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (520+ words) Kodiak is having its snowiest winter in 15 years. With all that white stuff piling up, crews have had to turn to unconventional snow dumps. On a snowy day in February, crews from the City of Kodiak, the Kodiak Island Borough…...