KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska – We had walked just 100 yards on our first outing on Kodiak Island and there they were: a trail of footprints, each as big as a basketball. "It looks like an elephant has been ...

Salmon sharks appear to be turning up in Kodiak fishermen’s nets and washing up on public beaches around Kodiak Island in greater frequency this summer. But there isn’t enough data to determine if the ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System has announced that the ferry Tustumena will be delayed coming out of its annual maintenance overhaul. Last week's update means the Tustumena's earliest sailing to ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This list includes Kodiak fishing vessels that have disappeared during the past two centuries. Many of the non-Kodiak ships that capsized near Kodiak Island had deckhands who were ...

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard and the crew of a good Samaritan vessel rescued four people from a fishing boat that capsized off Kodiak Island on Sunday. Watchstanders with the Anchorage Coast Guard ...