Kodiak is the second-largest island in the U.S. (it’s part of the much larger Kodiak Archipelago), more than 100 miles long and nearly 70 miles wide. If you were to hike its length, it would ...

Kodiak Island covers about 3,600 square miles and is the second largest island (to Hawaii) in the U.S. It's mountainous and heavily forested in the north and east but fairly treeless in the south.

Flights to and from Kodiak were canceled after an Alaska Airlines plane hit more than one deer on the runway while landing.

Two-thirds of Kodiak Island has been set aside as the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, but the Alutiiq people own 120,000 acres inside it - their ancestral homeland - as the result of the ...

Port Lions, on the North End of Kodiak Island, is home to a school, a library and a few lodges. It’s also home to Judith Clayton, who owns a bed-and-breakfast and has a background in education.

Peggy Azuyak, principal for all five rural schools on Kodiak Island, said it’s a challenge to compensate for geographic limitations and a small staff. “You have to get creative,” Azuyak said.