| Newspapers | Kodiak has one local newspaper, the Kodiak Daily Mirror. The Anchorage Daily News is also widely read. |
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| Local Media | Kodiak Public Television is Ch. 9 Several radio stations are also broadcast from Kenai. |
| Communications Infrastructure (describe VHF, CB, UHF, SSB, cellular, telephone) | GCI and ACS provide in-state phone service; AT&T Alascom & GCI provide long-distance telephone service. Internet service can be obtained through several providers, mainly ACS and GCI. cell phone coverage limited to urban area, VHF, UHF, SSB radios in community, local HAM radio network. |
| Telephone Dependent on Electricity? | yes, but limited battery back-up exists |
| Primary Means of Communication with Outside Communities if Phone Service is Down | VHF and UHF radio, limited cell phone; City of Kodiak has several satellite phones. |
| Drinking Water Source | Monasha Creek Reservoir is the primary water source, with Pillar Creek serving as a backup source. Water is stored in Upper Reservoir and distributed by pipe throughout the area. |
| Water Treatment and Storage | The City operates the Water System. Water is not filtered; it is chlorinated. |
| Sewage/ Septic | Piped sewage is processed in a treatment plant with many sewage lift stations. All homeswithin City limits are fully plumbed into this piped system. |
| Trash Collection | The Borough operates a Landfill and contracts for refuse collection. It is a Class 1 landfill. |
| Landfill/ Dump | 6 miles north of the City at Monashka Bay |
| Electric Utility | Terror Lake Hydroelectric Facilityis owned by Four Dam Pool, and operated by Kodiak Electric Assn. KEA also operates a Coast Guard-owned plant, and three additional diesel-powered plants at Swampy Acres, Kodiak, and Port Lions. |
| Backup Power Generation | Diesel-powered plants; generators at various critical buildings, schools, hospital, etc. |
