The Shelikof Lodge which featured the Island Room, was established less than two years after the devastating 1964 earthquake and tsunami. When the Kodiak hotel first opened its doors, Ardingers was a House of Music, Sid and Martin Urie had just opened a new bar called Solly’s, and it was the heyday of the King Crab fishery in Kodiak.
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Weekly Wrap
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about a nearly two-day power outage in Chiniak, an update on the bear issues at the Kodiak landfill, the longtime owner of the 60-year-old Shelikof Lodge is selling, a Kodiak man originally from the Philippines had his toe amputated while in ICE custody, and KRBD in Ketchikan tells us about the upcoming first tribally-led addiction healing center in the state.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's show with host Davis Hovey, we catch up with the Kodiak Community Foundation about how their year has been for the Alaska Community Foundation affiliate and which Kodiak nonprofits they helped locally in 2025.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Merry Christmas!In this retro show we listen back at Theo Greenly's report for KUAC and the Alaska Desk on chum salmon bycatch in Bering Sea pollock, Desiree Hagen's report on sheefish for KOTZ, and Ben Townsend's visit to Salmon Lake for KNOM.
Alaska News
- What some Alaska lawmakers want out of next year's legislative session
- 'We’re really breaking new ground': Hybrid fishing boat prepares for maiden voyage in Sitka
- Haines writer nabs Rasmuson award for book about hope amid environmental collapse
- Alaska Air Cargo delays could mean later Christmas packages for many rural communities
- Alaska Gov. Dunleavy says he'll propose a property tax break for planned gas pipeline
- Alaska federal employee unions want their rights back. The U.S. House passed a bill to do that.
- You've got mail, Alaskans, and it rankles
- Alaska studies building a ferry terminal at Hyder to connect to the road system
- Report details threats from a warming Arctic: ‘These changes cascade directly into people’s lives’
- Alaska Senate Republicans pick Tok Sen. Mike Cronk as new minority leader
NPR National News
- Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an 'alternative Christmas message' for Britain
- President Trump announces strike on ISIS targets in Nigeria
- The real ping pong champion — and hustler — who inspired 'Marty Supreme'
- DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
- A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot
- Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote
- 30 years ago, 'Waiting to Exhale' was the blockbuster Hollywood didn't anticipate
- In the snow, these salamanders get supercool
- Timothée Chalamet, a Neil Diamond tribute band and more in theaters for Christmas
- When porch pirates steal medicine instead of holiday gifts