Kayla Desroches

Baranov Museum Film Intensive Makes Final Fifty in National Awards Program

Students during the 2014 film intensive speak to Toby Sullivan, executive director of the Kodiak Maritime Museum. Courtesy of the Baranov Museum Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Baranov Museum runs a film workshop for students which recently made it into the running for a national awards program. The National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Awards recognize extracurricular programs that encourage youth, and …

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Jackson Mobile Home Park: Jean Barber

Jean Barber. Courtesy of Jean Barber Kayla Desroches/KMXT A mobile home park closure on May 1 means that people have been scrambling to find alternative spots for their homes or businesses, other housing arrangements, or are even considering moving out-of-state. This week we share the experiences of several displaced home and business owners of Jackson Mobile Home Park. Not all …

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Jackson Mobile Home Park: Rick Nugent

Rick Nugent. Courtesy of Rick Nugent Kayla Desroches/KMXT The closure of Jackson Mobile Home Park on May 1 means that people have been scrambling to find alternative spots for their homes or businesses, other housing arrangements, or are even considering moving out-of-state. This week we share the experiences of several displaced home and business owners of Jackson Mobile Home Park. …

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Jackson Mobile Home Park Profiles: Shawn Dochtermann

Shawn Dochtermann strikes a serious face. Courtesy of Shawn Dochtermann Kayla Desroches/KMXT The closure of Jackson Mobile Home Park on May 1 means that people have been scrambling to find alternative spots for their homes or businesses, other housing arrangements, or are even considering moving out-of-state. This week we share the experiences of several displaced home and business owners of …

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Jackson Mobile Home Park Profiles: Cheryl Nugent

Cheryl Nugent self portrait. Courtesy of Cheryl Nugent Kayla Desroches/KMXT The closure of Jackson Mobile Home Park on May 1 means that people have been scrambling to find alternative spots for their homes or businesses, other housing arrangements, or are even considering moving out-of-state. This week we share the experiences of several displaced home and business owners of Jackson Mobile …

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Whales Pass Through Kodiak Waters

A baleen whale breaches. Michael Dawes/flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT Now is a prime time to find a spot by the ocean and hunker down with a pair of binoculars, because there’s a good chance you could spot a grey whale. Cindy Bower is leading a whale-watching trip Saturday as part of the Audubon Society and says it’s no coincidence that the …

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Jackson Mobile Home Park Profiles: Darius Kasprzak

Kasprzak – in blue, far left – competes in ComFish Fisherman’s Contest. Here he ties a selection of knots. Kayla Desroches/KMXT The closure of Jackson Mobile Home Park on May 1 means that people have been scrambling to find alternative spots for their homes or businesses, other housing arrangements, or are even considering moving out-of-state. This week we share the …

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Two Authors Talk Camels and Islands at Kodiak Public Library

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Two writers will do an author meet and greet at the Kodiak Public Library tonight. Abigail Calkin is the author of eight books, including one about a Coast Guard rescue from the 1980s, and is publicizing a personal account she published with Familius last year called “The Soul of My Soldier.” It’s about her experience as the wife …

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At ComFish Forum, Talk on Fishing Access and the Right to Fish

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A series of talks during ComFish titled “Right to Fish: Challenges and Opportunities in Alaska Fishing Access” inspired one speaker to dedicate part of his presentation to the inequality within catch share programs. Duncan Fields, who sits on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, elaborated on the tie between access and the right to fish. “When we talk …

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