Kayla Desroches/KMXT Next week brings us another year of ComFish Alaska – a commercial fishery trade show that provides Kodiak with a room full of vendors, several political updates, and a series of talks, among other things. Julie Bonney is the vice president of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce Board and sits on what they call the “Fish Committee,” a …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT March is Women’s History Month, and one Kodiak nonprofit will hold an event this week that will also encourage discussion about women’s present. Soroptimist International of Kodiak is the early 20th-Century’s answer to the Rotary Club back when women were not allowed to join the group, and it focuses on improving the lives of women. Lindsey Howell, President …

Sven Haakanson. Courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation Kayla Desroches/KMXT The former executive director of the Alutiiq Museum and a prominent member of Kodiak’s Alutiiq culture revival scene, Sven Haakanson, recently returned to town for a brief stay. Haaksanson is a 2007 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, has studied the lives of reindeer herders in Siberia, and is now Curator of Native American …

Water kefir during the creation process. William Olson /Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT At the upcoming installment of the Kodiak Public Library’s Kitchen Gardeners series, high school teacher Angelica Brown will introduce participants to a fizzy, fruity, watery drink that might be a viable homemade substitute for soda. It’s called “water kefir” and, to hear Brown explain it, it’s not as exotic …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with a ComFish 2016 organizer, Julie Bonney, and two speakers who will give talks at ComFish about cannery history. The Kodiak Maritime Museum’s Toby Sullivan speaks about the murders of two cannery union workers and how they affected legislation about worker rights, and the Baranov Museum’s Anjuli Grantham gives an …

The quiver and arrow. Courtesy of the Alutiiq Museum Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum recently acquired a quiver that is a rare example of Alutiiq craftsmanship and also leads to a host of questions about its origins. Sven Haakanson is Curator of Native American Anthropology at the Burke Museum and recently passed the quiver – and the arrow that comes …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly passed a resolution last night to establish a marijuana task force which will advise the assembly on whether or not to allow commercialization of marijuana in the borough. That would apply only to the unincorporated areas which comprise the borough and not to the villages or city. The resolution proposes that the task …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly went into executive session at its regular meeting last night (March 18) to choose one of the two finalists for the borough manager position. The two applicants were Yakutat-based Jon Erickson and Michael Powers, from California. The assembly returned from its private meeting and made a motion to negotiate with Michael Powers. Assemblyman …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A lecture yesterday as part of the Baranov Museum’s History Speaks series detailed the string of events that connects the murder of two cannery workers and legislation about worker rights. Toby Sullivan, the executive director of the Kodiak Maritime Museum, gave the presentation. In a preview of the event with KMXT, he said the two men who were …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council met in a joint work session last night and marijuana was the first item they discussed. City Mayor Pat Branson said the city had scheduled its attorney, Holly Wells, to fly into Kodiak to speak to the council about marijuana laws, but bad weather has prevented her from landing. …