Richard Henson in the shipping container that contains Larsen Bay’s multi-bailer and bags of aluminum cans. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Residents of Larsen Bay are working to keep recycling alive for the population of 70-or so people. Postmaster and Larsen Bay tribal councilman Richard Henson opens a container that is doubling as a recycling center down …

(From left to right) Skoda public relations representative Guillaume Jolit, journalist Christophe Bourgeois, and photographer Joel Peyrou stand in front of Kodiaq car. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Czech car company, Skoda, will be touring automotive journalists around Kodiak Island over the next few weeks. Writers from the Czech Republic, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France …

Earlier this month, the Coast Guard announced plans to add more than 100 service members to base Kodiak over the next six years and told KMXT that those new employees had already started arriving. Officials say the extra guard members are needed to operate and maintain larger and more technologically advanced vessels and aircraft arriving over the next few years …

Global Exploration and Recovery members (left to right) John Bradley, Jaana Gustafsson and Francis Marley. (Photo courtesy of Global Exploration and Recovery) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A group of scientists and mountaineers, including one from Alaska, is searching for the remains of Coast Guardsmen who crashed in Greenland during World War II. Francis Marley, who has worked on Coast Guard Base Kodiak …

Demonstrators gather at the Y downtown. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Communities across the country demonstrated this past weekend against the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, including in Alaska. The protests stemmed from an original wave of outrage at the separation of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. In Kodiak, people gathered at the main downtown …

Pink salmon in Valdez. (Photo by Kimberly Holzer / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The state is working on distributing roughly $56 million in relief funds to those affected by the 2016 Gulf of Alaska pink salmon season disaster. The plan is still in its “infancy,” according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game deputy commissioner Charlie Swanton, but one projection for …

Opening ceremony at Relay for Life in 2017. (Photo by Sharon Clark) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Next month, Relay for Life kicks off its 24 hours of walking event to fundraise for cancer recovery. Local American Cancer Society organizer and sponsorship coordinator Sarah Nugent says Kodiak has been holding the event for over a decade. Nugent says Relay for Life is important …

Trevor Dunbar (right) competes in the Adrian Martinez Classic this year. (Photo by Justin Britton) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak-born distance runner Trevor Dunbar is joining a team in Boston. The 27-year-old says this weekend he’s moving to the east coast, where he’s found sponsorship through Adidas as a member of the Boston Athletic Association. Dunbar says he’ll be training beside other …

Box of frozen halibut from a SeaShare operation to Arctic Alaska in 2016. (Photo by Kayla Desroches/KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A Seattle-based nonprofit is organizing the donation of 1,700 pounds of fish to be distributed in Kodiak this week. SeaShare connects processors and food banks across the country to bring seafood to those in need. Executive director Jim Harmon says the …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, we sit down with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to chat about salmon in the state, the sockeye run in Kodiak, and the world of fisheries at large.