On this week’s Talk of the Rock, hosts Mike Wall and Pam Foreman talk with Kodiak residents Dr. Paul Zimmer and Tia Leber who spent the last two years living in Abu Dhabi. Zimmer is a physician with the state department and for the past year or so, Leber taught fourth grade. They sat down to chat with us about …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Alaska National Guard
Representatives from the Alaska National Guard were in Kodiak last week to meet with community members, potential recruits, and tribal entities. Colonel Wayne Don, Colonel John James, Major General Laurie Hummel sat down with KMXT in a pre-recorded segment for today’s Talk of the Rock. They talked about what the Alaska Guard has been doing over the last few years …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Kodiak doctor in South Sudan
On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches talks with a doctor who spent a few weeks in South Sudan treating diseases like leishmaniasis and tuberculosis. Dr. David Silbergeld speaks about his experiences with patients there. Also, Hope Community Resources’ Corrie Davis joins to chat about the organization’s upcoming Walk & Roll for Hope, and Kodiak College English department …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Fish and Climate Change
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, KMXT features a lecture from Kodiak’s commercial trade show, ComFish. Mike Litzow with the University of Alaska talks about the Alaska marine heat wave and the effect of global warming on fish in Alaska waters.
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Arts & Adventures Auction
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, members of the Kodiak Arts Council join to chat about the 28th Annual Arts & Adventure Auction coming up Saturday.
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Office of the Governor Update
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, we feature a forum from Kodiak’s commercial fisheries trade show, ComFish, with Lt. Gov. Byron Mallot. Mallot spoke Thursday at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center and gave an Office of the Governor update. He touched on salmon issues, climate change, and fisheries group appointments.
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Museum Graphic Arts Book and ComFish
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches talks with guests about the Alutiiq Museum’s new graphic arts book, “Igaruacirpet-Our Way of Making Design,” and Kodiak’s commercial fisheries trade show, ComFish.
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Single-use Plastic Bag Ban
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, Solid Waste Advisory Board Member Nick Szabo and Sun’aq tribal biologist Kelly Krueger talk about the single-use plastic bag ban to take effect in Kodiak on April 22.
Read More »Talk of the Rock: School Safety
On today’s Talk of the Rock, we talk about school safety in light of the recent violent incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb 14, where a school shooter killed 17 people. Joining are Kodiak Island Borough School District Superintended Larry LeDoux, Kodiak Middle School Principal Melissa Haffeman, Kodiak High School Principal Mel LeVan, and …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Internet Connectivity and the Alaska Rug Company
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, we chat with Alutiiq Museum Development Assistant Jeff Garcie. He joined staff in 2017 as part of the federally-funded Digital Inclusion Corps, which aims to build digital knowledge and broadband infrastructure in rural areas. He looks back at the program and what’s happened during his time working with the villages. Then, we talk …
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