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Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak’s Rodeo and State Fair will bring horses, motorcycles, and food to the fairgrounds this weekend. Kodiak is known for its fishing industry and its Coast Guard base, but non-residents may be surprised to learn that locals also bring rodeo expertise to the island. The fair is a well-established tradition, and Julie Kavanaugh says it’s been going on …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Rodeo and State Fair is this weekend, and for those not familiar with the world of bull and bronc riding, Kodiak will have its own hype man to explain it to them. Wasilla-based James Hastings, who’s been in rodeo for about seventeen years, says he’ll serve as the “barrel man” or “rodeo clown” who interacts with …

Cowboy at the Tex Austin rodeo in Chicago. Photo via Wikipedia Kayla Desroches/KMXT You can get your rodeo fix this weekend as part of a teaser for September’s Kodiak Rodeo and State Fair. President of the rodeo and fair, Bonnie Stratmen, says yesterday, the cowboys were out the road catching the bulls which they’ll use for the two hours of …