On this week’s Talk of the Rock, Jared Griffin talks with artist and culture bearer, Hanna Sholl, and Melissa Borton, Indigenous Advancement Director for First Alaskans Institute and Kodiak Village Representative on the Alaska Federation of Natives board of directors, about white privilege and race relations in Alaska. Here is a list of anti-racist resources to help you follow-up on …

Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: COVID-19 updates coronavirus fatigue in Alaska new aerial imagery mapping for Kodiak Island Borough travel across border with Canada plus, Alaska Fish Radio, updates from Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game,and the weather forecast and community events.

Series of High Resolution Orthoimagery (2008, 2010, and 2012) of the Hoover Dam BypassProject.(Public domain) Maps of Kodiak may be getting an upgrade this year. The Kodiak Island Borough is considering a multi–year contract with an aerial imaging company that promises to deliver enhanced, 3D images of the entire Kodiak archipelago. The tool is a digital mapping process called orthoimagery. …

Terry Haines presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: the shooting at a secure military site this weekend rent and mortgage relief program begins Monday PFD amount announcement face mask requirements plus, Alaska Fish Radio, updates from Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game,and the weather forecast and community events.

COVID-19 Banner Public health officials announced Monday morning that fourth known COVID-19 case in the Kodiak Borough is a non-resident seafood worker, and is isolated and being monitored. The contact investigation is complete. If you have not been contacted it means that any contact you may have had with the individual does not pose a significant risk to your health. …

This week, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the state housing authority, announced a $10 million program to assist Alaskans with their rent and mortgage obligations. This funding is a slice of the $1.5 billion dollars the state received from the federal CARES Act to use for homeless prevention with a focus on Alaskans who lost income due to COVID-19 and, …

UPDATE: Sailings for the M/V Tustumena are expected to resume the morning of June 27 when the ship departs Homer for Kodiak, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday afternoon. This announcement comes after a press release on Monday indicating that the sailings are “canceled indefinitely”, which created some confusion. The DOT followed with a revision Monday evening that sailing dates …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, Jared Griffin talks with Anchorage diversity advocate, Cheryl Cox Williams, Youth Program Associate at the Alaska Humanities Forum and president of the UAA Black Student Union, about Black Lives Matter, white privilege, and race relations in Alaska. Here is a list of anti-racist resources to help you follow-up on issues related to Black …

Following the approval of next year’s budget at last week’s Borough Assembly meeting, the assembly met again on Monday to approve the property tax rate and take up a motion to reconsider the $1 million cut to school district funding. Up first was approving the mill rate, which the assembly must determine by June 15 of each year, and which …

Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: COVID-19 case on the M/V Tustumena state requirements for travelers new COVID-19 cases proposed University of Alaska Southeast merger with UAA or UAF plus, Possibly (a new radio module), Alaska Fish Radio and updates from Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, and the …