Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge will celebrate its 75th anniversary this weekend and take the opportunity to acknowledge some of its accomplishments and contributions since its establishment in 1941. Refuge Manager Anne Marie LaRosa, says the Kodiak Wildlife Refuge is one of over 560 national wildlife refuges in the country “So, Alaska has 16 national wildlife refuges and …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches talks with staff from the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge about the refuge’s 75th anniversary and Salmon Camp’s 20th anniversary.

Kayla Desroches/KMXT This year, the Kodiak Police Department developed a program which will help local authorities to respond to situations involving those with developmental challenges. Police Chief Ronda Wallace explains Kodiak CARE, which stands for Child and Resident Encounters, is a voluntary program for those who choose to enroll. “We collect vital information about those individuals. That information is shared …

Jim Harmon, executive director of SeaShare. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT A Washington-based nonprofit that takes unintended catch from Alaska trawl fisheries and donates it to all 50 states just completed its fifth mission flying the fish from Kodiak to Kotzebue. This is also the second year they’ve transported donations to Nome. Volunteers distribute the boxes comprised of bycatch and incidentally …

Craig Campbell speaks to public at rededication event. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak’s rocket launch facility has entered a new period on the island and will soon be active again. This comes about two years after a launch failure damaged buildings on the complex, and Alaska Aerospace Corporation representatives say insurance is covering the funds needed for repairs.  Saturday, AAC …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department recently discontinued the use of video cameras attached to officers’ uniforms, and Police Chief Ronda Wallace gave a statement at Thursday’s Kodiak City Council regular meeting regarding the reasons for the change. She said the KPD began the body camera trial program in 2015. “Most officers liked wearing the cameras which did two things, …

Red eye jellyfish. Flickr / Nathan Rupert Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak wants to know how the recently completed Kodiak Airport runway extensions are impacting marine life. If at all. Last month they wrapped up the study’s biological element for this summer. Researchers examined the colonization of the armor rock the state installed to bolster the runway safety …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The talk around the table at the Kodiak City Council work session Tuesday night emphasized the problems in communication between the council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. One item on the agenda addressed the assembly’s decision to revert the borough’s building code back to the 2012 international residential code in order, some assembly members said, to relax engineering …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT An online food delivery business is now up and running in Kodiak. Park Cannon, with the help of his vehicle, is at the service of hungry home owners and room renters under the company name, Kodiak Delivery. It’s the Kodiak equivalent to popular online food ordering websites like GrubHub. Cannon has the perfect background for the job. Not …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak City Council and the public will sit through both presentations and powerpoints at the council work session tonight. The first of these will be a Near Island pedestrian pathway planning and design update. According to a land use plan included in the meeting packet, DOWL is proposing a few new trails or trail linkages, one for …