On this week’s edition of KMXT’s Talk of the Rock, host Diana Gish speaks with Cindy Harrington and Marion Owen of the Kodiak Island Borough Solid Waste Advisory Board about the borough’s proposed plan to provide curbside pick up of garbage on a pay-as-you-go plan in much of the town.

Diana Gish/KMXT The general manager of the Best Western Kodiak Inn has made "Alaska’s Top Forty Under 40" list. Susan Johnson was honored by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and Alaska Journal of Commerce as one of the state’s top young business professionals. Johnson said it was a "great honor" to be selected for the award.

Diana Gish/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is moving forward on an island-wide transportation feasibility study. A consulting firm has been selected from a group of candidates that submitted proposals. At last week’s assembly work session, borough Manager Rick Gifford announced the name of the company that was selected to carry out the study.

Diana Gish/KMXT At last night’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly work session, assembly members and a room full of residents heard a presentation by Jeff Riley of Alaska Waste, an Anchorage based waste management company. Riley came to Kodiak to present a proposal for curbside garbage collection in Kodiak. A few things became evident during the discussion that followed Riley’s presentation: …

Diana Gish/KMXT The Kodiak Arts Council goes to great lengths to bring quality entertainment to "The Rock." At least as far as New York City. The council’s performing arts coordinator, Molly Miller, just returned from "The Big Apple" where she attended the annual conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

A photo of Diamond Jim’s with what appears to be the bomb next to it (red circle). Photo- grapher unknown Diana Gish/KMXT Residents near Salonie Creek may have heard a big boom Wednesday afternoon. If so, it was the result of a World War Two bomb that was set off by the Explosive Ordnance Detail of Fort Richardson. The soldiers …

Diana Gish/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is charging into the new year. Tonight’sAssembly work session agenda is a full one as borough manager, Rick Gifford explained to KMXT’s Diana Gish Tonight the assembly meets in a work session in preparation for its regular meeting on January 21st.

Diana Gish/KMXT The proposed changes to the Miller Point campground at Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park were the main topic of discussion at Monday night’s meeting of the park’s citizen’s advisory board. Unlike last month’s meeting where the ranger’s office was standing room only, on Monday night there were 10 members of the public present for the meeting. In spite …

Diana Gish/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough School District is looking into launching an anti-graffitti task force.That’s according to Steve Doerksen the district’s director of schools and student services.

Diana Gish/KMXT Avoiding garbage bills could result in big consequences for homeowners in the Kodiak Island Borough. Last week the assembly voted to take action against folks who are getting garbage service for free. The first step in collecting the overdue bills will be publishing the names of business or homeowners with outstanding balances. If restitution is not made in …