This week on Talk of the Rock, Master Gardener Marion Owen talks about fall gardening, preparing your soil for the spring and her upcoming organic gardening class at Kodiak College.

Antone Larson Bay Road washed out just below the pass. Photos by Jane Lanford. Diana Gish/KMXT Stormy conditions Friday night flooded the airport runway and dumped mudslides on the road at Lash Dock and near the fairgrounds. Crews worked through the night in an attempt to keep the road passable. On Friday night the road had to eventually be closed …

Diana Gish/KMXT Around 7:30 Saturday night The Department of Transportation announced that the road between Lash Dock and the fairgrounds was re-opened. Due to Friday night’s storm, two large mudslides forced closure of the road between those locations. Road crews had been working since Friday afternoon to clear the slides. Earlier on Saturday a spokeswoman for the State Troopers said …

Diana Gish/KMXT In its effort to promote healthy families, the Kodiak Women’s Resource and Crisis Center has contracted with a new immigrant outreach and advocate professional. Edith Stone is now available to provide services for Spanish-speaking women seeking support and assistance. Stone is originally from El Salvador and has been living in Kodiak for 4 years. During that time she’s …

Diana Gish/KMXT One of Kodiak’s own was honored recently at a convention for Alaska’s Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant and Retailers Association. Andy Lundquist was the recipient of the association’s lifetime achievement award. The organization is called CHARR for short and Carmen Lunde is the director of Kodiak’s chapter.

Anne Hillman/KUCB The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially designated 5,855 acres as critical habitat for southwest Alaska sea otters on Wednesday. The areas span from the end of the Aleutians to the Alaska Peninsula and mostly include near-shore areas that are less than 20 meters deep and kelp beds. U.S. Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Bruce Woods says the designation …

Jay Barrett/KMXT It looks like there will be an expanded and renovated high school in Kodiak’s future. The bond measure to fund it is holding a moderate lead after yesterday’s elections. Proposition 1, which would authorize the Kodiak Island Borough to sell up to 76-million-dollars in bonds to finance the expansion, reconstruction and renovation of Kodiak High School was passing …

Diana Gish/KMXT The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center is partnering with the Alutiiq Museum and the Baranov Museum to present an Afternoon of Art this Saturday,from 1 to 4 p.m.

Diana Gish/KMXT The Kodiak boatlift is now in use. The long awaited new addition started lifting boats this weekend. One of the first boats to be pulled out of the water by the new lift was a shrimp boat called the Victory.

Alaska Senator Mark Begich held a 50-minute two-way video conference Monday afternoon with the residents of Kodiak. Click the Play Button above to listen to the entire town hall meeting. The meeting was organized by the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce.