At its work session on Tuesday the Kodiak City Council will review proposed sites for the new fire hall. The current fire station is below the tsunami inundation area. In fact, there used to be a plaque marking the high water line from the 1964 tsunami outside the old police station which was located next door. Several of the spots …

This week’s “Talk of the Rock” program. Memories of Doctor Bob Johnson.   The photo of Dr. Bob as a young man referred early in the program is below.   Full, edited interview with Nancy Kemp and Ginny Shank     Dr. Bob was born on Christmas Day 1925. He moved to Kodiak in 1938 with his father Dr. A. …

Dr. Bob Johnson passed away on Friday, Jan. 31. He leaves behind his wife of nearly 70 years, four sons, and eight grandchildren. But he also leaves behind his ‘Kodiak family’—the many hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people who feel a strong connection to Johnson because he played some role in their lives. From delivering babies to saving lives as …

It was a full house at last night’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting with residents voicing concerns about the bears in residential areas.   KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this report. Click on arrow to listen to report, or continue on to read it.   Kodiak residents may love their bears, but those testifying last night seemed to agree that bears …

  The Alaska Legislature is in session and working on the budget. Fisheries programs across the state are on the chopping block—this after last year’s major cuts to the commercial fisheries division. Kodiak’s Representative Louise Stutes hopes the legislature will fix a measure approved previously that requires some fishing boat owners to double register their vessels. The intent was to …

  The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will have a regular meeting tonight and a group of local residents concerned about bears in residential areas plans to show up in force to testify to the need for borough intervention and action to keep bears and people safe. KMXT’s Maggie Wall reports. Click arrow below to listen to report or continue on …

Kodiak area sport fishing enthusiasts will find a few new additions to the sport fishing regulations that are expected to make for a better experience. That comes after the Alaska Board of Fisheries approved several sport fish proposals at last month’s finfish meeting here in Kodiak. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has more. Click arrow to listen to report or continue below …

Our guest today is Bob Tucker who is organizing a group of concerned citizens to attend the Feb. 6 Borough Assembly meeting to speak up about the need for better enforcement of garbage laws and for bear awareness for locals.   Bear Aware on Facebook has information on meeting time and date/   Bob Tucker wants to see better bear …

The Alaska Board of Fisheries handled more than just salmon issues while in Kodiak for its finfish meeting last month. Today we look at some groundfish issues, and on Wednesday we’ll look at sports fishing regulation changes.   While the recent Board of Fisheries meeting held in Kodiak centered on salmon, the fish board addressed a number of other issues, …

KMXT will provide live coverage of this evening’s State of the Union Address beginning at 5 p.m. It’s expected that NPR coverage will continue until 7, so that means KMXT’s schedule for today will be changed as follows: 5-7 p.m.  Live NPR “State of the Union” coverage 7 p.m.  Return to normal programming Note there will be no local news …