On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce’s outgoing executive director, Jena Lowmaster, and incoming executive director, Ellen Simeonoff, about running the Chamber, small business support, and, of course, putting together Kodiak’s largest Crabfest ever. Listen here:
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Mental Health Awareness Month with KWRCC
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Ellamy Tiller, Outreach Coordinator for Kodiak Women’s Resource and Crisis Center, about Mental Health Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is experiencing or affected by mental illness in a way that you fear for their safety, there is help: you can call the Suicide and Crisis …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Kodiak History Museum
On this week’s episode of Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with representatives of the Kodiak History Museum. KHM Executive Director Sarah Harrington talks about plans for the museum building (Alaska’s oldest), plus museum curator Lynn Walker and board member and exhibit committee member Candace Branson talk about the Native Identities exhibit and other museum programming. Listen here:
Read More »Dozens of Kodiak residents pick up over 3,600 pounds of garbage for Earth Day
Kodiak Kindness, a local nonprofit, hosted its biggest trash cleanup yet for Earth Day on Saturday. Heather Preece is the executive director of Kodiak Kindness. She said 66 folks came to pick up trash along the road between Mill Bay and White Sands beaches. The group of volunteers who came to clean as much garbage as possible for the event, …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, join host Jared Griffin as he talks with Stephanie Mason and Rob Stauffer of the Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op about supporting locally-grown and farmed food in Kodiak. The Co-op store is located at 1410 Selig St, and is open T-F 3-7pm, and Saturday 12-3pm. Listen here:
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Career Expo with the Kodiak Economic Development Corp.
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Mallory Arnold, project manager for the Kodiak Economic Development Corporation, and Cooper Curtis of Highmark Marine about this month’s Career Expo and Job Fair, workforce development in Kodiak, and other projects. Listen here:
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Kodiak History Museum
Talk of the Rock host Jared Griffin speaks with Kodiak History Museum curator Lynn Walker and operations manager Myra Sholze about the museum’s temporary exhibit program, call for artists, and more. Listen:
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Alutiiq Museum
Talk of the Rock host Jared Griffin speaks with Patrick Saltonstall, Curator of Archaeology, and Nina Gronn, Gallery Manager, of the Alutiiq Museum about winter events, recent archaeological digs, and other exciting happenings. Listen here:
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Brian Venua, KMXT’s new reporter
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin and Kirsten Dobroth, KMXT News Director, talk with KMXT’s new reporter, Brian Venua, about his experience and what he looks forward to reporting on in Kodiak. Listen here:
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Next Step Dance and The Polar Express
Host Jared Griffin is joined in the studio by Marybeth Loewen and Abigail Pruitt to talk about Next Step Dance Kodiak’s production of The Polar Express and Kodiak’s vibrant dance scene. Listen here:
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