The Islander Bookshop is one of a handful of local businesses that announced it’s moving into the mall. It’s relocating from a small storefront about a mile north of downtown. “It just blows my mind that in 2023, an indie bookstore, not in the lower 48 but on this island, pretty far out there, can expand – triple our size,” …
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Talk of the Rock: Jock of the Rock
On this special edition of Talk of the Rock, we present Jock of the Rock! Jock of the Rock is our regular check-in with Derek Clarkston of the Kodiak Daily Mirror and Deb Rohrer, KIBSD Activities Director, about Kodiak sports. Tune in to hear about all of the recent accolades of our local athletes.
Read More »Midday Report October 31, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Dillingham City School District is still waiting for four international teachers to get their visas. Family of a Marshall woman whose body was found in the Yukon River asks for justice at AFN. And the studio at KYUK could be haunted. KYUK’s spooky TV studio.
Read More »Midday Report October 30, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new threat is emerging from the climate change: rusting rivers. Alaska’s congressional delegation is staying in Israel’s corner. And the Governor’s Energy Task Force meets with criticism. A side by side comparison of a river in 2017 and 2018. The 2017 image shows clear water, the 2018 image shows reddish rusty …
Read More »Kodiak Island Borough takes lawsuit with KANA to Alaska Supreme Court
A legal back and forth between the Kodiak Island Borough and the Kodiak Area Native Association over property taxes is headed to the Alaska Supreme Court. KANA has been paying property taxes despite claiming that the organization should be under a Bureau of Indian Affairs exemption for serving Native people. The Native association sued the Kodiak Island Borough three years …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 26 October 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Brian Venua’s chilly ammonia story from KMXT, chums may get capped, as related by Evan Erickson of KYUK, and Cook Inlet EEZ comments wanted, according to KDLL’s Riley Board. Students in a week-long in-person ammonia class, October 13, 2023. (Brian Venua/KMXT)
Read More »Midday Report October 25, 2023
On Today’s Midday Report with Host Mike Wall: the school in Karluk will close just one month after opening, a Bristol Bay woman is missing, the Kenai Peninsula School District will not open a charter school, and the state government is pursing a logging project despite Whales Pass them to pursue carbon credits. The Church of St. Nicholas, a …
Read More »Karluk school will close after just one month of operation
The decision to close the Karluk school was unanimous at an emergency school board meeting on Oct. 24. “It’s a sad day when you have to close a school,” said Cyndy Mika, the Kodiak Island Borough School District superintendent. “And it’s not anything that I ever wanted to do in my tenure – it’s nothing that I want to ever …
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