Davis Hovey
News DirectorDavis Hovey was first drawn to Alaska by the opportunity to work for a radio station in a remote, unique place like Nome. More than 7 years later he has spent most of his career reporting on climate change and research, fisheries, local government, Alaska Native communities and so much more.
Hovey went to Syracuse University, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Broadcast Digital Journalism. He is currently the news director at KMXT.
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Kodiak Electric Association is asking members to separate operating earnings from non-operating earnings. Generally speaking, operating earnings are revenue received from electricity sales, while non-operating earnings are received from other sources such as interest generated by bank accounts. -
This year’s Comfish kicked off with a fish taco night at Kodiak Island Brewing and Still on Monday, April 14, and the forum sessions begin at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Best Western/Kodiak Inn’s harbor room. -
Ash from the 1912 Novarupta eruption periodically hits the west side of Kodiak Island, Larsen Bay and Karluk, roughly 65 miles away. That ash has drifted to Larsen Bay and Karluk at least four times in the last month. -
Officers charged 52 year-old Nathaniel Scott Newman and 40 year-old Whitney Sands, both of Kodiak, with third degree misconduct involving controlled substances. -
The first of three new Coast Guard fast response cutters to be homeported in Kodiak is officially ready for duty, after the commissioning ceremony last week on April 3 for the John Witherspoon at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. -
This is all part of a wetter, warmer trend Alaska has been experiencing as a whole in recent years; mainly brought on by climate change which has been exacerbated by humans’ increased greenhouse gas emissions since the industrial revolution. -
The coop’s sales have been growing year after year with a target for $1 million in 2025, which would be its best year to date. Last year, the coop reported roughly $845,000 worth of sales. -
The Tustumena is scheduled to depart Homer at 7 p.m. tonight and arrive in Port Lions at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow before continuing on to Ouzinkie and Kodiak. -
The two-day conference organized by the Alaska Food Policy Council happens every year and a half and focuses on food security, with presentations about subsistence, mariculture and developing local agriculture around the state. -
This week we hear about the self-help housing project in Kodiak getting funds and land, an update on the city manager search, surveys of Kodiak Island's emperor geese show the population is doing well, a look into the salvage process for the Tanusha, a tour of the Coast Guard fast response cutter John Witherspoon, and Kodiak's Emergency Services are preparing for potential impacts of a likely Mt. Spurr eruption.
