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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Work has already begun on demolishing the units down to the frames and studs, with plans to put on temporary roofing and wrapping them in vapor barrier that has a warranty of about six months, but what the properties will be used for after abatement is done is still undecided. -
The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, paid U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak a roughly four-hour visit today, but officials haven’t said why. -
This week we hear about a Kodiak herring fishery proposal being taken up by the Alaska Board of Fisheries, why two wind turbines on Pillar Mountain aren't spinning, a new Alutiiq Culture and language class & livestream in Port Lions, a bear gut jacket from a Sugpiag artist will be displayed at the Alutiiq Museum, Jessie Holmes is this year's Iditarod champion and Mount Spurr volcano outside of Anchorage is likely to erupt in the coming weeks. -
To compensate for lost wind power this year, Dan Menth, the CEO of Kodiak Electric Association said the association will feed more water from Terror Lake to its hydropower power plant. -
On this today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: A new bear gut jacket from a Kodiak Island artist will be on display at the Alutiiq Museum, ADF&G officials warn of bear safety on the Kenai Peninsula as brown bears come out of hibernation, the Alaska House has passed the education bill and it now goes to the Senate, Mount Spurr is ready to erupt in the coming weeks, and Iditarod leaders reach White Mountain. -
It’s the Port Lions students’ first time speaking their Native language within school through an Alutiiq Culture class. That includes practicing everything from weather reports to animals and place names in Alutiiq during a livestream. -
On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:A new Alutiiq Culture class is live streaming from the Port Lions school, the USDA announces it will rehire all fired probationary workers at least temporarily, how the U.S. House's proposed budget will cut Medicaid funding and impact Alaska, a district court judge weighs in on the lawsuit brought by AVCP and the Tanana Chiefs Conference against the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the top Iditarod teams are now on the Norton Sound coast. -
On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: The Alaska Board of Fisheries is weighing in on a proposal to change the herring fishery in Kodiak, the state House considers amendments to the education funding bill, a look into an Alaska Native corporation's subsidiary that runs a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, and an Iditarod Sled Dog Race feature on one team made up of shelter rescue dogs. -
If the Board passes the measure, there would still remain a separate herring food and bait season, which would be altered to last one month from Oct. 26 through the end of November. Kodiak herring fishing would include an “A” season from April 1 through Oct. 25, and a “B” season from Dec. 1 through Jan. 31. -
On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: Data collection from National Weather Service's weather balloons in Kotzebue are abruptly ended, subsistence is changing in the Arctic with salmon and humpback whales moving further north, a presentation on the sustainability of the Permanent Fund Dividend, and the first dog death reported in this year's Iditarod as teams go through Grayling for the second time.