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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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey catches up with Dianne Ibarra of Hospice and Palliative Care of Kodiak to talk about their upcoming events and trainings. -
On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, a protest at the state capitol over state employees' salaries, the tsunami emergency system won't have its annual test this year, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation is suing its insurance group, updates on federal funding freezes and firings over employees around Alaska, and the Iditarod has moved the start of this year's race to Fairbanks (not the usual Willow restart). -
Alaska Aerospace said in its lawsuit, filed in federal court on Thursday, that the cost to repair the damages and cleanup from last year's failed rocket test at the spaceport had reached at least $3.1 million. -
Timothy and Hillarie Gossett of team #26 are the son and daughter-in-law to Tim Gossett Sr., a longtime Kodiak resident and fisherman. Both have finished the race before – Hillarie in 2023 where she took 14th place and Timothy last year when he finished in 7th. -
This year’s harvest, for both pot vessels and jig vessels, is 5.6 million pounds. Half of that, 2.83 million pounds, is allocated for pots. The season for fishermen who use jig gear started at the beginning of the year. -
For the last ten years, since the 2015-2016 session, state Senator Gary Stevens of Kodiak has been trying to raise the minimum age in Alaska to smoke tobacco and e-cigarettes from 19 to 21. -
Throughout last year the nonprofit Kodiak Island Housing Authority was working with RurAL CAP and Koniag, Inc. on a self-help housing project in Kodiak. The organizations were waiting to find out if USDA would award them a million dollars to go ahead with the build. -
The Near Island Development Plan of 2017 lays out three paths: minimal, moderate or maximum development. The city council never picked one of those paths; it has not passed a formal resolution yet. -
This week we hear about the growth of the kelp and mariculture industry in Kodiak, a new public use cabin near Pasagshak River, an investigation into a long time Kodiak doctor's death, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is considering a limit on short-term rentals, the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is reviewing the Second Floor's license renewal and its transfer license application in relation to local Restaurant or Eating Place Licenses (REPLs), and a story from the Northern Journal about the last skipper in Ouzinkie and the overall limited entry program in Alaska. -
The borough says there are about 130 short-term rentals within the Kodiak road system, which does not include the separate designation of “lodges” nor short-term rentals in communities off the road system. The borough doesn’t know how many owners of the short-term rentals live on site.
