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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Mark Withrow was 75. He recently retired after working as a local doctor for decades. Alaska State Troopers do not suspect foul play. -
The newly constructed cabin used materials donated by Friends of Kodiak State Parks and had assistance from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Sportfish Division as well as Island Trails Network. -
Last year, the city asked state regulators to increase Kodiak's cap to 10 licenses. The state Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office said no, the city isn’t qualified under state law and neither is the Kodiak Island Borough. -
On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey chats with Nick Mangini, who is heavily involved in kelp and mariculture across Southeast Alaska, about the industry’s growth around Kodiak Island over the course of 2024. -
KMXT’s Davis Hovey recently spoke with Nick Mangini about his own journey as a former commercial fishermen turned Kodiak kelp farmer, and the industry’s growth around Kodiak Island within the last year. -
This week we hear about the new parking policy at Kodiak's State Airport that takes effect on Feb. 1, Alaska Communications is teaming up with Old Harbor Native Corporation to provide fiber to communities on the east side of the island, the Kodiak Island spaceport (Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska) hopes to capitalize on a national "traffic jam" at spaceports in the Lower 48, the first of three new Coast Guard cutters arrived in Kodiak this week, Marine Exchange of Alaska is helping to fill gaps in the Coast Guard's VHF radio system coverage around Kodiak Island, and a special report from our freelance reporter at Kodiak High School about the culinary class finals this month. -
Earlier this month, the state Department of Transportation announced that it would start enforcing a two-week maximum, beginning on Feb. 1, for all public vehicles parked in the airport’s long-term parking areas, which DOT says will be marked with signs. -
“After years of hearing from the Coast Guard that they’re experiencing, maybe degraded performance, we don’t want [mariners] to lose hope,” Bryan Hinderberger, chief technical officer at the Marine Exchange of Alaska, said. -
USCG's commanding officer of the Frederick Mann, one of the new vessels, said the John Witherspoon will be the first cutter to arrive at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. He updated members of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council during a Fisheries Work Group meeting on Jan. 22. -
On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey talks with Kerry Irons and Jim Pryor of the Kodiak Island Borough School District's Board of Education about the board's recent decision to close North Star Elementary School and next steps in the budget process.
