Programs

Friday’s Lowdown is all about food. Mike’s guests are Tyler Kornelis, president of Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op, Melissa Berns, director of Old Harbor Alliance, Inc., and Sam Kenoyer, owner of Marlene Kenoyer Gardens in Larsen Bay. Hear about the exciting projects going on in each community and what the co-op is hoping to accomplish in the coming months and years. …

If you’ve gone to a movie in Kodiak in the past couple of decades, you’ll recognize the voices and the names of our guests today. Mike chats with Rusty Fletcher, owner and Geri Ford-Roberts, manager of the Orpheum Theater about the impact of COVID-19 on their operations, the history of the theater, and what lies ahead. Listen in to see …

This edition of The Lowdown features Elsa DeHart, DNH from Public Health, Dr. Steve Smith from Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, and Dr. Evan Jones from Kodiak Area Native Association. The discussion today centered around the most recent cases of COVID-19 in Kodiak, the epidemiology of the disease, and how we can stay safe as we move about this summer.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, Jared Griffin talks with artist and culture bearer, Hanna Sholl, and Melissa Borton, Indigenous Advancement Director for First Alaskans Institute and Kodiak Village Representative on the Alaska Federation of Natives board of directors, about white privilege and race relations in Alaska. Here is a list of anti-racist resources to help you follow-up on …

Our guest on today’s edition of The Lowdown is Marilyn Romano, Regional VP at Alaska Airlines. Learn what the airline is doing to keep travelers safe, how they’ve adjusted to the drastic drop in travel, and what they see for the future.

Today’s guests are Melissa Haffeman – owner, The Islander Bookshop; Sarah Culbertson – owner, The Frame Shop; and Natasha Pristas – artist and member of BearTown Market. The discussion centered around how their businesses are doing and innovative ways they are and have dealt with opening their businesses.

  More and more it seems commercial fisheries news in Alaska deals with the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19. This week is no exception. Small coastal Alaska towns prepare for swarms of fishermen and others who may bring the highly contagious COVID-19 disease with them from Outside Alaska, or even from other areas of the state. We look at the Washington …

Today’s guests are Phil Jordinelli, Substance-Use Program Manager at KANA and Stephen Flora, Clinical Manager at Providence Kodiak Island Counseling Center. Both discussed the increase in demand for their services since the onset of the pandemic and what the future might look like in terms of treatment options.

Mike’s guests on this edition of The Lowdown are Dr. Shana Theobald from Kodiak Ambulatory Care Clinic, Elsa DeHart, DNH from Public Health, and Dr. Curtis Mortenson from Kodiak Community Health Clinic. The discussion today centered around the recent cases of COVID-19 among health care professionals in the state and ferry system employees, and how to be safe as the …

Today’s guests were April Counceller – Alutiiq Museum, Sarah Harrington – Kodiak History Museum, and Della Hall – Museums Alaska. Today’s topic was all about history – accessing history and museums during the time of COVID-19 and what museums are doing locally to track this moment in Kodiak’s history.