Programs

Emergency Services Director, Mike Tvenge, Sarah Phillips from Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, John Whiddon from Kodiak Economic Task Force, and Aimee Williams from Discover Kodiak are our guests – talking about Governor Dunleavy’s Mandate 016 for businesses and what it means for Kodiak businesses.

Today we get hands-on instruction from a bubble scientist, teaching us to prefect the bubble, a weather report, a teeny tiny story, and a guided nature meditation. All that and More!

Our guests on the Lowdown today are: Heidi McNerney, LCSW and MAC from Kodiak Community Health Clinic AND Jody Carman, MPH and Angie Erickson, MSM and MDIV, both from Health Safety and Work Life on the Coast Guard base Join us while we navigate mental health hacks in Kodiak during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Join us today while we learn and appreciate the weather and rainbows, listen to a story about a playground bully, concoct candy crystal science… AND MORE!

It’s another edition of Doc of the Rock on The Lowdown. Join us with Elsa DeHart, DNH from Public Health, Dr. Curtis Mortenson from KCHC, Dr. Steve Smith from Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, and Dr. Evan Jones from KANA. Learn what’s changed since we have a positive COVID-19 case on the island and what they think next steps should …

Our guests on The Lowdown this morning will be City Manager and Emergency Services Director, Mike Tvenge and deputy Harbormaster, Monte Anderson. Tune in while they discuss the plan for handling the upcoming activity from summer fisheries.

Today on the Lowdown, we speak with Bud Cassidy, President of the Kodiak Community Foundation and Dana Myers, Interim Directer of the Brother Francis Shelter. Join us while we talk about nonprofits’ role in Kodiak for providing services to meet crucial needs in the community amidst Covid-19.

On today’s edition of The Lowdown, we check in with Kodiak’s fishing community to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the industry and the upcoming start to the summer fishing season. We talk to Dave Kubiak, who seins out of Kodiak on the F/V Laura Lee, and Mike Friccero, owner of the F/V Miss Gina.    

  The COVID-19 pandemic has slowly begun to spread into rural Alaska, and it’s forcing fishermen and processors to take a hard look at the summer fishing season. Three tribes in Bristol Bay have joined Dillingham in asking the governor to consider closing the fishery. Meanwhile processors have presented a plan to address local concerns about keeping small fishing communities, …

Are you feeling overwhelmed? Stressed out and anxious by all the things you are trying to juggle with the COVID-19 pandemic? Join us while we talk to licensed mental health professionals. Our guests for today’s Lowdown are: Montu Jani- KCHC Behavior Health, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) Samantha Marlar-Enbom- KANA Behavioral Health Consultant, LPC Kate Murphy- USCG, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) …