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On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with Cooperative Extension Service Pest Technician Janice Chumley about how to defend against pests you might find in your garden, from root maggots to cutworms.

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks about a plan for an industrial arts district with its project manager, Anjuli Grantham, and one of her partners, Kathy Drabek from the Shun’aq Tribe of Kodiak.

Coming up this week, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting in Kodiak, we learn more about that walrus alert we told you about last week, and sampling salmon for dollars – it’s not a new game show. All that and digging up a stinky mess in Dutch Harbor, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches talks about art in Kodiak with Kodiak Arts Council executive director, Katie Oliver, and Arts Council scholarship recipient, Cunat Spencer. Spencer is working on a tactile art project where she’ll use layers and texture to create white-on-white paintings that enable viewers to both see and feel a landscape.

Fort Kodiak In 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia.. The next year, the US Army shipped a company of soldiers to Kodiak to establish Fort Kodiak.. It was a short-lived post; the soldiers left in 1870.. However, this was a moment of dramatic transition in Kodiak.. In this episode, learn what happened in Kodiak when the Stars and Stripes …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, you’ll hear host Kayla Desroches speak with former executive director of the Alutiiq Museum, Sven Haakanson. Haakanson is a teacher and scholar, formerly in Kodiak, and now in Washington State. He is Curator of Native American Anthropology at the Burke Museum and an associate professor at the University of Washington. In 2007, he received …

Beyond the Cover Feature: 2 feature interviews this month with Authors that are visiting the Kodiak Public Library on April 15th from 7-9pm.  Fran Kelso is bringing Alaskan Attitudes and Abigail B. Calkin is bringing The Night Orion Fell & The Soul of my Soldier: Reflections of a Military Wife, for the Kodiak Public Library’s Author Meet & Greet & …

Beyond the Cover Feature: This month, in preparation of the Kodiak Public Library Association’s Annual Meeting on March 21st, we interview all 7 members of the KPLA board.  We discuss our lives and jobs here in Kodiak, as well as what inspired us to join the KPLA board.  We share our favorite KPLA-related stories, or talk about great books or …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with organizers of the annual community cleanup event, which takes place the first Saturday of every May. You can find out more about the event through the Chamber of Commerce website or its Facebook page.

Coming up this week, we get an update on the progress of winter crabbing in Southeast. We get a solid number look at last spring’s king run on the Kusko, and trying to define the essence of the Bristol Bay Brand. All that and how commercial fishing fits into bridging the budget gap. We had help from KMXT’s Kayla Desroches …