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On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with retiring Borough Manager Bud Cassidy, who’s been a borough employee for roughly thirty years. They talk about the jobs he held before entering local government, how he met his wife, and his memories of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, among other things.

Coming up this week, lots of fishy things are happening in Juneau as the state legislature nears the half-way point of its 90-day session. A surprising number of chum salmon from Southeast are turning up as trawl bycatch in the Gulf and Bering Sea – but not nearly as many as from the other side of the International Date Line. …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches talks with the actors from the upcoming community performance of the Music Man and even gets a musical sample from the cast.

  Seven storytellers share their stories about Where the Wild Things Are before a live audience on February 5, 2016. The show first aired on KODK 90.7fm on February 23, 2016.

Coming up this week, earning a license will soon become an even greater challenge for fishing guides in Western Alaska, legislators look into raising fisheries taxes to help fill the state’s budget gap, and you’ll hear a story about a message in a bottle – canned salmon style. We had help from the Alaska Historical Society’s Anuli Grantham in Kodiak, …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with members of the Coast Guard about the 75th Anniversary of the Coast Guard Reserve and one cutter’s visit to the Native Village of Port Lions.

Coming up this week, Norton Sound’s crab fishery opened Monday after a delay due to sea ice, the Department of Fish and Game will take over many of the services that once belonged to the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, and Kodiak government is split over a contract with its fisheries analyst. We had help from KNOM’s Laura Kraegel in Nome, …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, you’ll hear from students participating in the upcoming Tsunami Bowl. You’ll learn about the process, the challenges, and the benefits of this envirionmental quiz show with its academic spin.

  Beyond the Cover Feature: Heather Lende, writer of 2015’s "Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a small town Obituary Writer" stops by to discuss her book and her upcoming visit to the Kodiak College on Friday, February 26th. She shares how she got into writing obituaries for the Haines, Alaska paper, some stories about her job and life …

Coming up this week, Ocean Beauty is looking for a few good fishermen, could Alaska’s shellfish hatcheries be endangered by ocean acidification, and will they see more herring in the canal? Get it? Sey-mour? Canal? No? Moving on. We had help from KNBA’s Johanna Eurich in Anchorage, APRN’s Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C., KDLG’s Molly Dischner in Dillingham and KFSK’s …