Talk of the Rock

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches chats with actors and tech crew from the middle school performance of Madeleine L’Engle‘s “A Wrinkle in Time.” They talk aliens, creating mood with lighting, and the books they’re reading.

On today’s Talk of the Rock, borough Community Development Director Sara Mason joins to talk about code, a chicken ordinance which affects residents who keep small animals in certain districts, and accessory dwelling units.

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches talks with members of Kodiak’s professional garbage collecting scene about Saturday’s Community Clean-up Day. The event asks people city and borough-wide to choose a location and get rid of any trash they find there. It kicks off at 8 a.m. in the high school parking lot and continues till 2:00 p.m. …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches leads a science-themed show with Sea Grant’s Julie Matweyou talking about the multi-day Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium. Also joining are ecologist Julia Parrish, Alaska Sea Grant Director Paula Cullenberg, and Robyn Cassidy, who’s organizing the Science March on Saturday.

On today’s Talk of the Rock, we chat about hockey and firefighting, but not at the same time. First, members of the Kodiak Hockey League join to reminisce about how they got involved in the sport. They’ll also cover future competitions. Then, two representatives of the Bayside Volunteer Fire Department come to talk about why they signed up and the …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, Kayla Desroches speaks about this year’s Coast Guard appreciation day with Captain Jeff Westling, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak, and Stephanie DeLaGarza from the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. Also joining are two members of the Lions Club raising money for a humanitarian trip to Guatemala in July.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with members of the Chiniak community and borough employees about the new Tsunami shelter and library in Chiniak. The structure was burned to the ground in the Twin Creeks Fire of 2015. Kodiak residents are now planning for a replacement building and stockpiling books for the library’s collection. To …

A documentary crew just visited Kodiak and dropped by KMXT to talk about a documentary that’s been five years in the making. “Keep Talking” investigates the Alutiiq language learning scene in Kodiak and the language revitalization efforts here on the island. KMXT’s Kayla Desroches sat down with director Karen Weinberg and members of her team for this week’s Talk of …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, staff from the borough’s Community Development Department joins to talk about a potential new zoning district that would allow development of single-family residential dwellings on smaller lots in the borough.

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with Merissa Koller Williams from Healthy Tomorrows about the community goals from this year’s Kodiak Strong Planning Day. Planning Day participant Julie Beehler joins.