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The Kodiak Harvest Food Cooperative is temporarily closing its doors after Feb. 21. Two weeks later, when it reopens in a different spot downtown, it will look more like a “full service” grocery store with plans to sell more Alaska seafood, more local produce and open a deli.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about high winds on Kodiak Island that caused several power outages and a roof to blow off a house, Alaska entities including Alaska Aerospace are tapped to receive Missile Defense Agency contracts, the sixth Coast Guard fast response cutter in Alaska is commissioned in Kodiak, Coast Alaska reports the summer ferry schedule is out for bookings, KUAC reports on a bill in the Legislature to continue allowing SNAP beneficiaries to use their benefits at farmers markets, and the Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op is closing for two weeks before moving into the marketplace downtown.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, Deb Rohrer and Derek Clarkston join us at KMXT for the latest installment of Jock of the Rock, where we discuss Kodiak high school and club sports.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(National Marine Fishery Service)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has voted to adopt chum salmon bycatch measures on Bering Sea pollock, as reported by the Alaska Desk's Alena Naiden, and KUCB's Theo Greenly looks at the CDQ groups in the middle. Plus KMXT's Davis Hovey has some good news for Kodiak's cod fishermen.
Alaska News
- Alaska doctor identifies first ‘seal finger’ infection linked to brown bear
- 2025 was Alaska’s 8th hottest year on record
- Alaska legislator's chief of staff arrested on child sex crime charges
- Some Alaskans bike to work every day, even in winter. Here’s how you can, too.
- A new Bering Sea bycatch limit for chum salmon aims to protect subsistence in Western Alaska
- Farmers, advocates push for renewal of program that doubles SNAP’s buying power at farmers markets
- Sullivan laces annual address to Legislature with partisan complaint
- 10 candidates report six-figure hauls from early fundraising in Alaska governor’s race
- Alaska in the medals, as Schumacher strikes silver at Italy Olympics
- ICE deports Soldotna kindergartner and family to Mexico
NPR National News
- What NPR reporters will remember most about these Winter Olympics
- In the shadow of the Olympics, migrants search for a welcome in Milan
- Trump to raise global tariffs. And, most say the state of the union is weak, poll says
- U.S. has a quarter fewer immigration judges than it did a year ago. Here's why
- Influencers are promoting peptides for better health. What does the science say?
- The owners want to close this Colorado coal plant. The Trump administration says no
- Poll: Most say the state of the union is not strong and the U.S. is worse off
- U.S. boosts gold medal tally at Winter Games, led by athletes from handful of states
- Mexico fears more violence after army kills leader of powerful Jalisco cartel
- Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn