Kodiak History Museum
The Shelikof Lodge which featured the Island Room, was established less than two years after the devastating 1964 earthquake and tsunami. When the Kodiak hotel first opened its doors, Ardingers was a House of Music, Sid and Martin Urie had just opened a new bar called Solly’s, and it was the heyday of the King Crab fishery in Kodiak.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about a nearly two-day power outage in Chiniak, an update on the bear issues at the Kodiak landfill, the longtime owner of the 60-year-old Shelikof Lodge is selling, a Kodiak man originally from the Philippines had his toe amputated while in ICE custody, and KRBD in Ketchikan tells us about the upcoming first tribally-led addiction healing center in the state.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's show with host Davis Hovey, we catch up with the Kodiak Community Foundation about how their year has been for the Alaska Community Foundation affiliate and which Kodiak nonprofits they helped locally in 2025.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Katrina Liebich/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Merry Christmas!In this retro show we listen back at Theo Greenly's report for KUAC and the Alaska Desk on chum salmon bycatch in Bering Sea pollock, Desiree Hagen's report on sheefish for KOTZ, and Ben Townsend's visit to Salmon Lake for KNOM.
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