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Five months after hiring an interim city manager, the City of Kodiak is still looking for someone to take on the gig permanently. But last week the City Council put a temporary hold on the hiring process.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, the results are in from annual election for KEA's Board of Directors, a bill aims to relax conflict-of-interest rules for the Board of Fisheries, KMXT's Davis Hovey sits down with gubernatorial candidates Adam Crum and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, and a new study finds that harvested Kodiak bears are getting bigger.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss the spring recruitment campaign and the staffing challenges some of Kodiak's fire departments are going through at this point in 2026. Rich Gonzalez, the Fire Chief with Kodiak Fire Department, and Scott Ellis, the Fire Chief at Bayside Volunteer Fire Department, are our guests for this Talk of the Rock.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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(Jack Darrell/KRBD)This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Davis Hovey reports on a bill that seeks to change conflict-of-interest rules for the Board of Fisheries, pike get hungrier when they get warmer, according to KNBA's Rhonda McBride and the Alaska Beacon, and a conversation between the Northern Journal's Nat Herz and APM's Casey Grove about the alternate fisheries reality that is Metlakatla.
Alaska News
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