Davis Hovey
News DirectorDavis Hovey was first drawn to Alaska by the opportunity to work for a radio station in a remote, unique place like Nome. More than 7 years later he has spent most of his career reporting on climate change and research, fisheries, local government, Alaska Native communities and so much more.
Hovey went to Syracuse University, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Broadcast Digital Journalism. He is currently the news director at KMXT.
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey discusses Dig Afognak's youth and other summer camps like the upcoming sobriety camp with Candace Branson from the Native Village of Afognak. -
Roughly six months after Frank Dorner left the job, the Kodiak City Fire Department has hired a new fire chief. Rich Gonzalez, the current emergency manager for Kodiak Island, has officially taken over the top role at the fire department. -
John Oberst, the CEO and president of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, said a multi-layered defense system that can intercept hypersonic missiles will require lots of test launches to develop. -
This week we hear about the expanding infrastructure to monitor vessels traveling in Alaska's Arctic waters, the Kodiak Police Department has nowhere to store more impounded vehicles, pet boarding facilities and pet hotels can now operate in more zoning districts within the Borough, Starlink had a global outage for a couple hours Thursday that affected Kodiak residents, and an Alaska Airlines plane was grounded after running over deer on the Kodiak runway. -
Multiple flights to and from Kodiak were canceled Thursday, July 24, after an Alaska Airlines plane hit more than one deer on the runway while landing around 8 a.m. this morning. -
If you are looking for a pet hotel or some kind of kennel to board your pet on Kodiak Island, you’ve only got four or five options. That could change after borough officials overhauled local land use codes on July 17 to create more opportunities for pet-related services. -
Abandoned vehicles in Kodiak are typically impounded and stored in a city-owned storage lot located off of Selief Lane before being disposed of. But now a new housing development is taking up that lot. -
This summer Marine Exchange of Alaska, the non-governmental agency that acts as a middle man between mariners and the Coast Guard, added more marine safety sites in remote areas around Kodiak Island, Kivalina and Kotzebue to be able to communicate with vessels via radio. -
On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:An update on the rescission package as the Friday deadline looms, another Republican candidate enters the Alaska governor race for 2026, King Island artwork and tools are returned to the community in Nome decades later, scientists studying three-spined sticklebacks in Bristol Bay and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game hosts a free bear spray workshop in Anchorage. -
On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we talk with Molly Odell and Patrick Saltonstall from the Alutiiq Museum's archaeology program about the latest field work and updates from this year.
