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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Kodiak residents will notice significant changes at the Alaska Airlines terminal at the Benny Benson State Airport this summer. The company plans to demolish the current airport building and temporarily move all local operations to their nearby cargo office. -
On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss a new short film documentary about Filipino culture and life in Alaska called Bridging Our Stories with the filmmaker, Rafael Bitanga. Bitanga is from the Philippines and went to school in Kodiak. -
Each of the three candidates have at least a decade of experience in higher education and will all be visiting Kodiak from the Lower 48 this week. -
On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about Invasive Species Awareness Week in Kodiak, Coast Guard Base Kodiak is getting a new child development center, funding cuts and high fuel costs hamper salmon weirs and surveys, an interview with one of 15 U.S. House of Rep. candidates Matt Schultz, and the Sun'aq Tribe is moving its preschool to the old North Star building. -
The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak is moving its child care center – and doubling its enrollment capacity. The new location is a wing of a local elementary school that closed last year due to budget cuts. -
The Coast Guard announced on May 27 that it is planning to build a new child development center on Base Kodiak that will more than double the existing center’s capacity. -
14 candidates are running against incumbent Nick Begich III for Alaska’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. One of those challengers is Democrat Matt Schultz, a pastor in Anchorage, who spoke with KMXT during his visit to Kodiak on May 21 for CrabFest. -
On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about this year's cooler May in Kodiak and Southcentral, local fourth graders released their salmon fry into Island Lake, how high fuel costs will impact Kodiak's salmon fishermen, the City of Kodiak is back pedaling on two proposed parks projects, the city has a new interim city manager after Chris Hladick left, an interview with gubernatorial candidate Tom Begich, and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is budgeting $13.8 million for KIBSD for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Coast Guard Base Kodiak is planning to begin the fourth and final phase of its member housing expansion later this year. That’s after roughly $81.8 million to build more than a dozen duplexes, and to replace the water storage tank on Aviation Hill, was awarded to a contractor for the project last month on May 27. -
On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:An observation station in the Gulf of Alaska is set to be removed as part of a larger dismantling of an entire ocean monitoring system by the Trump administration, Glennfarne releases more comprehensive cost estimates for the LNG project, solar farm projects in Cook Inlet could be cheaper than natural gas, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's budget and staff for military sites cleanup was cut but they're still working around Unalaska, and a Petersburg resident named Dan Sullivan is also running for election.
