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The first ever Shellfish and Seaweed Festival is kicking off on Zoom this evening, hosted by Alaska Seagrant. Presenter and Kodiak’s own resident mariculture expert Lexa Meyer can’t wait to spread the word about seaweed and kelp farming. “In response to COVID-19, you know, we saw a sharp decrease in sales of bivalves, especially of …

Times have been hard for local small businesses, but that hasn’t stopped them from helping each other out. Cooper Curtis and his merry band at Highmark Marine have been putting on drive-in movies at the Kodiak fairgrounds, and then gifting donation proceeds to businesses in need. “We were trying to figure out a way to …

Bycatch and Community Provisions in Bering Sea Trawl Catchshare Program?

COVID-19 has thrown the traditional rules of commerce out the window, so the Frame Shop is writing a new rule book. “We have experienced with this because we are a gallery and frame shop so I knew what was coming in the winter time,” Sarah Culbertson of the Kodiak Frame Shop said. “And we started …

Businesses all over Kodiak have been hard at work, innovating a new vision of local commerce in a post-covid world. A stellar example of this trend is the local Islander Bookshop, which has shifted the entirety of its catalog online. “The process has taken much longer than I thought it would take,” Melissa Haffeman, owner …

Sablefish Bycatch in Bering Sea Pollock Fishery

First there was one, and then there was another. And another. That’s how it started here at KMXT, stories about the struggles of local businesses to survive the pandemic. In the process, we discovered that more than just numbers are involved, but something more powerful — stories of courage, ingenuity, and determination to outsmart this …

The Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op has ambitious plans, according to its website. It’s goal long term is to build a food co-op grocery store with its own building on Kodiak. While that project is still a work in progress, Kodiak Harvest is achieving its goals in other ways. The Fall and Winter market, hosted by …

Listen to this story: Last month, Thor Johnson opened the Emerald Game House, a space for tabletop gamers in the basement of the Kodiak Masonic Lodge. Complete with snacks and drinks for sale, Warhammer paraphernalia, and table space for rent, Johnson hopes it will be a new gathering point for Kodiak’s gaming scene. “What our …

The Kodiak Brewery has long been a choice spot in Kodiak for having a beer, but if beer isn’t to your taste you might be looking elsewhere. But what if the Brewery was also a distillery? That’s something Brewery owner Ben Millstein has been mulling over. “One of the typical things that we talked about …