Davis Hovey

2 weeks ago | kmxt.org | Davis Hovey

Two Kodiak men were arrested last week for drug trafficking. Law enforcement seized 10.2 pounds of cocaine from them according to a dispatch from Alaska State Troopers on Monday, April 7. Officers charged 52 year-old Nathaniel Scott Newman and 40 year-old Whitney Sands with third degree misconduct involving controlled substances. Troopers say the street value of the cocaine they seized is estimated to be $463,400 with an average price of $250 per gram in Kodiak.

2 weeks ago | alaskapublic.org | Davis Hovey

The first of three new U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters to be homeported in Kodiak is officially ready for duty, after its commissioning ceremony there last week. Dozens of Coast Guardsmen and civilians dressed in blue military suits, blazers and dresses filled rows of temporary seating Thursday inside Air Station Kodiak's main hangar. The official commissioning of the cutter John Witherspoon included speeches from Coast Guard top brass including Rear Adm.

2 weeks ago | kmxt.org | Davis Hovey

The first of three new Coast Guard fast response cutters to be homeported in Kodiak is officially ready for duty, after the commissioning ceremony last week on April 3 for the John Witherspoon at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. Dozens of Coast Guard members and civilians dressed in blue military suits, blazers and dresses filled rows of temporary seating inside the Air Station Kodiak’s main hangar.

2 weeks ago | kmxt.org | Davis Hovey

Kodiak’s winter was unusually warm, wet and cloudy. The meteorological winter, which finished before the typical spring equinox on March 21 this year, was considered over by the end of February. From December through February, 36.5 inches of rain fell in Kodiak. “That is the third highest, December, January, February total on record in Kodiak’s long 100-plus-year climate record," climate specialist Rick Thoman said.

2 weeks ago | kmxt.org | Davis Hovey

The Kodiak Harvest Food Cooperative has grown significantly in its almost 10-year journey. From a planning session in 2015, to sporadic pop-up produce sales to a permanent, brick-and-mortar shop. Coop members pay membership fees and can vote on management decisions including board elections. Kodiak Harvest charges a one-time, $150 lifetime membership fee. Today, it has more than 700 members and you don’t need to be a member to shop at or sell to the coop.