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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The future of the former 18-bed hospital has not yet been decided. But at a work session last week, the Kodiak City Council agreed to have Wolf Architecture create concept designs for how the 85-year-old building could be used in the future. -
Some of the larger ticket items include roughly $13 million for education support, $6 million for the debt service and $2 million for the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center. -
Chiniak –less than 45 miles south of Kodiak – has a brand new mini-resort that opened this month. That comes after years of construction and recent zoning changes resulted in this property that the owners say could make Chiniak the “Girdwood of Kodiak”. -
On this week's Talk of the Rock with host Davis Hovey, Kodiak's state legislators Sen. Gary Stevens and Rep. Louise Stutes talk about how this session went and the various challenges they faced passing legislation, crafting the budget and working with Gov. Mike Dunleavy's office. -
The work group, which does not currently include representatives from the city, supported moving forward with the borough, the school district and the city to split the basic building costs for North Star elementary school equally. -
This week we hear about the Coast Guard cutter Earl Cunningham arrives in Kodiak, a Kodiak crabber illegally transported Tanners, Harbormaster Dave Johnson is arrested for assault, North Star elementary school teachers look ahead to next year as they clean out their building, the City Council denies Brechan Construction's proposal to buy land on Near Island, and two finalists for the city manager job are set to visit Kodiak later this month. -
Court records show that in the early morning hours of May 30, Dave Johnson of Kodiak was arrested and charged with three misdemeanor charges, including assault in the 4th degree and assault when a child is present. -
All the finalists have at least two decades of experience working with various municipal governments in a variety of roles, not just as city managers. Three out of the five have worked in Alaska communities. But none have lived or worked in Kodiak. -
The second of three new Coast Guard cutters set to be homeported in Kodiak has arrived. According to a social media post from the Coast Guard on June 2, the Earl Cunningham reached the island on May 31 after a more than 7,000 mile, months-long journey from the shipyard in Louisiana. -
Almost one year after Brechan Construction first applied to purchase city land on Near Island, the Kodiak City Council officially rejected the company’s request. On May 22 the council decided to stick with its minimum development plan for the island next to town.
