Josh Krohn
General ManagerJosh is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a degree in communications and broadcasting, and a Certified Audio Engineer through the Society of Broadcast Engineers. At 13, he got his first taste for public radio when he interned at KBBI, an experience that shaped his career. Josh returns to Homer after twelve years with Classical 90.7 KVNO, in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was senior audio engineer and production coordinator. Previously he was station manager/general manager of KUHB-FM, St. Paul, Alaska, in the Pribilof Islands.
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Seaweed from Alaska’s beaches makes really great plant fertilizer. And more people on the Kenai Peninsula are catching on, as harvesting the marine plant becomes more popular. Now, researchers are putting seaweed under the microscope to make sure that harvest isn’t causing harm to the populations that rely on it to survive. After a fire closed a fuel dock in the Whittier Harbor last week, city officials say it’s operational again. -
After the sale of its utility to Homer Electric Association failed, again, by just a handful of votes, the city of Seward is now trying to figure out what to do next. The highly endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale is a coveted sighting in the Kenai River, for both locals and visitors. But boaters who aren’t looking out for the whales can pose danger to the pods when they're out on the water. An exploratory vessel that’s mapping the seafloor along Alaska’s coast docked in Kodiak last month.
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Emergency responders say the Fritz Creek General Store could be a total loss after a fire early this morning destroyed the community hub. A former Soldotna teacher arrested for sexual abuse of a minor has been newly indicted on 61 counts by a grand jury. A white raven has been turning heads around Kenai for the last month.
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A fire broke out at a fuel dock in the Southcentral Alaska community of Whittier on Tuesday, injuring two people and sinking a boat. A small plane crashed near the village of Old Harbor on the southeast side of Kodiak Island on Sunday afternoon. More than 800 runners tackled rain and treacherous trail yesterday in Seward’s grueling Mount Marathon race.
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The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District plans to draw on its savings account to avoid cutting any positions, following a veto of one-time state funding by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Stones, hammers and tree trunks hurled through the air last weekend at the annual Kachemak Bay Highland Games; a chance for athletes from Homer and beyond to show off their strength and cheer each other on, alongside Celtic musicians and vendors at Karen Hornaday Park.
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More than a year after Cook Inlet’s largest oil and gas producer warned of a looming natural gas shortfall, consultants released a report this week detailing possible ways to fill in the gap, by importing gas overseas in the short term and from the North Slope in the longer term. The Seward City Council voted to offer its open city manager position to chamber of commerce director Kat Sorenson. A phone sat at the bottom of the Kenai River for four days last week, until it was reeled in by an unsuspecting angler.
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The Kodiak Island Borough School District made some hard budget decisions this week, after Gov. Mike Dunleavy slashed the one-time funding approved by the state legislature in half. The City of Valdez went before the Alaska Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue for more transparency from Hilcorp, a privately owned Texas oil and gas company. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is conducting bottom trawl surveys to compile fisheries and environmental data in the Gulf of Alaska.
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After a year of planning and weeks of work sessions, the Homer City Council approved a $6,187,758 capital budget Monday, funding projects and improvements throughout the city for the next two fiscal years. Dipnetting on the Kasilof River opened to Alaska anglers Sunday. And this season, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is expanding the boundaries of the dip net site to give anglers more room during the fishery’s six-week opening.
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The group responsible for providing planning advice and making land plot decisions in the Kenai Peninsula Borough is losing five members. On the Central Kenai Peninsula, plastic is getting a second life as lumber, thanks to a local collections program and innovative recycling project.
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A former Homer judge charged with perjury made her first court appearance Friday morning, to a packed courtroom of advocates who believe there is widespread corruption in the Alaska Court System. On Saturday, Homer Police executed a search warrant on two separate residences in the area and arrested four individuals on several counts of Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance 2 and 3. The Kodiak Island Borough School District is figuring out how to cut about $2 million from its budget.
