In this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the Christmas bird count in Kodiak, how the federal government shutdown caused a hiccup in the Pacific cod quota for this year's fishery around Kodiak Island, the Tustumena's last scheduled visit to Kodiak before annual maintenance, the latest direction the KIBSD Board of Education is considering to fill its multi-million-dollar budget gap and our colleagues at KNBA breakdown the Coast Guard's rescue of nine people after a fishing vessel ran aground on St. George Island.