Family Hopes to Save Homestead of 30-Years

The Malmberg Family in 1987 on the beach at their Dry Spruce Bay homestead. Photo courtesy of the Malmberg family.
The Malmberg Family in 1987 on the beach at their Dry Spruce Bay homestead. Photo courtesy of the Malmberg family.

A misjudgement of just a few dozen yards in the placement of a small house on a remote part of Kodiak Island over 30 years ago will likely result in a family’s hopes, dreams and history literally going up in smoke. The family doesn’t live on their homestead on Dry Spruce Bay full time anymore, but they’re heartbroken at the prospect of losing it.

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Jay Barrett is the news director at KMXT in Kodiak.

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