Coastal communities across the country will receive $2.6 billion in federal funding to prepare for environmental and economic disruptions caused by climate change. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo called the funding “the most significant direct investment in climate resilience in the nation’s history,” in a department announcement Tuesday.  The money was included in the federal Inflation Reduction Act, which …

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: a research team based out of Nome plans to map the seafloor, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan says Chinese nationals posing as tourists drove through Fort Wainwright’s main gate and onto the post before being stopped by security personnel, and Unalaska celebrates Pride.

Pride Month is celebrated across the country and internationally each June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City, which are considered a watershed moment for the LGBTQ+ community’s fight for equality. In Kodiak, both the city and borough have issued proclamations observing June as Pride Month. KMXT’s news director Kirsten Dobroth spoke with Hazel Delos Santos and …

Kodiak’s annual Crab Festival turned 65 this year. The event kicks off just before Memorial Day Weekend with a ceremonial pardoning of the crab. A traditional Russian Orthodox Blessing of the Fleet closes out the event. And in between, there’s four days of food trucks, survival suit races and one big Grand Parade. And this year’s parade was a soaker, …

By Kirsten Dobroth, KMXT – Kodiak and Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media The U.S. House will vote Wednesday on an agreement to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, and Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola supports the deal, a spokesman said Tuesday. For other Democrats, the worst parts of the agreement the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck Sunday are in a 25-page section …

The commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs was on the ground in Kodiak last week visiting the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape. Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe toured the facility and met with Alaska Aerospace personnel. Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, left, toured the Pacific Spaceport Complex and met with Alaska Aerospace personnel during a May 17, 2023 …

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: Alaska’s Legislature reaches a budget deal, Alaskans’ death rate from traumatic brain injuries is the highest in the nation, and whales are thriving in Sitka.

Plastic, wood, fishing nets and buoys are just some of the waste that washes up on even the most remote parts of Alaska’s coastline. Now, programs aimed at cleaning up that marine debris are getting a funding boost from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – thanks to an influx of grant money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and some …

The terminal of the Trans Alaska Pipeline system is at “risk of a serious accident or incident in the near future.” That’s a main takeaway of a sweeping 180-page report that was published in April, detailing wide-ranging safety concerns at the Valdez Marine Terminal, where North Slope crude is loaded onto ocean tankers. The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company says it’s …

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: The U.S. Department of Agriculture makes a major purchase of Alaskan seafood, a bill that would increase penalties for people convicted of distributing drugs moves through the Legislature, and kids in Kenai celebrate salmon.