KMXT’s Pam Foreman talked with local students who are cadets in the Kodiak Civil Air Patrol. The students recently won the Color Guard Cadet Competition in Alaska and will be representing Alaska in the Pacific Region Cadet Competition on March 30, 2019.

More than 11,000 elderly Alaskans would lose a cash assistance program that’s been around for nearly half a century. As CoastAlaska’s Jacob Resneck reports, the Senior Benefits Program is on the chopping block as the Dunleavy administration seeks to cut costs to balance the budget.       In a video address recorded a month before last November’s election, then-candidate …

Genetically engineered salmon is on its way to the United States.  Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced Friday that he is canceling an import alert, the last barrier keeping the fish out of the country.  The manufacturer of AquAdvantage Salmon can now transport engineered salmon eggs to the company’s facility in Indiana, where it’s to be grown into full-sized …

Kodiak can be a hard place to live and the fear of homelessness is a concern for many. Others are hampered in their ability to get or keep jobs because they need a hand getting necessary documents or a valid driver’s licenses. Even if they are not actually homeless, many Kodiak residents live on the edge with multiple generations pooling …

A group of Alaskans has applied to hold a citizen initiative to move legislative sessions from Juneau to Anchorage. The initiative would also bypass a law that requires that the state to seek voters’ approval before incurring the costs of relocating the Legislature. It’s the latest in a long series of attempts to move at least some of the capital’s …

Sea ice extent has been reduced to almost nothing due to the latest series of storms that hit several communities in the Bering Strait region. Open water can now be seen from the shores of Unalakleet, Shishmaref, and elsewhere along the west coast of Alaska, a sight that is historically abnormal for this time of year.     Sea ice …

The Alaska Marine Highway System has stopped selling tickets past September. As CoastAlaska’s Jacob Resneck reports, that’s in response to the governor’s proposed budget that would effectively shut down service later this year.   The Alaska State Ferry Tustumena arriving at its Kodiak homeport. KMXT file photo Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s official biography describes him as arriving in Alaska in 1983 …

While the full swing climbing season in the Alaska Range has yet to begin, the planning stages for various groups are underway. The National Park Service, air taxis, and mountaineering groups are figuring out their upcoming 2019 climbing logistics. One particular group of climbing scientists have been coming thru Talkeetna for over ten years to collect ice core samples on …

Trident Seafoods will pay up to $23 million dollars to improve its compliance with the Clean Air Act. That’s part of a proposed settlement reached Tuesday between the seafood processing company and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice. KDLG’s Izzy Ross has more. In a statement the EPA said that between 2009 and 2016, Trident failed …

Virtually no category of spending spared Deep budget cuts hit schools especially hard University says it may have to shut small campuses Gary Stevens. Photo courtesy of Alaska State Legislature Maggie’s interview with Senator Stevens in its entirety is below.