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KFSK Midday MagazineFriday, September 5, 2025Researchers mapped where ship traffic overlaps with seabirds migrating through Alaska's waters to pinpoint collision risk; a local coalition is hosting a sober social event in Petersburg tonight; and after three decades at KFSK, Tom Abbott has retired.
2025-09-0513 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, May 27, 2025All NOAA Weather Radio sites in Southeast Alaska will be down through Thursday; Juneau is considering a new seasonal sales tax system to benefit from the summer tourism swell; and KFSK's new reporter starts today.
2025-05-2715 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, July 16, 2024A Juneau man died yesterday after police shot him multiple times; after June's SEAPA shutdown, Petersburg utility customers can expect a smaller fuel adjustment charge than last year; Alaska's ACLU says inmates in the state don't have proper access to private conversations with their attorneys.
2024-07-1615 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, July 15 2024Alaska's political leaders sent letters of support to former President Donald Trump after an assassination attempt on Saturday; a landslide in Juneau displaced at least seven people yesterday; Petersburg's Borough Assembly will vote on two possible ballot propositions at tonight's meeting.
2024-07-1515 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, July 12 2024A look at capital projects in Petersburg that got state funding, and those that nearly got funded; a petition to oust two Juneau board members has gotten enough signatures to make it on the ballot this fall; Sitka's airport improvement project is ahead of schedule and on budget.
2024-07-1215 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday July 10, 2024North Pacific sablefish, or black cod, are a single genetic population, according to a new study from NOAA; a woman fell off a float during Ketchikan's 4th of July parade and sustained minor injuries; a look at Petersburg's 4th of July log rolling competition.
2024-07-1014 minKFSK Midday MagazineTueday, July 9, 2024The Alaska Marine Highway System's winter schedule has just one ferry serving Southeast Alaska's main route, and it leaves some communities out; for the first time, a Petersburg Parks and Rec-owned restroom at a local park will stay open all year long; Bethel's Police Department is warning residents about a phone scam, run by someone impersonating a local police officer.
2024-07-0915 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday July 8, 2024A writer and psychologist is coming to Petersburg to host a workshop on community resilience; test fishing boats are delivering king salmon boats to elders in Dillingham; Juneau's glaciers are approaching a tipping point.
2024-07-0816 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday June 5, 2024A new program in Petersburg aims to make it easier for people to add small homes to their property; after an electrical fire reduced the capacity of a floating fish processor in Bristol Bay, other processors are taking on some of the fleets fish; a look at Petersburg's Ephemeral Art Show.
2024-07-0515 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday July 3, 2024Petersburg voters will not get a chance to decide this fall whether they will have a say as to who or what is tax exempt; a Canadian company is looking at reopening a large gold mine at the headwaters of a river that flows into Southeast Alaska; a fire aboard Bristol Bay's new floating processor means it will be buying fish at reduced capacity this summer.
2024-07-0314 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, July 2, 2024The federal government is assessing a $12 million fine on the state of Alaska over how it determined who is eligible for food stamps;the City and Borough of Wrangell is looking at cutting back its police force;and a rundown of Petersburg's Independence Day festivities.
2024-07-0215 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, June 28, 2024The deadline for public comment on a petition that would list Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered has been extended; trail crews in Southeast Alaska are trying to figure out how to deal with muddier trails - an effect of climate change; a Petersburg reporter joins vikings and valkyries during last month's Little Norway Festival
2024-06-2814 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, June 27, 2024The South Mitkof Subdivision in Petersburg could be a good fit for a proposed infrastructure development program; scientists in Homer are using AI technology to improve the way they study sea otters; a mother - daughter duo won best in show earlier this month at Celebration's Juried Arts show.
2024-06-2714 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday June 26, 2024A Petersburg seiner overturned in Anita Bay just south of Wrangell yesterday morning. The crew was mostly unharmed; climate change is allowing salmon to expand their habitat into the Arctic; a group of teenagers competed in the motorless Race to Alaska earlier this month, sailing from Port Townsend to Ketchikan.
2024-06-2614 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, June 25, 2024The body of Christiana Watt, a Ketchikan resident who went missing earlier this month, has been found; the commercial salmon season is under way in Southeast Alaska and some salmon runs are expected to be fairly good this year; the state has released its draft schedule and the comment period is open through the end of the day.
2024-06-2514 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, June 24, 2024Petersburg Utility Director Karl Hagerman says he's extremely confident that Petersburg's water distribution system is safe; six Viking Swim Club members took home state titles last month; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed king salmon sport fishing in Juneau last week due to low projected returns.
2024-06-2414 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, June 21, 2024Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed Karen Morrison as deputy commissioner to the Department of Education and Early Development; laser technology is being used in an environmental cleanup project; new regulations for electronic monitoring on board pollock trawlers may go into effect this summer.
2024-06-2115 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, June 20, 2024Researchers have noted high levels of paralytic shellfish toxin in Ketchikan; a new loan program in Juneau will help families purchase mobile homes in a tight housing market; a conversation about a canoe journey to Celebration in Juneau.
2024-06-2015 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, June 19, 2024A Petersburg hunting guide appeared on the Netflix series "Meateaters;" a regional economic development organization announced last month that they'd received funding to install heat pumps on Prince of Wales Island; former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican candidate Nancy Dahlstrom in the race for Alaska's one seat in the U.S. House.
2024-06-1915 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday June 18, 2024A Petersburg-based commercial crab boat capsized in Duncan Canal on Sunday morning; it was a colder and wetter May for nearly all of Southeast Alaska, but meteorologists say there's no clear answers to why; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday that shells of the invasive European green crab have been spotted near Ketchikan
2024-06-1815 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, June 17, 2024The Petersburg Borough Assembly will take comment tonight on a proposed change to how the Assembly makes sales tax exemptions; a team of experts in forensics is visiting Petersburg and other towns in Southeast this week; a hydroelectric project in Angoon finally has the funds to launch after more than 40 years.
2024-06-1714 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, June 14, 2024Anglers fishing for king salmon in the saltwater near Blind Slough will only be able to keep one fish, starting tomorrow; a mountain lion was shot and killed on Wrangell Island recently; Mary Peltola introduced two bills in the House aimed at addressing bycatch in federal trawl fisheries.
2024-06-1415 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, June 13th, 2024The Petersburg School Board unanimously approved next year's budget, and said goodbye to superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter on Tuesday night; a Ketchikan woman is still missing after a second full day of searching yesterday; Silver Bay Seafoods has purchased Trident's processing plant in False Pass.
2024-06-1315 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, June 12 2024An update to the EPA's lead and copper rule means that every public water system in the country has to inventory each water service line; a federal lawsuit over fishing rights for Alaska's only Native reservation is likely heading to trial; a drag story time in Seward faced a bomb threat on Saturday.
2024-06-1215 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, June 11, 2024Alaska State Troopers have identified the person who died in a boating accident near Petersburg last week; next year's school budget is up for approval at the Petersburg School board meeting tonight; a conversation with a member of Celebration's lead Indigenous dance group.
2024-06-1115 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, June 10, 2024A look at what it could mean for Alaskans if the federal government grants Gulf of Alaska king salmon Endangered Species Act protections; a conversation with Sitka Republican Senator Bert Stedman about this session's budget process and the outlook for next year.
2024-06-1016 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, June 6, 2024One person has died and another was take to a local hospital after two boats collided south of Petersburg yesterday; the owner of a downtown Ketchikan property has agreed not to raise inauthentic totem poles carved by a convicted murderer next to his new shops; Lisa Murkowski was one of only two Republican senators to vote for a bill that would put the right to contraception into federal law.
2024-06-0614 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, June 5, 2024Klawock welcomed its first cruise ship;traditional canoes landed in Juneau for the biennial Celebration festival;and a little look at Little Norway's culinary history.
2024-06-0515 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, June 4, 2024For the first time, Petersburg's Borough is giving its school district the maximum amount of funding allowed by law; three candidates are now running to replace Dan Ortiz for House District 1; Ketchikan's utility department is facing decades-long issues that could get much worse/
2024-06-0414 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, May 31, 2024Six canoes holding dozens of paddlers landed in Petersburg on Wednesday evening; a Petersburg jury has found two residents liable for defaming a former police officer; Bristol Bay processors have a new competitor this season - a 400 foot floating processor named the Hannah.
2024-05-3114 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, May 30, 2024Brent Sass announced yesterday he is stepping away from racing sled dogs; Petersburg High School's graduating seniors turned their tassels on Tuesday night; Ketchikan Independent Representative Dan Ortiz says he won't seek reelection this fall.
2024-05-3014 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, May 29, 2024An organization working to reduce the cost of trash disposal in Southeast Alaska has won a $500,000 grant;a federal grand jury has indicted a man who allegedly stabbed multiple people aboard a cruise ship passing through the region;and an Indigenous-led group in Sitka celebrated after being gifted a few parcels of land outside town.
2024-05-2915 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, May 28, 2024The Petersburg School District and the teachers union reached a tentative agreement earlier this month; a bill that aims to help ease Alaska's teacher shortage is awaiting Gov. Mike Dunleavy's signature; dozens of people visiting Haines this weekend for Beerfest were stranded when the LeConte ferry canceled two sailings due to mechanical issues.
2024-05-2816 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, May 24, 2024The U.S. Coast Guard shared their report on a charter vessel that went down in Sitka Sound last year; Kodiak Island fishermen can expect a smaller pink salmon harvest and mixed sockeye runs compared to last year; folks from Kasaan are paddling to Celebration in Juneau using paddles and canoes they carved themselves.
2024-05-2415 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, May 23, 2024Money for Petersburg's new hospital didn't make it into the Alaska Senate's capital budget this year; the Petersburg Community Foundation gave out nearly 30 thousand dollars in grants this past weekend; Alaska's commercial vessel owners will no longer be required to pay for registration with two separate agencies.
2024-05-2316 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, May 22, 2024The U.S. Forest Service is proposing higher cabin fees in the Tongass and Chugach Forests; three Petersburg High School athletes became champions at the Region V track and field meet last weekend; Wrangellites participated in a workshop to make traditional Tlingit paddles, which they'll use to canoe to Juneau for Celebration in June.
2024-05-2215 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, May 21, 2024Senate Finance Committee co-chair Senator Bert Stedman talks with KFSK's Shelby Herbert about Alaska's budget; the Petersburg Indian Association voted to appoint Christine Yatchmenoff to the council's sixth seat; a 91 year old cruise tourist is suing the Ketchikan Borough for negligence after his mobility scooter tipped over on a public bus.
2024-05-2115 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, May 20, 2024The Petersburg Borough Assembly will consider raising the maximum taxable single purchase from $1,200 to $5,000 at their meeting tonight; the Ketchikan School District delivered lay off notices to 52 teachers last week, but expects to recall most of the if state and local funding for education comes through; Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola continues to be one of the Democrats most likely to vote against her party.
2024-05-2015 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, May 17, 2024Lawmakers in Juneau have finished their session, passing dozens of bills and finalizing the state's operating budget; classical musicians The Rice Brothers will perform tonight in Petersburg; Ketchikan's only 24 hour public homeless shelter stopped offering overnight services Wednesday.
2024-05-1714 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, May 16, 2024The Stikine River federal subsistence Chinook salmon fishery closed yesterday and will remain closed for the next month; the Ketchikan Borough was scammed out of more than half a million dollars earlier this month; Petersburg residents work together in an attempt to finish the biggest puzzle in the world.
2024-05-1614 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, May 15, 2024Alaskans will likely receive roughly $1,650 each this fall for their Permanent Fund dividend; Petersburg High School's track and field team has been training hard ahead of their Region V meet in Ketchikan this weekend; Petersburg volunteer fire department Captain Dan Bird was named the winner of a state fire fighter award last week.
2024-05-1515 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, May 14, 2024The Petersburg School Board will look at a second draft budget for the coming year at tonight's meeting; researchers look at whether a hatchery-only king salmon sport fishery would be possible in Southeast Alaska; a Senate bill signed into law last month gives injured commercial fishermen and boat owners in Alaska access to higher insurance reimbursements.
2024-05-1414 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, May 13, 2024Alaskans who sued the state last year over long wait times for food assistance are asking a federal judge to order the state to speed up processing; a farm near Kodiak is planning to test the feasibility of growing three kinds of kelp; a looks at what people can expect during Petersburg's Little Norway Festival this week.
2024-05-1314 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, May 10, 2024The Alaska Legislature shot down one of Gov. Mike Dunleavy's nominees to the state Board of Education this week; Alaska officials announce the launch of a campaign aimed at combating fentanyl; late last month, the U.S. Coast Guard decommissioned the Anacapa. The cutter was stationed in Petersburg for more than three decades.
2024-05-1014 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, May 9, 2024Goldmines in Canada near the border of British Columbia can negatively impact fisheries downstream in Alaska. A report from a nonprofit says some operate like a Ponzi scheme; The FBI arrested a cruise ship employee in Juneau after he allegedly stabbed people with scissors aboard the Norwegian Encore; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for women, infants and children, known as WIC, will now include more low-mercury fish.
2024-05-0915 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, May 8, 2024GCI customers in Bethel and across the state have been complaining of interruptions in phone services; a look at how the sale of Peter Pan's seafood processing plant in King Cove will affect this year's salmon season in the region; Petersburg residents marched downtown Sunday in observance of Alaska's first Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Day.
2024-05-0814 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, May 7, 2024Lawmakers in the House and Senate are racing to craft a bill that would allow homeschool programs in Alaska to continue; Petersburg High School students got a taste of reality at a financial fair on Friday; a commentary about teacher salaries and education funding from Rachel Kandoll.
2024-05-0714 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, May 3, 2024The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man in Keku Straight near Kuiu Island earlier this week; a ruling that declared two laws key to Alaska's homeschool system unconstitutional will be put on hold through the end of July; the Petersburg School District is preparing for possible measles cases in the face of ongoing outbreaks in the Lower 48.
2024-05-0314 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, May 2, 2024The Alaska Senate passed its version of the state's operating budget yesterday; groups in Petersburg have different views when it comes to how much Narcan helps with opioid overdoses; Senate lawmakers are pushing for a return to a pension-style retirement system for state and local government workers.
2024-05-0214 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, May 1, 2024A proposed management plan for Crystal Lake Hatchery king salmon will be considered by the Alaska Board of Fisheries next year; the U.S. Forest Service is seeking 10,000 handmade ornaments from Alaska to decorate the capital's christmas tree, which will be from the Tongass National Forest; opioid overdose deaths are up in Alaska.
2024-05-0114 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, April 30, 2024The Sea Lion docked in Petersburg on Saturday, marking the beginning of cruise ship season; the Alaska House passed a bill last week that would standardize the property assessment process in the state; last month a whale biologist spotted a juvenile bowhead whale in Sitka Sound.
2024-04-3014 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, April 29, 2024The Petersburg School District has joined a group that is planning to sue the state for failure to properly fund education; a ban on social media accounts for children under 14 passed the House on Friday; Ketchikan students are rehearsing a play adapted from a traditional Tsimshian origin story.
2024-04-2914 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, April 26, 2024Communities in Southeast Alaska lost power for a few hours yesterday due to a failure along the power grid in Ketchikan; the Alaska House of Representatives approved a proposition on Wednesday that would ban children under 14 from creating social media accounts; three men are charged in federal court for illegally transporting Alaska crab to sell in Washington; communities in Southeast Alaska lost power for a few hours yesterday due to a failure along the power grid in Ketchikan.
2024-04-2614 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, April 25, 2024Petersburg residents marched in support of increased state funding for education yesterday; the Alaska House is weighing in on a court decision that threatens key elements of the state's homeschool system; Petesrburg's track and field team competed at the first meet of the season last weekend in Ketchikan.
2024-04-2516 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, April 24, 2024Negotiations are stalled between Petersburg's teachers union and the school board; flat state education funding is causing drastic cuts in programming and workforce at Sitka's school district; House lawmakers removed an amendment from a bill that would have raised the age of consent from 16 to 18 in some situations.
2024-04-2415 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, April 23, 2024The Alaska Senate's draft budget includes a roughly $1,300 Permanent Fund dividend; the Alaska Senate passed a bill yesterday to tighten residency requirements on hunting and fishing licenses; a group of Petersburg High School students visited Washington D.C. and New York City this month, and got a look at how the government works.
2024-04-2314 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, April 22, 2024Alaska's Division of Forestry released its plan for selling timber in Southeast Alaska for the next five years; Juneau's emergency warming shelter closed last week; in Alaska, fewer children get tested for lead than in other parts of the country, and now public health officials are launching a new program to encourage testing.
2024-04-2214 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, April 19, 2024Beat-The-Odds is a local nonprofit that helps people cope with a cancer diagnosis, and this weekend they are holding their 25th Annual Run/Walk to raise money; Petersburg Medical Center has a new mammography machine; the next solar eclipse in North America will appear in 2033, with the path of totality crossing NW Alaska and locals and tourists are planning ahead.
2024-04-1914 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, April 18, 2024Petersburg High School students attend the Borough Assembly meeting to encourage Assembly members to support increased funding for the school district in the upcoming 2025 Operating budget; the Sitka School District also facing budget challenges in the face of flat funding from the State of Alaska; Congresswoman Mary Peltola leads her Republican challengers in fundraising by a wide margin
2024-04-1815 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, April 17, 2024Region 5 Artfest starts in Petersburg drawing students and art teachers from around Southeast Alaska; The Alaska House of Representatives passed a 6 billion dollar budget last week; A fish passage restorarion project will boost a salmon population in Southern Kenai Peninsula
2024-04-1714 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, April 16th, 2024The Petersburg School Board will see a first draft of next year's budget at their meeting tonight; state education official continue to dispute the federal government's claim that Alaska didn't fund schools equitably during the pandemic; U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola hope closing a loophole on Russian imports could help bolster Alaska's presence in seafood markets.
2024-04-1614 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, April 15, 2024Petersburg's Borough Assembly will hear appeals of the 2024 property tax assessment at tonight's meeting; Peter Pan Seafoods announced Friday it is ceasing operations; projects in Juneau funded by cruise ship passenger fees are in jeopardy this year.
2024-04-1514 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, April 12, 2024The Alaska House of Representatives passed its $6 billion operating budget yesterday. The budget now heads to the Senate; Sitka is deciding whether to refocus their visitor marketing program toward independent travelers; Petersburg's Heather Conn was recognized last week as the National Distinguished Principal for 2024.
2024-04-1214 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, April 11, 2024An Alaska superior court judge sentences Jordan Joplin to 99 years in prison for murdering Eric Garcia, a prominent Ketchikan surgeon; a fire broke our at one of Ketchikan's fire stations Monday night, destroying multiple vehicles. No one was injured; Petersburg's boy's basketball coach, Rick Brock, was named Division 2A Coach of the Year.
2024-04-1115 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, April 10, 2024Gov. Mike Dunleavy released a poll that he says shows that a majority of Alaskans want education reforms;for the first time, money from Alaska Marine Highway ticket sales will be used to fund ferry projects;and Silver Bay Seafoods is positioned to take over Peter Pan Seafoods' processing facilities.
2024-04-1016 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, April 9, 2024New for-sale signs appeared on Alaska Mental Health Trust-owned lots along Petersburg's Mitkof Highway, directly contradicting what the Trust Land Office recently told Borough officials;troll fishermen in Southeast have a new buyer for their king salmon with the reopening of the Annette Island Packing Company;and Ketchikan's low-barrier homeless shelter is in danger of closing its doors.
2024-04-0918 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, April 8, 2024The U.S. Department of Education says Alaska owes four urban school districts nearly $30 million in COVID related money; a bill in the state House would expand the list of healthcare providers people can see using telehealth; a look at Juneau's upcoming tourist season - it's first ship of the year arrives tomorrow.
2024-04-0815 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, April 5, 2024Petersburg High School students marched out of class and into the streets to advocate for more education funding;a federal grant program that aims to keep Alaskans safe from tsunamis is in jeopardy;and two Native Youth Olympics coaches visited Petersburg to show local students what the sport is all about.
2024-04-0515 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, April 4, 2024Trident Seafoods finalizes the sale ot Petersburg facilities to E.C. Phillip & Son; Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery now open daily from 8am to 6pm; Sitka High School Students lean how to navigate the Federal Subsistence Board Process, marine Passenger fees from Cruise ships may go to fund a clean energy loan program
2024-04-0415 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, April 3, 2024Petersburg Indian Association announces they have hired a new director; A Federal subsidy that helps low-income Alaskans afford Broadband internet is running out of money; A new program in Dillingham for people with addiction to opioids
2024-04-0414 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, April 2, 2024The Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association will be getting more $500,000 to help fishermen deal with the challenges of climate change; the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, is suing the United States for over $8 million dollars; Congresswoman Mary Peltola's voting record suggests she's less likely than most Democrats to vote with her party.
2024-04-0214 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, March 29, 2024Committee lawmakers rejected a roughly $3,500 Permanent Fund Dividend yesterday; the Petersburg Borough can now sell its land to private citizens an developers at below appraised value; Petersburg Medical officials brought two Wilderness First Aid instructors to town to teach locals how to help and injured person in the field.
2024-03-2915 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, March 28, 2024Petersburg Medical Center is starting to fill positions in its nursing department, following several months of staffing shortages; Sitka's new marine haulout and boatyard is a year away from completion; Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski isn't ruling out leaving her party to become an independent.
2024-03-2815 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, March 27, 2024Petersburg residents got a chance to weigh in on the planned closure of a king salmon sport fishery at a meeting last week; the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery opened for a second time over the weekend and then again on Monday; a mine near Juneau has reported a spill of more than a hundred thousand gallons of mine waste.
2024-03-2714 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, March 26, 2024Petersburg's Borough Assembly heard testimony last week on an ordinance that would allow people to discharge their firearms in the Frederick Point East subdivision; the Alaska Senate passed a bill yesterday that aims to boost internet speeds at rural schools; state government reporter Eric Stone discusses possible next steps in state education funding after Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a state education bill.
2024-03-2614 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, March 25, 2024Petersburg's tribe, the Petersburg Indian Association, has a new councilmember; the Alaska House of Representatives took a step towards raising the state's age of consent from 16 to 18 years old; OBI Seafoods announced it would not be buying salmon from the setnet fleet in Kodiak's Alitak District.
2024-03-2515 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, March 22, 2024An education-focused non profit says they are preparing to sue the state for inadequately funding Alaska schools; researchers are refining a method to track populations of fish using DNA left behind in the water; Petersburg Medical Center CEO Phil Hofstetter talks about biking the Iditarod trail for the Iditabike ultramarathon.
2024-03-2214 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, March 21, 2024The Petersburg Borough can now sell land assessed at up to $1,500,000 without a public vote; a regional working group in Southeast Alaska wants to create a landslide warning system for the region's smaller communities; Alaska has submitted a plan to the federal government that would reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions that drive global warming.
2024-03-2114 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, March 20, 2024Lawmakers from Petersburg's District 2 were among those who voted to override the governor's veto of a major education funding bill on Monday; a recent report from the National Marine Fisheries Service looks at Alaska's rapidly growing aquaculture industry; Petersburg's Viking basketball players are the reigning champions of this year's regional and state tournaments.
2024-03-2015 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, March 18, 2024Petersburg residents will be able to weigh in on multiple ordinances during public hearings at tonight's Borough Assembly meeting; the Alaska Legislature is planning to create a seafood industry task force that would give recommendations to help sustain the state's seafood industry; a Ketchikan master weaver is helping to create a pipeline of weaving teachers through an apprenticeship program in Sitka.
2024-03-1815 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, March 14, 2024The deadline for Gov. Mike Dunleavy to veto a wide-ranging education bill has almost passed -- but the future of the funding the bill promises is uncertain;Petersburg might be getting a new boat haulout out of a six-bill appropriations package that passed in the U.S. Senate last week;and home bakers in Alaska are finding sweet success on Instagram.
2024-03-1415 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, March 13, 2024The Last Great Race has its first six-time champion: Dallas Seavey;the Alaska Legislature rejected eight executive orders issued by Gov. Mike Dunleavy;and Petersburg's girls' basketball coach took a look back on his team's season.
2024-03-1316 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, March 12, 2024Petersburg's Trident plant has a buyer;the U.S. Forest Service is opening a timber sale in Thomas Bay focused on second-growth trees;and Petersburg's Forest Service buildings might be getting an update.
2024-03-1214 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, March 11, 2024Petersburg's Borough Assembly members tried to reach an agreement with Alaska Mental Health's Land Trust Office over the sale of a subdivision, to no avail;the Anchorage Assembly is asking Alaska's congressional delegation to support a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War;and the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka is looking for a new director.
2024-03-1115 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, March 5, 2024Alaska Republicans can vote fora presidential nominee today in the Republican Presidential Preference Poll; the National Marine Fisheries Service is in the process of expanding the critical habitat of North Pacific Right Whales off the coast of Alaska; Chrystine Lynn was honored recently with the Chamber of Commerce's Petersburg Young Leader Award.
2024-03-0514 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, March 1, 2024The Petersburg Borough Assembly is considering allowing borough land to be sold below assessed value to private citizens and businesses; a bill in the state House would redefine the terms "person" and "life" with big implications for reproductive rights and abortion providers; Unalaska is working toward building a geothermal plant.
2024-03-0114 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, February 29, 2024Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced a bill last week taking aim at protestors and others who block highways and other public avenues; Petesrburg High School debuts its spring play tonight - Peter and the Starcatcher is a prequel to Peter Pan; a conversation with Petersburg's L'xeis Diane Benson about her role in HBO's "True Detective."
2024-02-2914 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, February 28th, 2024Gov. Mike Dunleavy is demanding additional concession from lawmakers before he'll sign a bipartisan education bill; employees of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, in Sitka have threatened to organize, following a recent rollback of their benefits; Petersburg's high school basketball players had a packed schedule at home last weekend, playing against two different teams in four days.
2024-02-2814 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, February 27, 2024Gov. Mike Dunleavy cast doubt on the future of an education funding bill shortly after the Senate sent the bill to his desk; an ordinance before the Petersburg Borough Assembly would increase the land the Borough is allowed to sell without a public vote; more that 100 people rallied in Juneau to urge city and state officials in Alaska to support a ceasefire in Gaza.
2024-02-2715 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, February 26, 2024U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski says the effort to put Alaska king salmon on the endangered species list is misguided; researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks are looking at how ocean acidification is affecting Pacific razor clams; KFSK's Shelby Herbert talks to District 2 Rep. Rebecca Himschoot about education funding.
2024-02-2614 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, February 23, 2024The Alaska House passed a wide-ranging, bi-partisan education bill late yesterday; sport fishermen won't be able to fish for king salmon at Petersburg's Blind River Rapids this summer because of low projected returns; the Juneau Assembly unanimously approved more than $3 million dollars in loans toward two housing projects earlier this month.
2024-02-2314 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, February 22, 2024Petersburg's Hospital Board will go over the status of the new hospital facility at their regular meeting tonight at 5:30 p.m; last week, Wrangell's traditional dancers and elders recorded dances for a statewide audience in celebration of Elizabeth Peratrovich Day; a new study of kelp could help scientists predict how underwater ecosystems are likely to change over the next one hundred years.
2024-02-2215 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, February 21, 2024The Alaska House took up a wide-ranging education bill on Monday; attorneys presented oral arguments in a long-running dispute over fishing rights in Metlakatla last week; the Petersburg Vikings were in Metlakatla last weekend and struggled hard against the Division 2A team.
2024-02-2114 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, February 20, 2024The Petesrburg School Board meets tonight and will cover budgetary business; the U.S. Forest Service will build seven news cabins in Southeast Alaska in the next two years. One will be on Petersburg's Woodpecker Cove Road; three major seafood processors in Alaska have announced plans to sell of their plants or temporarily close for the upcoming fishing seasons.
2024-02-2014 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, February 19, 2024The Alaska Senate is working on rejecting several of the dozen executive orders Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued earlier this year; the Sitka Assembly voted down a proposed ordinance that would have limited bus traffic during cruise season; the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers has wrapped up a multi-year, multi-million dollar dredge project in Petersburg's South Harbor.
2024-02-1915 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, February 16, 2024Petersburg's teachers are negotiating a new contract with the school district - and Sitka's teacher just negotiated a new contract with theirs; U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski is urging Alaskans to put the state first in the coming general election; a store in Ketchikan is looking into ways to cut down on plastic.
2024-02-1615 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, February 16, 2023Petersburg's teachers are negotiating a new contract with the school district;U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski is urging Alaskans to put the state first in the coming general election;and a store in Ketchikan is looking at creative ways to cut down on plastic.
2024-02-1615 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, February 15, 2024Members of the House and Senate are working out details of a wide-ranging education bill, but they're still far apart on how much to increase state education funding; a Ketchikan resident submitted a letter of complaint to Alaska's Attorney General accusing local officials of retaliating against her after she attempted to remove books from teen library shelves; Petersburg hosted a basketball tournament last weekend, which was attended by teams from all over the state.
2024-02-1514 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, February 14, 2024Alaska lawmakers heard overwhelming opposition to a bill last week that would allow electronic monitoring in state fisheries; Gov. Mike Dunleavy is calling on lawmakers to expand Alaska's charter school system, repeatedly citing a study ranking Alaska's charter schools as the best in the nation; Ketchikan residents are wondering why their roads are in disrepair.
2024-02-1414 minElection Coverage Archives - KCAWListen: KCAW and KFSK host House District 2 candidate forum
On Thursday, October 20, KCAW-Sitka and KFSK-Petersburg co-hosted a live forum with candidates for House District 2 of the Alaska Legislature. Independent Rebecca Himschoot, of Sitka, and Republican Kenny Karl Skaflestad, of Hoonah, joined us to answer listener questions. The forum was moderated by CoastAlaska News Director Angela Denning. Listen here:
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