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KFSK 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, 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, 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, December 29, 2023A Washington man has plead guilty to selling fake Alaska Native art in Ketchikan;Juneau police arrested a man after a three-hour standoff;KFSK took a look back on 2023.2023-12-2914 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, December 13, 2023Trident Seafoods announced the sale of four processing plants in Alaska yesterday, including one in Petersburg; the Petersburg Indian Association has an unusually contested election this year - in the first of two stories for KFSK, a look at candidates challenging the incumbents; the Arctic experienced its warmest summer on record this year - NOAA scientist say the record warmth is due to human-caused climate change.2023-12-1314 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, October 6, 2023The City of Sitka denied a citizen's petition to put cruise limitations on the ballot for a special election;Petersburg High School hosted its first home volleyball tournament since the pandemic started;and a Wrangell hunting nonprofit is offering a cash reward for information about the illegal killing of a cow moose. 2023-10-0613 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, October 5, 2023Petersburg Medical Center informally secured about a third of the funds they need to build a new hospital;Petersburg's cross country team competed at the Region Five meet in Juneau;and Alaska Seaplanes announced that it will close its Petersburg and Wrangell locations.2023-10-0517 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, October 3, 2023Petersburg's Hospital Board heard public testimony about PMC's pilot youth programming, which is set to go under review at the end of the month;Wrangell's Borough Manager is stepping down;and Tenakee Springs will vote on whether or not they will join a regional garbage disposal coalition.2023-10-0416 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, October 2, 2023A landslide in LeConte Bay spilled timber into an area with high boat traffic; a panel of specialists at Southeast Conference highlighted key problems with the Alaska housing market and strategies to fix those problems; an influx of federal funding will mean Wrangell's Forest Service has some busy construction seasons in the years ahead. 2023-10-0213 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, September 29, 2023Contenders for Petersburg's Hospital Board spoke on public relations and the new hospital project at last week's candidate forum;JoAnn Thynes talks about her run for Petersburg's Library Board;and Petersburg's Middle School cross country team had its last meet of the year. 2023-10-0218 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, September 28, 2023A Petersburg High School student made threats against the Petersburg School District's secondary school on Tuesday afternoon; Petersburg's Hospital Board will hold its monthly meeting in the Assembly Chambers of the municipal building; and a conversation with Petersburg Library Board candidate Mary Ellen Anderson in advance of next week's municipal election.2023-09-2816 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, September 27, 2023A Petersburg high school student made threats against the Petersburg School District's secondary school;KFSK hosted a Borough Assembly candidate forum alongside the Petersburg Pilot;and Lizzie Thompson talks about her run for Petersburg's Library Board.2023-09-2718 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, September 26, 2023Marilynn Menish-Meucci talks about her run for Petersburg's Library Board;Wrangell is one of Alaska's first coastal communities to face major wastewater treatment upgrade requirements;and Haines' only licensed daycare provider is losing assistance from a federal food program.2023-09-2614 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, September 25, 2023Stanley Hjort talks about his run for Public Safety Advisory Board in the upcoming municipal election;with Congress unable to agree on a spending plan, federal agencies are preparing for a possible government shutdown;and climate change might have played a role in the collapse of chum and king salmon runs on the Yukon River.2023-09-2515 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, September 19, 2023A conversation with Public Safety Advisory Board candidate Russel Thynes;the City of Hoonah started distributing free bear resistant trash cans to residents;and the State of Alaska lags behind the rest of the country when it comes to aviation safety.2023-09-2414 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, September 18, 2023The Petersburg School District says a student made threats against the district last week;Petersburg's Borough Assembly has a lengthy agenda ahead of its meeting tonight -- including several reports on Borough activities;and Mount Shishaldin, a volcano in the eastern Aleutians, is erupting. 2023-09-1815 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, September 15, 2023A Petersburg quilting group brought a beloved member back to town to teach classes;Alaska Public Entity Insurance concluded its review of Petersburg's safety and HR practices;and thousands of Alaskans are at risk of losing their Medicaid benefits this year because of paperwork issues. 2023-09-1514 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, September 14, 2023Representative Mary Peltola's office has announced the death of her husband, Gene Peltola Jr. who died after a plane crash on Tuesday night; Petersburg's Municipal Election is coming up and four candidates are running for two seats on the Borough Assembly; a dead Humpback whale was spotted floating in the water about 30 miles south of Sitka earlier this month.2023-09-1415 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, September 13, 2023The Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department has a new set of wheels;Petersburg's cross country team competed in Wrangell this weekend;and this year's cold, wet weather spoiled the berry harvest on the Kenai Peninsula. 2023-09-1315 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, September 12, 2023A jury found the Petersburg Medical Center not at fault after a 6 year medical malpractice suit; Petesrburg's School Board meets tonight for the first time since classes started in late August; the federal government is looking for input from the public on proposed changes to how fisheries are managed in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea.2023-09-1215 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, September 11, 2023Petersburg is looking for cost-effective solutions for getting rid of its garbage;A new study suggests booming hatchery populations could be suffocating Southeast salmon;and this year's growing season bodes poorly for pumpkins.2023-09-1115 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, September 8, 2023New Petersburg Cross-country Coach Casey Gates reflects on the team's first meet in Klawock; Bristol Bay could see fewer returns next year according to a pre-season forecast; Interior Secretary Deb Haaland canceled all oil and gas leases in theArctic National Wildlife Refuge, Former Coroner and Magistrate Judge Rick Siangco passed away in Juneau last month.2023-09-0814 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, September 7, 2023A legendary Petersburg climber is passing the torch to the next generation;The National Parks Service identified two people who are presumed dead in a Wrangell-St. Elias plane crash;and a new Head Start facility opened in Unalaska.2023-09-0714 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, September 6, 2023Alaska will begina publishing quarterly reports about missing Indigenous people; A 2022 suit filed by Petersburg Police Chief James Kerr against the Petersburg Borough has been refiled by the borough as a civil rights suit in the district federal court; a cat named Leo, missing since last month's flooding in Juneau, is now home safe.2023-09-0615 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, September 1, 2023The Alaska Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a ban on trans athletes participating in girls high school sports; the US Fish and Wildlife Service has denied a petition to put Southeast Alaska wolves on the endangered species list; a conversation with Petersburg's new first grade teacher, Jolie Norman.2023-09-0115 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, August 31, 2023An interview with new Petersburg 4th grade teacher Sharon Paulsen; One Assembly member retires, while another chooses to run again in a contested race in October; the Coast Guard was very busy with rescues over the last weekend; Homer Farmer's Market brings back Zucchini Fest 2023-08-3115 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, August 29, 2023There is a new high school math teacher this year; Low chum salmon prices lead to salmon buyers closing early in Kotzebue Sound; Sitka is an expensive place to live, as measured by national metrics; a humpback whale calf is found dead near Juneau; President Biden will visit joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on September 11th.2023-08-2915 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, August 28, 2023Petersburg's Borough Assembly set a new precedent for the sale of its tidelands;Three years of huge salmon returns in Bristol Bay have flooded the markets in Kenai;and The U.S. Forest Service greenlit a project on Admiralty Island.2023-08-2815 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, August 25, 2023Petersburg's Borough Assembly is considering whether to request control of a state-owned seaplane dock in need of repair; wildlife troopers charged a Homer man this week with four counts of illegal fishing in Unalaska waters; the Skagway Borough Assembly postponed a decision on what to do with land that was the site of a boarding school for Indigenous children.2023-08-2515 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, August 14, 2023Petersburg Medical Center will hold its monthly meetings in the Assembly Chambers going forward in response to community input;a fire broke out aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Columbia;and Juneau is celebrating another growing season.2023-08-2415 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, August 23, 2023The list of candidates for Petersburg's 2023 municipal election is in; a crewmember on an American Seafoods factory trawler died at sea last week, likely from an ammonia leak; US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg focused on the ferry system during the last stop of his Alaska trip in Juneau.2023-08-2315 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, August 22, 2023Freshman Assembly Member Scott Newman reflects on his first year in office;New grants will help two tribes bring culturally important items home;Wrangell's school district is grappling with the effects of Governor Mike Dunleavy's statewide cuts to education funding.2023-08-2214 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, August 21, 2023Petersburg's assembly is taking public testimony on the sale of Borough-owned tidelands at tonight's meeting;Assembly member Donna Marsh reflects on her first year in office;and a U.S. Senator from Arkansas is surveying food security in Alaska. 2023-08-2116 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, August 18, 2023Devils Thumb mountain was recently climbed for the first time by someone born and raised in Petersburg; endangered Copper River sea lions have been turning up dead all summer, many with gunshot wounds; congenital syphilis rates in Alaska have risen steadily over the past five years; Sitka has a new trash compactor and there's hope that it will help lower Sitka's steep garbage bills.2023-08-1815 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, August 17, 2023A new survey revealed that Petersburg needs more than 300 houses to overcome the shortage;The Department of Transportation is sending Alaska more than $44 million to help fish get across roads;and NOAA released a sweeping five-year plan to promote America's seafood industry.2023-08-1715 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, August 16, 2023The price of elementary school lunches in Petersburg will increase by 25 cents;There could be up to five times as many streams in Alaska than previously thought, according to a new study;and major changes could be coming to Juneau's waterfront.2023-08-1616 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, August 15, 2023Petersburg's school board is holding its first meeting of the new school year;The U.S. Forest Service is proposing a 400% increase to the cost of a visit to the Anan Creek wildlife observatory;and a Kake resident finds healing in the traditional Lingít craft of folding roses out of cedar bark. 2023-08-1515 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, August 14, 2023Petersburg's middle and high school students will have a new principal this year;Warming waters and melting ice are allowing Alaska's humpback whales to migrate further north;and a superior court judge sentenced a Petersburg man to serve 20 years for a 2020 sexual assault.2023-08-1414 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, August 11, 2023The OBI Seafoods cannery in Petersburg hit 100,000 cases of fish canned on August 5th, four days earlier than last year; Trident Seafoods announced over the weekend that it will pay just 20 cents per pound for chums and will stop buying salmon altogether from most of the state; Petersburg's hostpital board approved its operating budget for 2024 at its meeting at the end of June; Southeast Alaska is expected to have its first big storm of the season over the weekend; the normally calm waters of the Turnagain Arm create a twice daily wave that attracts surfers from all over. 2023-08-1114 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, August 10, 2023As the Gulf of Alaska warms, larger populations of black cod could become a problem for Southeast salmon hatcheries;Juneau residents displaced by record floods are being reunited with their lost belongings;and the U.S. Forest Service says it will build 25 new cabins in the Tongass and Chugach National Forests. 2023-08-1015 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, August 9, 2023Trident Seafoods dropped the price for Alaska chum salmon this weekend from 60 cents to 20 cents per pound for all fisheries;Juneau City leaders issued a local emergency declaration on Monday night after the record flooding of the Mendenhall River;Alaska's Congressional delegation has re-introduced legislation to make the five "Landless" communities in Alaska landless no more.2023-08-0915 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, August 8, 2023Petersburg's assembly passed one resolution to sell borough land, and yet another to appeal for more land at their meeting yesterday;Navy warships were dispatched to the Aleutians after 11 foreign military vessels were found in the area;and researchers are looking for dinosaur footprints on the Yukon River. 2023-08-0814 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, August 4, 2023The Organized Village of Kake is building Alaska's first modern clam garden;A Wrangell nonprofit is hosting its annual golf tournament in support of cancer patients this weekend;and a drag performance made waves at the Southeast Alaska State Fair.2023-08-0414 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, August 3, 2023A crewman on the Petersburg seiner, Legacy, died Tuesday morning;the Kake Dog Salmon Festival returned last weekend;and a seafood donation program is helping families whose traditional salmon runs have crashed.2023-08-0315 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, August 2, 2023Bristol Bay crews say they're frustrated by the lack of transparency between processors and fleets;a group of twelve Alaska Native Corporations hired their first government affairs director;and two swimmers successfully crossed the Frederick Sound.2023-08-0214 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, August 1, 2023Petersburg residents participated in the annual Peddle-Paddle Battle to raise money for the local hospital foundation;Young burn survivors spent a week in Ketchikan as part of a traveling summer camp;and the Alaska Department of Public Safety launched a system that will let survivors track evidence kits used in their sexual assault cases.2023-08-0116 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, July 31, 2023The Alaska Ferry Board is drafting a 20-year plan for service across the state;Kake is gearing up for its annual children's fishing derby;and the numbers for the first Southeast summer troll fishery opening are in -- with chinook numbers that defy expectations.2023-07-3115 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, July 28, 2023The Community Gym portion of Petersburg's Parks and Recreation Center closed Monday for sewer line repairs; The state board of education heard nearly 3 hours of public testimony over a regulation to limit high school girls' sports in Alaska to athletes assigned female at birth; Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor signed a letter supporting states' rights to access medical information about abortion and gender-affirming care; Antiques Roadshow filmed its first ever episode in Alaska; The Mendenhall Glacier has reached its capacity for commercial tours, prompting some tourists to use Juneau city buses instead.2023-07-2814 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, July 27, 2023Humpback whales could be growing their own food supply -- with their poo;Wrangell is urging residents to conserve water after a few dry weeks depleted the community's reservoirs;Alaska is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to resurrect a proposal for the controversial Pebble Mine. 2023-07-2715 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, July 26, 2023Audobon Alaska has created a free, virtual birding guide to 18 communities around Southeast Alaska; A commercial seiner capsized in Whale Passage near Kodiak Island over the weekend; Bearfest kicks off in Wrangell; Following poor prices in Bristol Bay, younger fishermen are deciding whether to return to the fishery next year; The Biden Administration has carved out 120 million dollars for tribal communities to adapt to climate change.2023-07-2624 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, July 25, 2023Petersburg's ranger district hosts a science illustrator from the deserts of Arizona; the budworm infestation that has deforested thousands of acres of the Tongass National Forest is abating; Shishaldin volcano erupts yet again; Master Weaver Lily Hope starts a year long blanket weaving project with LGBTQ-plus youth in Juneau; and the Ninilchik Village is the recipient of a Biden administration grant for tribal small businesses. 2023-07-2515 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, July 24, 2023Petersburg's Borough is looking to fill 20 seats on several different boards and commissions for the upcoming election;Sockeye fishermen in Bristol Bay are protesting low prices;and Senator Lisa Murkowski is considering supporting Democratic Senator Joe Manchin for president next year. 2023-07-2416 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, July 21, 2023The Petersburg Borough is moving forward on a solid waste contract that is 34% more expensive that its current one; A group of kayakers stopped off in Petersburg this week on their 12-hundred-mile expedition through the Inside Passage; Dozens of family and friends gathered the night of July 19th to hold a candlelight vigil for Paul Jose Rodriguez, who drowned last week when his kayak capsized on the lake; Kodiak police have named Clint Moudy as a suspect in the fatal hit-and-run collision during the tsunami evacuation last weekend; Alaska's predator control programs do not work, according to research by...2023-07-2115 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, July 20, 2023The number of volunteer firefighters across the state has halved over the last year - putting communities at risk.In the wake of two big seasons, Kodiak Tanner crab fishermen are looking for ways to protect their catch.Alaska Seaplanes is rebounding from the Pandemic and expanding service across Southeast.2023-07-2015 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, July 19. 2023A new exhibit at the Clausen Museum focuses on Tent City which provided shelter for transient workers in the 80's and 90's; Lack of staffing may lead to reduction in ferry service for the Alaska Marine Highway System; Shishaldin Volcano erupts again yesterday on Unimak Island; A Kodiak resident was killed in a hit and run accident during last weekend's tsunami evacuation; Sockeye in Redoubt Lake near Sitka may exceed carrying capacity of the lake.2023-07-1915 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, July 18, 2023Petersburg Borough Assembly approves an appeal from the Petersburg Medical Center that will allow plans to build a new hospital to proceed; The U.S. Forest Service has a plan to deal with problem culverts and deteriorating road construction that would mitigate damage to fish habitat; An unusual flying object was spotted in the skies above Haines last week; This may be Alaska's slowest fire season on record2023-07-1815 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, July 17, 2023A 7.2 Magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for Kodiak and the Aleutians Saturday night; The Petersburg Borough meets tonight as the Board of adjustment as well as for a regular assembly meeting; Ketchikan's Assembly is looking at adopting a new plan for the tourism industry; consultants in Kenai detail possible mitigations for a predicted natural gas shortfall; A ballot proposition in Sitka may dedicate part of the seasonal sales tax to local schools2023-07-1715 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, July 14, 2023Southeast Alaska's House District 2 Representative Rebecca Himschoot talks about what Governor Mike Dunleavy's line-item vetoes could mean for her constituents;Wrangell's Search and Rescue team helped recover six people form a grounded boat;and Sitka officials are concerned with the volume of tourists coming into town.2023-07-1417 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, July 13, 2023Petersburg's fire marshal determined the source of the blaze that consumed St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church last week;Alaska's Division of Air Quality is issuing an alert for Southeast Alaska for smoke from Canadian wildfires;and Petersburg's James A. Johnson recieved a special visitor for the Fourth of July: James A. Johnson, himself.2023-07-1317 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, July 12, 2023Petersburg celebrated the arrival of the Hōkūleʻa, a Hawai'ian voyaging canoe;the Sitka Fine Arts Camp is suing three federal agencies over a visa issue that concerns one of the camp's employees;and the mayor of a Canadian port city mourns the loss of the ferry service that used to connect his community to Southeast Alaska.2023-07-1215 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, July 11, 2023Smoke from wildfires in Western Canada has arrived in Southeast Alaska;Rail workers in Skagway voted to authorize a strike;and KFSK sent Thomas Copeland to document his very first Independence Day celebration.2023-07-1115 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, July 10, 2023The U.S. Coast Guard held a change of command ceremony in Petersburg;Wrangell is developing a couple dozen housing lots;and a Sitka high school student spent the spring semester making his rock 'n' roll dreams come true in shop class. 2023-07-1015 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, July 7, 2023Petersburg's catholic church, St. Catherine of Siena, caught fire and burned for more than ten hours;Southeast Alaska is in for a heatwave this weekend;and NOAA biologists are asking people to watch out for two humpback whales that were seen tangled in fishing gear near Juneau.2023-07-0715 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, July 6, 2023A Petersburg resident won the annual Tongass ToughMan triathlon;Unalaska is gearing up to monitor for invasive European green crabs;and Homer celebrated its annual Highland Games.2023-07-0615 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, July 5, 2023Petersburg's Borough Assembly approved a three-year agreement with the union representing its municipal employees;a grand jury indicted three Sitkans on charges ranging from assault and burglary to driving a boat under the influence,and some Southeast troll fishing boats will double as climate research vessels as part of a new citizne science program.2023-07-0515 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, June 30, 2023Petersburg School District did not include the state funding that was ultimately vetoed by Governor Dunleavy as they planned the budget for next year; The Pride Month Art Show at Clausen Museum closes today; NOAA is conducting bottom trawl surveys to study Alaska's marine environment; Trollers start fishing July 1st with a mix of emotions2023-06-3016 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, June 29, 2023A Petersburg lumber mill received a federal grant intended to encourage more logging in the Tongass;The Yukon River chum salmon run is coming in below average, but just enough to allow a subsistence harvest;Weapons experts are looking into a suspected unexploded device on the shores of Unalaska. 2023-06-2916 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, June 28, 2023The Petersburg Ministerial Association blessed the fishing fleet;The Ketchikan City Council is discussing a variety of ideas to change the city's only 24/7 emergency shelter;And voting is underway in the Alaska artistic license plate competition. 2023-06-2815 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, June 27, 2023The union representing Alaska's longshore workers reached a tentative bargaining agreement;Ketchikan's City Council is considering whether to renew the lease of a controversial emergency shelter;And a dozen students from across Alaska visited Kotzebue to learn about renewable energy. 2023-06-2714 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, June 26, 2023Wrangell is preparing to welcome a Hawaiian voyaging canoe;There's a Dungeness crab boom in the Bering Sea, but scientists don't know how long it'll last;And Sitka's School District is bracing for the impacts of Governor Mike Dunleavy's education funding vetoes. However, homeschool enrollment could help the district's finances.2023-06-2615 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, June 23, 2023Petersburg is getting ready to welcome a Polynesian voyaging canoe;The state ferry Columbia is out of service for repairs; A three-year-old in Unalaska won an award for reading 1,000 books with his parents.2023-06-2316 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, June 22, 2023Southeast Trollers will have a summer season for king salmon after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a stay of an earlier ruling.; Juneau school district leaders face a budget deficit; Local schools struggle with meeting budgets for food as prices rise; The US military left contaminated areas around Unalaska after World War II and the local tribe is teaming up with scientists to address the contamination.2023-06-2215 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, June 21, 2023US Appeals Court issued ruling allowing trollers to fish king salmon starting July 1US coast Guard suspended its search for an overdue boater near KakeA Wrangell podcast received national recognition for a series on maritime disastersA Sitka troller published her memoir, celebrating life on the water 2023-06-2116 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, June 20, 2023Petersburg Borough Assembly approved an ordinance to rezone borough property for a proposed new medical centerGovern Mike Dunleavy veoted half the appropriations the state legislature approved in a one-time increase in school fundingScientists are studying activity at a volcano near Sitka2023-06-2015 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, June 19, 2023Petersburg Borough Assembly will consider an ordinance that would rezone part of Service Area One to make way for building a new medical centerSenator Dan Sullivan is trying to close a loophole in the US ban on imported Russion seafood The new Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Alaska paid his first visit to the Aleutian Islands2023-06-1915 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, June 16, 2023Southeast Alaska dungeness crab fishery opened June 15, but about a quarter of the permit holders is skipping the season altogetherWrangell's 68th salmon derby kicks off todayA familiar voice has joined KFSK's newsroom 2023-06-1614 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, June 15, 2023Climate-driven catastrophes are driving up property insurance rates in Alaska Researchers are using an underwater robot to learn more about the human history of Prince of Wales Island A thousand people came out to welcome the Hokulea a Hawaiian voyaging conoe in Juneau2023-06-1515 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, June 14, 2023Petersburg is dealing with anew wave of COVID-19 cases in the wake of several large public gatherings and the influx of travelersWrangell is looking at a high price tag on a new disinfection process at its sewer plantGas seeps were discovered near the Aleutian Islands 2023-06-1415 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, June 13, 2023Labor conflicts at Port of Seattle might disrupt the supply chain to AlaskaA conservation group is pursuing Endangered Species Act protections for several populations of king salmon across Alaska Alaska's two Republican US Senators have opposing views on the indictment of former president Donald Trump2023-06-1315 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, June 12, 2023New Phone App might help biologists map fish habitatsKodiak Alaska celebrates Annual Crab Fest Alaska has a new Coast Guard Commander2023-06-1216 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, June 9, 2023A fourth body was recovered from the scene of a charter fishing vessel accident that happened over Memorial Day weekend Polynesian Voyaging Society docked their Hawaii-bound canoe in HainesShort term rental owners in Juneau may soon have to register with the city2023-06-0915 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, June 8, 2023Petersburg Emergency personnel respond to a call for help at Blind River Rapids; Money will be coming to Alaska from a grant intended to increase resiliency in coastal communities in the face of disruptions from climate change; A traditional Haida canoe is launched in Ketchikan; Wrangell's museum is auctioning off some of its collection partly to increase storage space; Sitka Music Festival kicks off its 2023 season this week 2023-06-0915 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, June 7, 2023Coast Guard recovered three bodies from a charter vessel that capsized near Sitka last week, two victims remain missingLocal volunteers stepped up to help Petersburg's American Legion and Elks Club prepare for Memorial Day A nine-year old won the $10K grand prize in the Sitka Salmon Derby 2023-06-0714 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, June 6, 2023Petersburg Borough Assembly passed its budget for FY24 in the third and final readingNearly 70 passengers were evacuated from a small cruise ship after it caught fire in Glacier BayClimate Scientists are working with a new instrument that turns weather data from across Southeast Alaska into music 2023-06-0615 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, June 2, 2023A Washington State man is found guilty of murdering prominent Ketchikan surgeon Dr. Eric Garcia in 2017; Petersburg High School graduates the Class of 2023 this week,; Governot Dunleavy hosts conference on Alaska's Energy Future; Former Advisor to Governor Dunleavy resigns over controversy surrounding his social media posts2023-06-0215 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, June 1, 2023Petersburg switched from hydropower to diesel generators for annual maintenance and an unexpected power outage ensued; Representative Peltola seeks to reshape fisheries law to give more consideration to subsistence fishermen in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; A fisherman seeks to develop a sustainable scallop dive fishery in Sitka; The 750 mile Race to Alaska starts Monday, June 5th in Port Townsend, WA2023-06-0115 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, March 31, 2023One person dead, another four missing and presumed lost in rough seas near Sitka after charter fishing vessel sankUS Department of Justice will appeal federal court order forcing closure of commercial king salmon troll fishery in Southeast AlaskaCitizen scientists in Metlakatla learn how to combast invasive green crabes infesting regional watersPetersburg fisherman moonlighting as an up-and-coming rap musician 2023-05-3115 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, May 30, 2023Search suspended for 4 missing from fatal charter boat accident near SitkaAlaska Marine Highway System's newest ferry, M/V Hubbard is up and runningWrangell Assembly is chipping in for the community 4th of July celebration, not all agree to the tax payer funded expenditureAlaska legislators and educaters are dissatisfied with the temporary school budget increase2023-05-3016 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, May 26, 2023One of a kind jet touch downed in Petersburg last weekSitka's Assembly is considering regulating who can busk at its downtown tourist hubResidents of an emergency shelter in Juneau are finding healing in a community garden project2023-05-2715 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, May 24, 2023Little Norway Festival marks the coming of spring in Petersburg; Yak Timber in Yakutat files for bankruptcy; Governor Dunleavy signs a State Disaster Declaration this month for communities affected by severe flooding; A bill to exempt Alaska veterinarians from reporting to the State's prescription drug database passed both the House and the Senate. 2023-05-2515 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, May 24, 2023The regulation thast limits the size of Bristol Bay boats will be strictly enforced this season say the Alaska Wildlife Troopers; Klawock has a new police chief after months without even a police department; an international human rights group comes to Alaska with intentions to help Indigenous people who are being displaced by climate change; more grey whales are showing up around Sitka2023-05-2415 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, May 23, 2023Four fishing guides at a Petersburg lodge are being charged by the State of Alaska with over 50 fishery violations; Federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act will be used to pick up marine debris along Alaska's coastline; Petersburg School District received grant funding to cover the expense of its mental health counseling services; the Alaska Legislature passed a bill that could create a new revenue stream from selling carbon offsets; Some Alaska Native Organizations are creating lending agencies dedicated to funding clean energy and environmental infrastructure2023-05-2315 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, May 22, 2023State of Alaska files criminal charges against a vessel operator caught trawling illegally near Kodiak Island; The Alaska legislature comes to an agreement on the budget next year in the first day of the Special Session; Ketchikan Charter School brings two Indigenous Stories to the stage; Two major tribal organizations have withdrawn from the Alaska Federation of Natives; Baby moose are starting to be born in SE Alaska and experts warn the public to gove moms and calves a wide berth.2023-05-2315 minKFSK Midday MagazineFriday, May 19, 2023Petersburg's Housing Task Force is surveying residents about the housing shortage in order to assess the problem and respond; Wrangell's Chamber of Commerce faces scrutiny after running a cash raffle in violation of state gaming statutes; Cashing in on carbon credits may become a reality for Alaska after a bill passed through both Chambers of the Legislature this week; An Indigenous Alaskan author is branching out from non-fisction into sci-fi.2023-05-1915 minKFSK Midday MagazineThursday, May 18, 2023Mikof Mummers debut their annual Mayfest play, this year swapping out marauding Vikings for marauding PiratesBering Sea pollock fishermen have almost met their season quotaThe Alaska Health Department reports that the state's death rate from traumatic brain injuries is the highest in the nation2023-05-1814 minKFSK Midday MagazineWednesday, May 17, 2023US fighter jets intercept six Russian aircraft flying off Alaska's coastsFood and Drug Administration approve new vaccine for respiratory virusThe whole scoop on a mysterious sign along the Juneau International Airport runway - speed limit 19.5 mph 2023-05-1714 minKFSK Midday MagazineTuesday, May 17, 2023Alaska Trollers struggle with the prospect of no king salmon fishery this summer or winter; Petersburg Groundskeeper Colin Perry keeps the local parks and cemetery blooming just in time for Mayfest; The Base student allocation for next year increased $680 in a bill passed by the Alaska Senate last week; First Lady Jill Biden visits Alaska this week2023-05-1614 minKFSK Midday MagazineMonday, May 15, 2023Petersburg Borough Assembly is holding a public hearing for ordinances that would increase utility rates and increase fines for creating a wake around the harborThe federal government has agreed to buy almost $120 Million in Alaska Sockeye productsA bill that would prohibit housing discrimination is stuck in the state house of representatives2023-05-1515 min