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LatestPetersburg assembly to consider ways to increase revenues
by Angela Denning, CoastAlaska | May 19, 2025
Borough finances are the main topic for tonight’s Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting.
Downtown festivities to follow Little Norway Pageant in high school gym
by Olivia Rose | May 15, 2025
Celebrations for the Little Norway Festival in Petersburg have been happening all week. But things really get going Thursday evening, May 15. The Little Norway Festival Pageant happens at 5:15 p.m. inside the Petersburg High School gym. That’s a different location than years past on Main Street.
Mayfest mayhem arrives in Alaska’s Little Norway
by Olivia Rose | May 14, 2025
Celebrations are already underway in “Alaska’s Little Norway.” Every year, hundreds of people flock to Petersburg for the Southeast island town’s iconic Little Norway Festival. There’s a lot to experience throughout the week.
April showers bring record rainfall in Petersburg
by Olivia Rose | May 7, 2025
Last month was the second wettest April on record for Petersburg. Nearly double the amount of water fell from the sky than what’s typical, and one day broke its own record.
Station Highlights
LatestBorough Assembly Meetings on KFSK – first Mondays 12noon, 3rd Mondays 6pm – Audio available in KFSK Archive
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
Meeting Agenda available here Next Meeting Monday, May 19, 6pm Archive available-listen here
School Board Meeting Audio Archive – Agenda Available
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
School Board Meetings broadcast live on KFSK - Next meeting Tuesday, May 20, 6pm Agenda Available Here Find the Audio Archive of past meetings here: School Board Meeting Archive
Petersburg Medical Center Board Meetings – Last Thursday mostly, 5:30pm – Broadcast Live on KFSK – Next Meeting, May 29
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
PMC Board Meeting Agenda available here, KFSK live broadcast coverage of Petersburg Medical Center includes the monthly call-in program, “PMC Live” last Thursday of each month, 12:30pm, and monthly PMC Board meetings broadcast the 4th Thursday of each month, 5:30pm. PMC audio archive-listen here
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by Tom Abbott, KFSK
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Southeast News
LatestHave lift, will travel — but not until fall
by KCAW Sitka | May 16, 2025
Eric Jordan examines the underside of his troller, the I Gotta, from the bow of a Harbor...
Sitka may allow on-site cannabis consumption with code update
by KCAW Sitka | May 16, 2025
(KCAW Photo/Cameron Clark) The City of Sitka is poised to permit on-site consumption in the...
Finalists chosen for Ketchikan school superintendent
by KRBD Ketchikan | May 16, 2025
The White Cliff building, where Ketchikan Gateway Borough and School Board meetings are held, is...
In the boatyard: Norcel
by KSTK Wrangell | May 15, 2025
Amy Schaub owns Norsel, a wood purse seiner. The crew fishes for salmon in Southeast Alaska....
Alaska News
LatestAlaska fails federal disparity test, putting millions in education funding at risk
by APRN News | May 19, 2025
Native-led nonprofit partners with Tlingit and Haida to bring free books to kids
by APRN News | May 19, 2025
Thousands of new books, many by Indigenous writers, are landing in the hands of kids across...
Most state services will see no new funding in final Alaska state budget draft
by APRN News | May 19, 2025
Flat funding, combined with inflation, will mean service cuts in many places across the...
Alaska Legislature finalizes $1,000 PFD; vote expected as soon as Tuesday
by APRN News | May 19, 2025
A panel of negotiators has finished combining different budget drafts approved by the House and...
Pope Leo meets with Vance, who delivers an invitation to visit the White House
by NPR News | May 19, 2025
The meeting appeared part of an effort to reset relations with the Vatican after Pope Francis...
Millions prepare for severe storms in the Midwest and South
by NPR News | May 19, 2025
Millions of people in central and eastern Oklahoma, as well as far northwest Arkansas, are in the...
What we know about the Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing
by NPR News | May 19, 2025
Authorities say they believe their prime suspect in the bombing was also the sole fatality of the...
President of CBS News resigns as Trump lawsuit hovers over network
by NPR News | May 19, 2025
CBS News President Wendy McMahon says she’s resigning because “the company and I do...
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