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Downtown festivities to follow Little Norway Pageant in high school gym
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
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
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.
Ferry board recommends retiring the M/V Matanuska
“Funding is tight, and will those dollars stay there in the rural ferry program? You know, with the new administration?" said Marine Director Craig Tornga. "We just don't want to be competing against our new build plan that's in the long-range plan."
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School Board Meeting Audio Archive – Agenda Available
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
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
KFSK’s Poetry Celebration
Contact KFSK to schedule a recording time for your reading, 907-772-3808. Poems air weekdays. Thank you for sharing your poetry.
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Have lift, will travel — but not until fall
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
(KCAW Photo/Cameron Clark) The City of Sitka is poised to permit on-site consumption in the...
Finalists chosen for Ketchikan school superintendent
The White Cliff building, where Ketchikan Gateway Borough and School Board meetings are held, is...
In the boatyard: Norcel
Amy Schaub owns Norsel, a wood purse seiner. The crew fishes for salmon in Southeast Alaska....
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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 16, 2025
Alaska lawmakers urge congress to extend health insurance subsidies. Plus, tribal leaders speak...
Alaska Legislature urges DC lawmakers to extend health insurance subsidies
If the U.S. Congress doesn’t extend the subsidies, they’re set to expire at the end of the year...
Murkowski introduces bill to renew funding for landslide projects nationwide
State officials say the original funding has played a major role in fueling Alaska’s efforts to...
Tribal leaders say cuts to federal health programs could harm Native Americans
A senate oversight hearing focused on cuts to services like child care, help for domestic violence...
More than 20 dead after tornadoes sweep through Kentucky and Missouri
Powerful storms and tornadoes tore through several Midwestern and Southern states overnight...
Opinion: A wealth of wisdom for a bargain price
NPR’s Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy...
Amid global competition for production business, Hollywood is hurting
Hollywood’s plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots...
A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say
The drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine’s northeastern...
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