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LatestAssembly to review an ordinance to adjust the 2023 Budget
by Shelby Herbert | Mar 20, 2023
Petersburg’s Borough Assembly will meet on Monday, March 20th at 6 p.m. in the Assembly Chambers. The Assembly is scheduled to review an ordinance to allow Borough employees to serve on certain Borough boards for a second time. They'll also look at an ordinance to adjust the 2023 Fiscal Year Budget.
Petersburg veterans seek to revive local American Legion chapter
by Shelby Herbert | Mar 17, 2023
Petersburg’s chapter of the American Legion, America’s oldest veterans organization, was chartered over a century ago — but membership has fallen off. Now, a few core Legion members are trying to boost registration to keep the chapter alive and build community among Petersburg veterans.
Viking Swim Club breaks eight club records in current season
by Shelby Herbert | Mar 17, 2023
The Viking Swim Club is making waves, with young swimmers breaking club records from as far back as 1974. VSC swimmers Tory Miller, Grady Walker, and Jackson Zweifel broke eight swimming records this year.
Petersburg-based wildlife biologist helps fight wildfires
by Shelby Herbert | Mar 16, 2023
When the number or size of wildfires exceeds a local fire agency’s ability to fight them, they can call in militia support. That support can include help from employees like Toby Bakos — who aren’t full-time firefighters, but who are trained to fight wildfires when needed.
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LatestThe Common Good
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A conversation with the Alaska Humanities Forum’s Aud Pleas and Taylor Strelevitz about the...
Borough Assembly Meetings on KFSK – Audio available in KFSK Archive
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Meeting Agenda available here, Next Meeting Monday, March 20th, 6pm. Archive available listen here
The Common Good
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A conversation with Brandy Boggs, Patient Navigator at Peterburg Medical Center, about her role in...
KFSK Fundraiser Party Saturday, March 4th!
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Gold Dust Rising live on KFSK
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Lorne Carroll and Matthew Johnson of Gold Dust Rising played original and classic bluegrass and...
Southeast News
LatestCrews refloat boat that capsized near Crescent Harbor on Saturday
by KCAW Sitka | Mar 20, 2023
Around 1 p.m. Saturday, Coast Guard responded to a vessel that had overturned at the entrance to...
Craig eases water conservation measure nearly two weeks after outage
by KRBD Ketchikan | Mar 20, 2023
Craig, Alaska (KRBD staff photo). City officials in the Prince of Wales Island town of Craig...
Two teenagers arrested for armed robbery in Sitka late Saturday
by KCAW Sitka | Mar 20, 2023
Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with an alleged armed robbery in downtown Sitka early late Saturday night. Shortly before midnight on Saturday (3-18-23), 19-year-old John Brannon Horner-Raffaele and an unnamed...
Alaska News
LatestThe big problem for endangered orcas at center of Southeast Alaska salmon suit? Inbreeding
by APRN News | Mar 20, 2023
The population of endangered southern resident killer whales has dwindled to 73 individuals....
Dunleavy nominates CDQ executive for North Pacific council
by APRN News | Mar 20, 2023
Workers inspect pollock offloaded at Unalaska’s UniSea processing plant in 2018. (Sarah...
Nome woman recovering after serious snowmachine crash
by APRN News | Mar 20, 2023
Ivory Okleasik shows off her bib number for the 2023 Nome-Golovin 200 snowmachine race. (Courtesy...
Fox News seeks to silence one of its own over $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit
by NPR News | Mar 20, 2023
The network says it had to seek a restraining order against producer Abby Grossberg after she...
The Supreme Court wrestles with questions over the Navajo Nation’s water rights
by NPR News | Mar 20, 2023
Almost a third of the reservation’s 170,000 residents lack access to clean, reliable...
What France’s revolt over raising the retirement age says about the attitude to work
by NPR News | Mar 20, 2023
France is in turmoil over President Emmanuel Macron’s move to raise the retirement age from...
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