by Baiz Hoen | Sep 16, 2026

Over 50 people gathered outside the Petersburg airport’s chain-link fencing to welcome the repatriated ancestor, a 6-month-old girl of Tlingit descent. Her remains had been at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle for almost 100 years.

Don Koenigs runs for Petersburg Borough Assembly seat

by Olivia Rose | Sep 15, 2026

Don Koenigs, 87, is running for the single 1-year term on Petersburg’s Borough Assembly in the 2026 municipal election.

Scott Newman runs for reelection to Petersburg Borough Assembly seat

by Olivia Rose | Sep 14, 2026

Newman, 61, is running for the single 1-year term on Petersburg’s Borough Assembly in the 2026 municipal election, as an incumbent.

Tom Kowalske runs for Petersburg Borough Assembly seat

by Olivia Rose | Sep 11, 2026

Kowalske, 55, is running for one of the 3-year terms on Petersburg’s Borough Assembly in the 2026 municipal election.

Donna Marsh runs for Petersburg Borough Assembly seat

by Olivia Rose | Sep 10, 2026

Marsh, 60, is running for one of the 3-year terms on Petersburg’s Borough Assembly in the 2026 municipal election.

Voter Corner

KFSK Voter Guide – 2026 Petersburg Borough Election

by Olivia Rose

The Petersburg Borough municipal election is on Oct. 6, 2026. Visit this page for voter information, interviews and discussions about what is on the ballot.

Station Highlights

Board of Directors Regular Meeting

by kfskadmin

The KFSK Board of Directors is meeting in regular session on Wednesday, September 16th at 5:30 PM.

Fall Drive-Art Selected

by kfskadmin

Thank you to everyone who submitted art for this year's Fall Membership Drive. We have selected a piece by former KFSK News Director Joe Viechnicki!

Petersburg Borough Assembly meetings & Borough Business live show on KFSK — Audio Archive

by Tom Abbott, KFSK

Meeting Agendas and Schedules are available here at the borough website. Archive available-listen here

Petersburg Medical Center Live on KFSK — Audio Archive

by Tom Abbott, KFSK

PMC Board Meeting Agenda and Schedule available here, KFSK broadcasts a monthly call-in program with officials from Petersburg Medical Center, called “PMC Live,” on the last Thursday of each month. PMC audio archive-listen here

Southeast News

Ketchikan business nationally spotlighted for serving up Alaskan oysters

by KRBD Ketchikan | Sep 16, 2026

(From left) Spencer Sullivan, Maura Scudero, and Eric Hayward stand in front of Alaskan Oyster...

Firefighters extinguish UTV fire

by KCAW Sitka | Sep 16, 2026

Firefighters tamped out a parked off-road vehicle after it caught fire Monday afternoon (9-14-26).In an interview with KCAW, Sitka Fire Department Engineer Zach Carlson said shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, the fire hall responded...

Southeast Island School District welcomes all new principals

by KRBD Ketchikan | Sep 15, 2026

A Southeast Island School District truck displays the SISD logo on Sept. 17, 2021. (Eric...

Team recovers Coast Guard helicopter from Harbor Mountain

by KCAW Sitka | Sep 15, 2026

(KCAW Staff) A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that crashed earlier this summer in Sitka has been recovered, and will be transported to North Carolina.The MH-60 Jayhawk from Air Station Sitka went down on June 22 during a training...

Alaska News

2 die in plane crash departing moose camp near Aniak

by APRN News | Sep 16, 2026

The plane appears to have crashed in a wooded area near the village under unknown circumstances.

Sullivan’s trawl bycatch bill clears a U.S. Senate committee

by APRN News | Sep 16, 2026

The pollock fishery’s accidental catch of other fish is a hot topic in Alaska’s Senate race. Among trawl critics, opinions vary about the impact of the bill.