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Petersburg School District gives staff more options for COVID leave
The Petersburg School Board at its last meeting approved a Memorandum of Agreement that allows staff more options for taking leave for COVID reasons.
Temporary music director hired at Petersburg School District
The Petersburg School District has hired a temporary music director through the end of the school year. Charlie O’Brien will start teaching in mid-November at the middle and high schools.
PHS boys cross country team takes 2nd at State; Uriah Lucas wins individual state title
The Petersburg Boys cross country team took second place at the Division III State Cross Country Running Championships meet behind Haines. Petersburg senior Uriah Lucas took first place individually. The girls team also competed, taking fourth place overall.
Regional council backs Southeast subsistence moose hunt
The regional council that recommends changes to subsistence hunting and fishing regulations in Southeast Alaska is backing a new draw permit hunt for moose on two islands in the region. The change could provide permits to rural residents of the region for harvest of bull moose without antler restrictions. But it’s opposed by federal and state wildlife managers for potential impact on the moose population.
Petersburg residents back House district with smaller SE towns
The board charged with redrawing legislative districts heard from residents of Petersburg last Thursday. Proposals would either keep Petersburg in a Sitka district or group it with Juneau or Ketchikan.
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KFSK weather weekly
KFSK has a weekly radio segment on the past week's weather and what's coming up for the weekend. It's with forecasters from the National Weather Service in Juneau. Weather weekly will air during Wednesday's Midday Magazine news at noon and these updates are archived here.
PMC Live, Monthly Showcase on Petersburg Medical Center – Next Program, November 4 – Archive Available Here
KFSK News and the Petersburg Medical Center monthly program, “PMC Live” airs at 12:30pm, the first Thursday of each month. The program will focus on different departments, new initiatives, and highlight challenges at the medical center. Last program was Thursday, September 2
School Board Meeting Audio Archive – Agenda Available
Petersburg School Board meetings are broadcast live on KFSK. Next meeting Tuesday, October 12, 6pm Agenda Available Here Find the Audio Archive of past meetings here: School Board Meeting Archive
Borough Assembly Meetings on KFSK – Audio available in archive
Regular Meeting Agenda available here Next Meeting Monday, Oct. 18, 6pm ... Archive available listen here
COVID-19 information and call-in programs on KFSK
KFSK holds an occassional program on COVID-19 with local hospital, school, borough and public health officials. Here are past shows and links to useful information.
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The Malaspina could be enlisted to fight global piracy. Instead the state’s paying $75,000 a month to tie it to a dock.
The state ferry Malaspina sits in layup in Ward Cove near Ketchikan on May 10, 2020. DOT now...
Aviation regulators announce recommendations – but no new rules – to reduce air crashes in Alaska
A floatplane in Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness in 1998. (Creative Commons photo by...
Sentinel Sarah: Meet the Wrangell paper’s new reporter
Sarah Aslam, the Wrangell Sentinel’s new reporter.(Sage Smiley / KSTK) A month after bringing on a...
Hearing anxiety over food security, subsistence council recommends tighter hunting rules in rural Southeast Alaska
Aerial view of Angoon in 2017. The Southeast RAC is recommending making lower Admiralty Island...
Assembly authorizes hospital sale on 6-1 vote
When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (10-13-21), it closed the final chapter in the city’s...
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Alaska Gov. Dunleavy won’t endorse mask or vaccine mandates. But he says he won’t ban them either.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a news conference in downtown Anchorage last month. (Nat...
Officials warn of plateau as Alaska reports 964 new resident COVID cases
Vehicles line-up on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, afternoon at the Loussac Library, one of Anchorage’s...
Alaskan Latinos discuss culture and an upcoming documentary during Hispanic Heritage Month | Alaska Insight
Hispanics make up a growing share of the population in Alaska, and their stories are intertwined with the state’s culture. How has life changed for the Hispanic and Latino community through the decades? Lori Townsend discusses...
Clem Tillion, Alaska’s original ‘fish czar,’ dies at 96
Clem Tillion in Halibut Cove in 2018. (Jason Sear) Clem Tillion had a story for everyone, it...
Bronson vetoes Anchorage mask mandate
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson during public testimony at the Anchorage Assembly on Sept. 29, 2021....
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LatestMegan Rice, peace activist nun imprisoned for nuclear site break-in, dies at 91
Megan Rice spent two years in federal prison while in her 80s after breaking into a government security complex to protest nuclear weapons.
Tom Morey, inventor of the Boogie Board, dies at 86
Morey, a well-known surfer in Southern California in the ’50s and ’60s, invented the...
Coast Guard says a ship’s anchor dragged California oil pipeline that later leaked
Investigators believe a 1,200-foot cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater...
Protester shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha is now suing Wisconsin authorities
The lawsuit alleges that authorities in Kenosha not only knew that armed vigilantes planned to...
Former President Bill Clinton released from the hospital
Clinton, 75, had been hospitalized at the UC Irvine Medical Center since Tuesday for a...
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