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Storytelling singer songwriter returns to Petersburg
Petersburg residents might remember hearing Kray Van Kirk four years ago when he was last in Petersburg. He plays the 6 and 12-string guitars. He's performing Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the Holy Cross House.
Petersburg’s recycling collection offline next week
Curbside collection of co-mingled recyclable material is on hold in Petersburg starting next Monday, September 23rd.
Four challenge for two seats on Petersburg’s assembly
Besides choosing the next mayor, Petersburg voters will be filling two seats on the borough assembly in October. Four people are running for two seats on the governing body that decides spending and makes local law for the municipality. The four candidates say they’d take a different approach to serving on the assembly and also differ in some of their top priorities.
Mayor’s race offers a choice for Petersburg voters
Voters have a choice for Petersburg’s mayor on the October 1st municipal ballot, between a current and former mayor. The candidates offer a clear contrast on public safety staffing decisions, a local land swap and other issues. They expanded on their views on a number of subjects during last week’s candidates forum.
Petersburg High School cross country runners lead small schools in Craig
Petersburg High School cross country teams were the top teams among small schools at a meet in Craig over the last weekend. Both the boys and girls teams took first place behind Ketchikan.
Water valve work shuts main road in Petersburg Monday
Petersburg public works crews Tuesday were cleaning up after repairing part of the borough’s water system on Haugen Drive early this week.
Station Highlights
LatestCommentary by Mark Kubo addressing fundraising needs for Petersburg WAVE
KFSK has an open airwaves policy. We encourage the public to express personal opinions, ideas, and creative works, which will be available on our web site, kfsk.org, following the scheduled radio broadcast. The views and...
Borough Assembly Meetings on KFSK – Audio available in archive
Next meeting Monday, September 16th, 6pm. Agenda Available Here
Petersburg Borough Election Tuesday, October 1st: See List of Registered Candidates Here – Sept. 12 Candidates Forum Audio Available Here
Absentee and Early Voting Available Now upstairs in the Municipal Building, open 8am-4:30pm M-F. Deadline Monday, Sept. 30th, 12noon. Polls will be open Election Day, 8am - 8pm in the Community Center Activity Room
School Board Meeting Audio Archive – Agenda Available Once Posted
Petersburg School Board meetings are held in the High School Library. Next meeting Tuesday, October 8, 6pm September 10th Agenda Available Here Find the Audio Archive of past meetings here: School Board Meeting Archive
PMC Live, first Thursday of the month, 12:30pm on KFSK
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. Next program Thursday, October 3 Archive available here
Petersburg Borough Report – Police Department Thursday, Aug. 29, 12:30pm
KFSK's New Monthly call-in program with focus on the Police Department - the last Thursday of each month, 12:30pm. listen to archive here
Southeast News
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Even more cruise ships are coming to Alaska in 2020
Passengers from the mega ship Norwegian Joy disembark on May 16 at Ketchikan’s Berth 3 downtown....
SE Conference takes aim at Gov. Dunleavy’s cuts to state ferries
“We were supposed to be having a funeral for the Alaska Marine Highway on October 1,” Sen. Bert Stedman told the annual meeting of the Southeast Conference. Although the legislature prevented Gov. Mike Dunleavy from eliminating...
Listen: Raven News hosts election forum on plastic bag ban
Plastic bags — should we keep them or ban them? On Tuesday, September 17, Raven Radio invited listeners to join the conversation in the first election forum of the season. Proposition 1 would ban single-use plastic bags in...
Motivation high, cash low for a new marine service center in Sitka
Garry White (center, with binder) explains the strategic vision for a boat yard and haul out at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park in Sitka. With two years until Sitka’s lone commercial operator closes, White is hoping that private...
Alaska News
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Alaska remote diesel generators win exemption from pollution rule
Meera Kohler, CEO of Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, tours the St. Mary’s power plant with...
Cokie Roberts was a pioneer journalist — and she had an Alaska connection
Cokie Roberts signs books before a discussion in the LBJ Presidential Library Auditorium on Feb....
Judge: case of slain Mountain Village woman shows how Alaska’s justice system is failing
The Yukon River community of Mountain Village is seen on June 27, 2019. (Loren Holmes / ADN) In an...
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster gave invocation at Kenai Assembly meeting
SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) – A pastor wearing a spaghetti strainer on his head delivered the opening invocation at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting Tuesday. The invocation by the pastor of the Homer congregation of the...
NPR
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi To Unveil Plan To Negotiate Prices Of 250 Prescription Drugs
The House speaker has been privately working for months on legislation aimed at lowering the cost...
Public Libraries May Turn The Page For Colorado City’s News Desert
Scores of counties across the U.S. have no local newspaper, and some that do say they’re not...
Japanese Court Acquits Former Utility Executives Over 2011 Fukushima Disaster
The three ex-Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives were found not guilty of professional negligence...
Canadian PM Trudeau Apologizes For Brownface Costume At 2001 Party
The revelation of an 18-year-old party photo comes as Trudeau is launching his reelection...
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