Angela Denning, KFSK, Author at KFSK

Author: Angela Denning, KFSK

PHS students learn about history and government on Close Up trip

23 Petersburg High School students have returned from a trip to the East Coast where they visited historic places in Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

PHS actors to perform The Uniform Unicorn this weekend

Petersburg High School theater students are performing the play “The Uniform Unicorn” this weekend at the Wright Auditorium. Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Long-time Petersburg elementary school librarian to retire

Librarian Mary Ellen Anderson is retiring after nearly 20 years at the Rae C. Stedman Elementary school in Petersburg. She’s transformed the library from the old days of the card catalog to the modern computer era.

March was dry in Southeast but did not break precipitation records

A drought continues for parts of Southeast Alaska but no precipitation records were broken for the month of March.

Pre-K schools in Southeast Alaska wait for better budget news

Governor Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget would cut $17 million in state funding for daycare and preschool programs: $8 million for preschools and $9 million for Head Start and other programs directed at low income families.

As Angela Denning reports, that would affect 15 Head Start classrooms in Southeast and another main daycare facility in Petersburg.