Joe Viechnicki, KFSK, Author at KFSK

Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

Parade to honor retiring school secretary

That smiling face at the front desk of the Rae C. Stedman Elementary School in Petersburg for many years is retiring at the end of this month and will be honored Friday, June 19 with a parade.

Paddle fund raiser shortened for Saturday

Petersburg Medical Center Foundation’s Paddle Battle in the Narrows is this Saturday and it’s shorter and scaled down for health and safety reasons.

COVID positive result for quarantined worker at Petersburg Trident plant

Petersburg health officials have announced another COVID-19 positive test in the community – this time for a quarantined seafood processing worker.

Time will tell if SE AK hemlock trees survive widespread sawfly damage

Some of the hemlock trees in Southeast Alaska may not have survived a widespread outbreak of defoliating insects that flourished in dry conditions on parts of the forest the last two years. The native wasps are called hemlock sawflies and they eat needles on the trees leaving behind reddish brown tree tops. That damage is even more apparent in the spring as other trees sprout new green growth.

Petersburg assembly starts approval of permanent emergency ordinance

Petersburg’s assembly Monday gave the first of three approvals needed for a new permanent local law on emergency actions and powers for borough officials. It’s similar to the temporary ordinance that’s been in place during this year’s COVID-19 pandemic. The assembly also voted to allow some elected officials to attend meetings in person and OK’d emergency funding for the school district.