Joe Viechnicki, KFSK, Author at KFSK

Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

Petersburg Museum shows “Upcycled” exhibit online

The Clausen Museum has a new virtual show online this month. Called “Upcycled,” it features photos of reused fabric in functional and artistic forms.

Borough clarifies health order on emergency sheltering, assembly to try for meeting again Tuesday

Petersburg’s borough assembly will try again this afternoon for a meeting on a local public health order that seeks to provide emergency sheltering options for homeless individuals and families along with first responders and health care workers.

Kake road project could be under construction in August

The state is continuing with plans to start up construction of a remote road project on Kupreanof Island in central Southeast Alaska near the community of Kake this summer.

Petersburg schools are online, meals stretch into weekends

Petersburg’s school board Tuesday heard plans for the final months of the school year, with classes continuing online in grades K through 12 and ending as scheduled. School administrators also updated the board on the district’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a new way of operating.

Researcher discusses changing ocean impacts on SE shrimp, crab

An online presentation for Petersburg’s Science Series Thursday, April 16 will focus on some of the shrimp and crab species of Southeast Alaska in changing ocean conditions. Sherry Tamone is a professor of biology at the University of Alaska Southeast. For the past six years she’s been studying the growth and life history of spot shrimp in Alaska.