Joe Viechnicki, KFSK, Author at KFSK

Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

Former Anchorage mayor to speak on diabetes at Petersburg health fair

A former mayor of Anchorage and authority on living with diabetes will be one of the speakers at Petersburg’s community health fair this Saturday.
Rick Mystrom was diagnosed with type one diabetes while attending Colorado University. He later moved to Anchorage and worked in sales and advertising, before getting into politics and leading Anchorage’s bid for the 1992 Olympic games. Mystrom was on the Anchorage assembly and was elected to two terms as mayor in the 1990s. Over 50 years after his diagnosis, he’s written three books about living with diabetes and healthy eating. His latest focuses on type two diabetes.

Petersburg police arrest another for heroin

Petersburg police arrested another local man Tuesday, April 10 for allegedly importing more illegal drugs to town. 25-year-old Kelsey McCay was arrested after police say he threw away a package containing heroin at a remote spot on Frederick Point Road.

PHS track teams open season in Juneau

Petersburg High School’s track teams had their first competition of the season and traveled with a small contingent to an all-comers meet Saturday April 7 at Thunder Mountain High School.

Federal subsistence board to decide Southeast hunting, trapping changes

The Federal Subsistence Board will be deciding on changes to regulations for Southeast Alaska deer and wolf hunting and trapping this week.
The board meets Tuesday through Friday, April 10-13th in Anchorage to vote on proposals to change seasons, bag limits and other rules for subsistence wildlife hunting and trapping regulations across the state. The board is made up of members of the public and top officials from various federal agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Their decisions impact hunting and trapping on federal land in Alaska.

State board OKs second Petersburg marijuana grow business

Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board Thursday, April 5 approved a license for the second marijuana grow business in the Petersburg area, this one planned for the downtown business district.