kfskadmin, Author at KFSK - Page 335 of 757

Petersburg’s museum director moves on

The director at Petersburg’s museum is moving on this month after 16 years on the job. Sue McCallum has been Clausen Museum director since 1998 and is moving to Florida this summer.

Couple arrives in Petersburg in unconventional vessel

Many people travel to Alaska in the summer to experience wild, untapped adventure. One couple arrived in Petersburg recently by unconventional means. They’ve spent nearly 70 days on the water, all the way from Victoria British Columbia.

Petersburg park landscaping fund raising underway

Residents of Sandy Beach Road in Petersburg are fund raising for some landscaping work planned for Outlook Park. That’s the borough’s covered whale observatory on Sandy Beach road. It’s right next to the borough’s sewer pump station that was replaced last year.

Southeast crabbers hauling in big Dungeness catch

It’s been a big summer season for commercial Dungeness crabbing in Southeast Alaska with a big harvest, a high price and a bump in crab boat numbers in the Panhandle.

Petersburg municipal employees have new contract

Borough employees in Petersburg have a new contract this month. Following a closed door executive session Monday, Petersburg’s borough assembly voted to ratify a collective bargaining agreement with the Petersburg Municipal Employees Association. That union represents 79 workers in most municipal departments and also voted to approved the pact this month.