Taylor Heckart, Author at KFSK

Petersburg varsity volleyball remains seeded second ahead of regional tournament

Petersburg’s high school varsity volleyball team traveled to Craig last weekend for the South Seeding Tournament. The girls won 4-3 matches, keeping them seeded second ahead of regionals next week.

Banana Point breakwater replacement project moves forward with more funding

The Petersburg Borough is moving forward with a project to replace deteriorating breakwaters at the Banana Point boat launch, 25 miles south of Petersburg. After the Borough received additional funding for the project, the assembly approved a bid award to Ketchikan-based Western Dock & Bridge at a meeting on Nov. 3.

Petersburg High School swim team ‘raced like maniacs’ at regional competition; all swimmers heading to state championship

Every member of the Petersburg High School swim team is heading to the state championship. “On finals day, they stepped up and raced like maniacs,” head swim coach Andy Carlisle told KFSK. “It was a very good day.”

Petersburg High School’s production of Dracula will go to world’s largest performing arts festival next summer

Petersburg will get an opportunity to see the play live before it heads overseas to Edinburgh, Scotland next year.

Coast Guard may briefly be unable to hear distress calls in Southeast Alaska this week

UPDATE: According to a statement from the U.S. Coast Guard, they may be unable to hear distress calls on the region’s emergency VHF channel for 3-5 minutes intervals throughout this week.