Taylor Heckart, Author at KFSK

Meet Petersburg’s new fast pitch softball club: Mitkof Mayhem

Softball is growing in Petersburg with the addition of a youth fast pitch softball club.

Petersburg, Cordova, and Homer hospitals receive $100K grant to develop rural health network

Petersburg Medical Center, Cordova Community Medical Center, and South Peninsula Hospital in Homer are hundreds of miles apart, but they have a lot in common.

Over 100 Petersburg students can get migrant education funding after federal grants are unfrozen

The federal government will be releasing billions of dollars in education funding this week, including $46 million in Alaska, after freezing the funds last month.

Federal shakeups make it harder for a Petersburg nonprofit to do its work

Reductions in the federal workforce and federal funding recalls have caused uncertainty for some Alaska organizations that work with the U.S. government. One of those organizations is Working Against Violence for Everyone (WAVE), a nonprofit that works to reduce domestic violence in Petersburg.