Local News
LatestCoast Guard may briefly be unable to hear distress calls in Southeast Alaska this week
by Taylor Heckart | Nov 3, 2025
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 sometime this week.
Petersburg Indian Association celebrates community with local trunk or treat
by Taylor Heckart | Oct 31, 2025
Petersburg celebrated Halloween a week early with a local trunk or treat hosted by the Petersburg Indian Association. Organizers say the community-oriented event may have been the first of its kind in Petersburg, and the goal was to bring people together.
Petersburg welcomes exchange student from Germany
by Taylor Heckart | Oct 30, 2025
Since the early 1990s, Petersburg’s Rotary Club has participated in international exchange programs. Each year, a student from Petersburg spends time in another country, and the community welcomes an international student for the school year. This year, that student was Jakob Preisler from Germany.
Southeast Alaska’s commercial red king crab fishery opens Nov. 1
by Olivia Rose | Oct 29, 2025
Southeast Alaska’s first competitive commercial red king crab fishery in eight years opens on Saturday. Red king crab in Southeast Alaska is a low-volume, high-value commercial fishery. Commercial openings have been few and far between, with just one in over a decade. The approaching fishery marks a highly-anticipated comeback.
Station Highlights
LatestDracula Radio Play-Halloween Night on KFSK
by kfskadmin
Tune in Halloween night at 8 PM for a special broadcast of Bram Stoker's Dracula, adapted for the radio by Orson Welles, right here on KFSK.
Petersburg Borough Assembly meetings & Borough Business live show on KFSK — Audio Archive
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
Meeting Agenda for 11-3-25 available here Next Meeting Monday Nov 3rd, 12pm Archive available-listen here
Petersburg Medical Center Board meetings & PMC Live on KFSK — Audio Archive
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
PMC Board Meeting Agenda available here, KFSK broadcasts Petersburg Medical Center Board meetings and the monthly call-in program, “PMC Live,” on the last Thursday of each month. PMC audio archive-listen here
Blues After Hours Saturday Nights 8pm on KFSK
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
Slide into the soulful sounds of Blues After Hours, with host Bob Brown, celebrating the heart of classic blues and R&B — with a powerful Native infusion. Blues After Hours is a one-hour journey through the soul of the blues, where Native voices and legendary blues artists meet in a powerful blend of rhythm, grit, and groove.
Southeast News
Latest‘Trolling is what sustains us’: Pacific Salmon Commission testimony highlights importance of Chinook to Southeast
by KCAW Sitka | Nov 3, 2025
Several people from across Southeast Alaska spoke during the Pacific Salmon Commission meeting...
Wrangell Police Department receives grant to hire school resource officer
by KSTK Wrangell | Nov 3, 2025
Stikine Middle School in Wrangell, AK on Dec. 20, 2024. The school district is looking at ways to...
Wrangell Police Department sees pay raises
by KSTK Wrangell | Nov 3, 2025
(Sage Smiley/KSTK) Wrangell’s borough assembly voted unanimously to raise non-union police...
Man found dead in Bar Harbor
by KRBD Ketchikan | Oct 31, 2025
The Ketchikan Police Department’s logo is shown on a lectern at KPD headquarters in March 2022....
Alaska News
LatestAlaska News Nightly: Monday, November 3, 2025
by APRN News | Nov 3, 2025
The Governor issues a disaster declaration to help cover missing SNAP payments.
One man is dead, another missing after falling through thin ice near Kotzebue
by APRN News | Nov 3, 2025
Troopers identified the person who died as 46-year-old Elmer Brown.
Celebrating 50 Years of KAKM: Two Night LIVE Festival of Stories, Heritage, and Community | November 23 & 24
by APRN News | Nov 3, 2025
Join Alaska Public Media for a two-night TV Festival celebrating 50 years of KAKM with...
Are you a furloughed federal worker in Alaska?
by APRN News | Nov 3, 2025
We’d like to hear how you’re getting by and what this moment means for you. Your perspective will...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies. And, Election Day races to watch
by NPR News | Nov 4, 2025
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84. And, today, voters in New York, Virginia and...
Meet the Austrian nuns who fled a care home to break into their old convent
by NPR News | Nov 4, 2025
Octogenarian Sisters Rita, Regina and Bernadette went back to their old convent with local...
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful vice presidents in American history, dies at 84
by NPR News | Nov 4, 2025
Cheney, who extolled the power of the presidency, died Monday, according to a statement from his...
A Planet Money Guide To Five Fascinating Economic Studies
by NPR News | Nov 4, 2025
The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economic studies.
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