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Success at regional competition sends three Petersburg wrestlers to state
Three Petersburg High School wrestlers are competing at the state tournament in Anchorage this weekend, Dec. 19-20, after a successful regional competition in Sitka on Dec. 12-13.
Snowy tree takes out power in Petersburg for nearly 2 hours
Petersburg lost power Tuesday night for almost two hours after a tree fell into a major powerline five miles south of town. Petersburg Municipal Power & Light crew cut the tree out, freed the line and restored power for all of town around 9:20.
Petersburg documentary premiere raises $8,000 for struggling movie theater
Three showings for the documentary “Tide and Table” doubled as a fundraising opportunity for Petersburg’s nonprofit movie theater. The money comes during a time when the Northern Nights Theater has been struggling to stay open and pay the bills.
Petersburg got more snow in a week than all of last winter
People who have been shoveling snow in central Southeast Alaska might feel a bit like Sisyphus, rolling his boulder uphill. But the heavy snowfall that buried many panhandle communities this past week is no myth.
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John Murgas Commentary: Tidal Network Towers
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Petersburg Medical Center Board meetings & PMC Live on KFSK — Audio Archive
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. The next meeting will be December 4th. PMC audio archive-listen here
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Q&A: State Trooper Alisha Seward on day-to-day work at the Wrangell Post
State Trooper Alisha Seward talks with KSTK on Dec. 11, 2025 about her job and how she handles...
Sitka Planning Commission denies permit for bus depot
This rendering included in the application outlines the layout for a proposed bus depot, which includes a pedestrian path to funnel passengers toward the downtown stoplight The owner of Sitka’s cruise dock wants to relocate his...
8 candidates vie for 3 open seats on KIC Tribal Council
A Ketchikan Indian Community election sign hangs outside the tribal headquarters. (Sydney...
Ketchikan Indian Community to convert former resort to addiction healing center
The Ketchikan Indian Community recently purchased and will convert the former Salmon Falls Resort into the state’s first tribally-led addiction healing center. (Hunter Morrison/KRBD) About 15 miles north of town, Second...
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Haines writer nabs Rasmuson award for book about hope amid environmental collapse
Writer and biologist Caroline Van Hemert recently finished sailing the Northwest Passage with her...
Juneau plans to demolish a historic neighborhood before a lawsuit to save it goes to trial
This spring, after years of public debate, the Juneau Assembly approved demolishing the homes to...
Alaska Air Cargo delays could mean later Christmas packages for many rural communities
Alaska Airlines spokesperson Tim Thompson cited “unexpected freighter maintenance and severe...
Alaska Department of Corrections reports record-tying 18 deaths in custody this year
Advocates and lawmakers are calling for the reinstatement of an independent oversight body to investigate and help prevent deaths, as well as changes to medical and geriatric parole.
White House announces new round of drug-price deals
Fourteen companies in total have now reached what the administration calls most-favored-nation...
Trump’s push to end transgender care for young people opposed by pediatricians
Doctors and children’s hospitals say nothing in the evidence has changed to justify the...
It was called the Kennedy Center, but 3 different presidents shaped it
Washington, D.C.’s performing arts center was named for President Kennedy after his assassination. But his vision for the arts as a cornerstone of democracy was shared by Eisenhower and Johnson.
Justice Department begins the release of the Epstein files
The Justice Department has begun publishing the Epstein files, releasing documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal charges and his death by suicide in federal custody.
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