Local News
LatestPetersburg Borough Assembly to consider grant for float replacement project
by Olivia Rose and Taylor Heckart | Jul 21, 2025
The Petersburg Borough Assembly will decide tonight whether to apply for a state grant to replace a major float in Petersburg’s South Harbor. They will also take a final vote on whether to rezone a vacant lot on Sandy Beach Road, as well as decide on a few borough budget adjustments.
Feds say slower Stikine sockeye subsistence season so far, despite strong run forecast
by Hannah Weaver | Jul 18, 2025
In-season surveys indicate fewer sockeye salmon have been harvested in the Stikine subsistence fishery than in past years.
Petersburg welcomes canoe group on journey to Wrangell totem pole raising
by Hannah Weaver | Jul 17, 2025
A group from Kake embarked on a mid-June journey this week, traveling by canoe to Wrangell for a historic totem pole raising. Tribal and community members in Petersburg welcomed the visitors to town on Tuesday evening to rest and reconnect before continuing their canoe journey to Wrangell Island.
Station Highlights
LatestPetersburg Medical Center Board Meetings – Last Thursday mostly, 5:30pm – Broadcast Live on KFSK – Next Meeting, July 24
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
PMC Board Meeting Agenda available here, KFSK live broadcast coverage of Petersburg Medical Center includes the monthly call-in program, “PMC Live” last Thursday of each month, 12:30pm, and monthly PMC Board meetings broadcast the 4th Thursday of each month, 5:30pm. PMC audio archive-listen here
Borough Assembly Meetings on KFSK – first Mondays 12noon, 3rd Mondays 6pm – Audio available in KFSK Archive
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
Meeting Agenda available here Next Meeting Monday, July 21, 6pm Archive available-listen here
To The Best Of Our Knowledge, Ending Production by October
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
Wisconsin Public Radio is ending production of KFSK's long running Sunday morning program at the end of September. We are pleased to showcase a replacement program listen to No Small Endeavor-
Southeast News
LatestAugust king opener will be noncompetitive fishery
by KCAW Sitka | Jul 22, 2025
(KCAW Photo/Berett Wilber) Southeast Alaska’s king salmon troll fishery will open for a second...
Filing period opens for October 7 municipal election
by KCAW Sitka | Jul 22, 2025
The filing period to run for local office in Sitka opened on Monday (7-21-25).Assembly members...
Ketchikan voters to weigh in on money for wastewater projects
by KRBD Ketchikan | Jul 21, 2025
Ketchikan City Hall is seen in February 2024. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) Ketchikan City Council on...
As negotiations wind down, city officials hope for September haulout opening
by KCAW Sitka | Jul 21, 2025
City officials are close to wrapping negotiations with the contractor set to run the city’s new...
Alaska News
LatestThe cost of cutting scientific research | Talk of Alaska
by APRN News | Jul 22, 2025
What will funding cuts mean for the future of America’s global position as a leader in scientific...
NTSB: Too much cargo and unapproved installation of moose antlers likely caused plane crash that killed Peltola’s husband
by APRN News | Jul 22, 2025
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the Sept. 2023...
Peltola sues guiding service involved in late husband’s plane crash for wrongful death
by APRN News | Jul 22, 2025
The civil suit filed in Bethel Superior Court on July 18 alleges negligent actions by hunting...
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 21, 2025
by APRN News | Jul 21, 2025
One of Alaska’s most iconic mountain races gets its youngest-ever champion.
National Urban League says Trump’s policies amount to emergency for Black Americans
by NPR News | Jul 22, 2025
One of the nation’s oldest Civil Rights organization warns the Trump administration’s...
Agence France-Presse says it wants to pull its hunger-stricken journalists out of Gaza
by NPR News | Jul 22, 2025
French news agency Agence France-Presse called on the Israeli government to allow its freelance...
Car makers are feeling tariff pain: GM is the 2nd company to take a hit to profits
by NPR News | Jul 22, 2025
The American automaker reported that tariffs cost them $1.1 billion and reduced the...
President Trump indicates he’ll let Fed Chair Jerome Powell serve out his term
by NPR News | Jul 22, 2025
President Trump seemed willing to allow Jerome Powell to complete his term as chair of the Federal...
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