Smoke from Canada wildfires tinges the sky over Southeast Alaska
Southeast Alaska has almost a full week of sunshine ahead, but those blue skies will be slightly dingy with smoke from wildfires in Canada.
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Tag: Ketchikan
New report questions business model of British Columbia gold mines
Gold mines near the British Columbia border are controversial in Alaska because of the potential for negative impacts to the environment and fisheries downstream. A nonprofit group called the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released a report in January that found that these gold mines operate somewhat like a Ponzi scheme.
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Trident Seafoods plant in Petersburg has a buyer: Ketchikan-based E.C. Phillips & Son
Trident Seafoods announced that it will sell its Petersburg processing plant, bunkhouse, galley, and two housing units to E.C. Phillips & Son Inc.
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Southeast Alaska reporters reflect on 2023
Reporters across Southeast Alaska took a look last year’s news highlights.
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Viking wrestlers find their footing in Ketchikan
Wrestlers from Petersburg’s high school team competed at the Bill Weiss tournament in Ketchikan last weekend.
Petersburg High School wrestling coach James Valentine told KFSK’s Hannah Flor that his wrestlers were starting to feel a lot more confident.
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Group of UK military veterans kayaking through Inside Passage for charitable cause
A group of kayakers stopped off in Petersburg this week on their 1,200 mile expedition through the Inside Passage. The eight-man group includes six British military veterans.
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State of Alaska issues first air quality alert of 2023 as Canada wildfires rage
The Alaska Division of Air Quality issued its first smoke alert of the year for Southeast Alaska at 9 a.m on July 13th. The region will be impacted by smoke from wildfires raging just over the Canadian border. As of Friday, July 7th, traces of smoke became visible across Alaska. Now, the winds have shifted and the fires have gotten worse.
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Smoke from Canada wildfires reaches Southeast Alaska
Large swaths of western Canada are ablaze in a record-shattering wildfire season for the country. Now, people in Southeast Alaska are starting to see the smoke — and there’s more to come.
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