Southeast Alaska reporters reflect on 2023
Reporters across Southeast Alaska took a look last year’s news highlights.
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Tag: Sitka
Dino Brock retires from coaching Lady Vikings after almost 30 years
The Petersburg Vikings are back on the hardcourt — and they started their season with a bang, competing against several elite teams at the Coastal Holiday Shootout in Sitka last week. But the girls’ team will enter the new year without the gym teacher who has coached them for decades.
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U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashes near Petersburg; all 4 crew members survive
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed around 10:40 p.m. last night on Read Island in Farragut Bay, about 22 miles northwest of Petersburg. There were four crew members aboard, and all survived.
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Viking Swim Club racks up dozens of first-place finishes in Sitka
Petersburg’s Viking Swim Club took home dozens of medals from their meet in Sitka this weekend, racking up 40 first place finishes, 28 second place finishes and 17 third place finishes.
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Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association looks to give longlining fleet a green upgrade with federal grant
The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association announced on the morning of October 3rd that they were awarded $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy. The new funding is intended to steer the commercial fleet away from their old diesel engines.
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More black cod could threaten salmon hatcheries
Black cod could be a growing problem for salmon hatcheries across the state. Climate change is warming the Gulf of Alaska and bolstering black cod populations.
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District Two Representative Rebecca Himschoot looks back on her first legislative session
Southeast Alaska’s House District 2 Representative Rebecca Himschoot wrapped up her first legislative session in May. The session ended with weeks of negotiation over the state budget. Rep. Himschoot sat down with KFSK’s Hannah Flor to discuss how the session played out.
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Sitka raptors visit Petersburg schools
Owlison the owl and Jake the hawk flew down from the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka to Petersburg. But they didn’t fly in on their own — they came on a seaplane with their human handlers. The Alaska Raptor Center treats and rehabilitates over 200 injured birds each year — but some can’t be returned to the wild. Some of these non-releasable birds get to join the Center’s “Raptors-in-Residence team,” where they help teach school kids about the natural history of raptors. Two of them visited Petersburg schools in March.
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