Local News
Latest9th Circuit Court judges hear oral appeals for king salmon troll fishery lawsuit
by Shelby Herbert | Jul 19, 2024
The 9th District Court of Appeals heard cases for and against a lower court ruling that threatened to halt Southeast Alaska’s king salmon troll fishery. Although there’s no decision yet, a panel of judges expressed sympathy for the coastal communities that could be hurt by the order.
Petersburg’s tribe works with Forest Service to repair Harvey Lake cabin
by Hannah Flor | Jul 19, 2024
Petersburg’s tribe will repair a U.S. Forest Service cabin south of town, in collaboration with the federal agency. Harvey Lake cabin was built 60 years ago on Woewodski Island. It hasn’t been open to the public for the better part of a decade, because it needs a new foundation and deck.
Tongass National Forest exits years-long insect outbreak with a “bad haircut”
by Shelby Herbert | Jul 18, 2024
A Forest Service entomologist says the Tongass is emerging from the latest insect outbreaks with "a bad haircut," but it's all part of a natural process.
Station Highlights
LatestBorough Assembly Meetings on KFSK – Audio available in KFSK Archive
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
Meeting Agenda available here, Next Meeting Monday, July 15, 6pm Archive available listen here
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Petersburg Medical Center – Live KFSK Coverage Archive – Next PMC Board Meeting July 25, 5:30pm
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” fourth Thursday of each month, 12:30pm, and monthly PMC Board meetings broadcast the 4th Thursday of each month, 5:30pm.
Southeast News
LatestStudy shows “stray” hatchery salmon could change wild runs
by KCAW Sitka | Jul 19, 2024
Pink salmon gather at the mouth of Starrigavan Creek in Sitka. in some markets, the roe of this...
Two injured in Water Street fire
by KRBD Ketchikan | Jul 19, 2024
Smoke billows from a Water Street building as firefighters work to extinguish the blaze (photo...
Ketchikan School District will enact new funding for activities and more teachers
by KRBD Ketchikan | Jul 19, 2024
Both Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly and School Board meetings are held in the White Cliff...
Body discovered in a bus owned by a missing Saxman man
by KRBD Ketchikan | Jul 18, 2024
Thomas Nelson’s bus, parked across from the Three Bears Fuel and Convenience. July 17, 2024...
Alaska News
LatestAnchorage shelter contract extended as leaked text investigation stews
by APRN News | Jul 19, 2024
Anchorage’s former Solid Waste Services administration building, pictured here on Sept. 20, 2023,...
Anchorage police chief says body camera footage of Handy shooting to be released ‘probably within a week’
by APRN News | Jul 19, 2024
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case speaks to Assembly members on July 19, 2024. (Wesley Early/Alaska...
Alaska institutions and businesses reckon with impacts of wide-ranging cloud software glitch
by APRN News | Jul 19, 2024
A 911 dispatch center in Petersburg. (Photo: KFSK) 911 services across Alaska are back up and...
With cruise traffic booming, Alaska’s travel industry looks to boost independent traveler numbers
by APRN News | Jul 19, 2024
Tourists walk the docks in Juneau in July 2023. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) It’s been a busy season for...
Remembering Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas
by NPR News | Jul 20, 2024
Texas congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a leading voice for progressive causes in the House, died...
Appalachian writer revisits J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
by NPR News | Jul 20, 2024
NPR’s Andrew Limbong speaks with Meredith McCarroll, co-editor of “Appalachian...
Trump rallies in Michigan as Biden isolates
by NPR News | Jul 20, 2024
Former President Donald Trump is doing his first rally since an assassination attempt. President...
Why is there so much hype over the new College Football ’25 video game?
by NPR News | Jul 20, 2024
NPR’s Andrew Limbong speaks with The Athletic’s Chris Vannini about the new video...
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