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LatestPetersburg Borough Assembly to temporarily fill vacant seat on Public Safety Advisory Board
by Shelby Herbert | Jul 15, 2024
Petersburg’s Borough Assembly has a long agenda ahead of their meeting tonight — but exactly who will lead the proceedings is currently up in the air.
Two capital projects in Petersburg will get state funding
by Hannah Flor | Jul 12, 2024
Each year the Alaska Legislature puts together a capital budget - money to fund construction projects around the state. This year four Petersburg projects made it into the *proposed capital budget. And two made it past Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto pen - that’s a lot for a smaller municipality. But one of those wasn’t even on the borough’s priority list.
Hutli Pole welcomed at Sandy Beach Park
by Shelby Herbert | Jul 11, 2024
Members of Petersburg’s tribe unveiled a brand new, 14-foot totem pole at a popular recreation area on July 5. It’s called the Hutli Pole, and it’s part of a larger project to bring awareness to the people who have lived on Mitkof Island since time immemorial.
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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
LatestFiling period opens today for Sitka’s municipal election
by KCAW Sitka | Jul 15, 2024
(KCAW photo/Wilber) Listen to KCAW’s full interview with Municipal Clerk Sara Peterson here The...
New Alaska crime law raises penalties for drug dealers
by KRBD Ketchikan | Jul 12, 2024
Governor Mike Dunleavy signing House Bill 66 in Anchorage on Thursday. (Courtesy of the Office of...
Two members of a Washington family sentenced for selling fake Alaska Native art in Ketchikan
by KRBD Ketchikan | Jul 11, 2024
Alaska Stone Arts, one of the Rodrigo family’s stores, on Front Street in Ketchikan. (KRBD File...
Assembly rejects proposal to vote on future of tobacco tax fund
by KCAW Sitka | Jul 11, 2024
A bed in the former Sitka Community Hospital (KCAW/Kwong) Nearly two decades ago (2005) Sitka...
Alaska News
LatestBrian Smith sentenced to 226 years for killing 2 Alaska Native women
by APRN News | Jul 15, 2024
Brian Smith walks out of the courtroom after receiving what amounts to two separate life...
After serving time, this cook now serves the night owls of Anchorage | INDIE ALASKA
by APRN News | Jul 15, 2024
Ricky Vazquez is a proud Puerto Rican who rarely slows down. After spending almost a decade in...
1 man dead, 1 wounded in downtown Anchorage shooting
by APRN News | Jul 15, 2024
The Anchorage Police Department’s headquarters in downtown Anchorage on a sunny day in late May....
Downtown Juneau apartment building evacuated following landslide
by APRN News | Jul 15, 2024
A landslide on Gastineau Avenue in Juneau, Alaska on Sunday, July 14, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)...
The Consequential Meeting in China Being Held in Secret
by NPR News | Jul 15, 2024
Every five years China’s Communist Party holds a meeting in secret called the “third...
Soccer’s diversity unites a divided Europe, sort of
by NPR News | Jul 15, 2024
Four weeks of chanting and shouting on the streets were not expressions of anger about politics —...
Trump names Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as vice presidential running mate
by NPR News | Jul 15, 2024
Sen. Vance’s selection as Trump’s VP comes as the Republican Party leans into the former...
Copenhagen begins offering free perks to tourists who make sustainable choices
by NPR News | Jul 15, 2024
The pilot program comes as residents in other parts of Europe have been denouncing — and in some...
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