Local News
LatestPetersburg Indian Association hosting job fair to highlight opportunities
by Olivia Rose | Mar 27, 2025
Petersburg Indian Association is hosting a job fair on Friday, March 28. Information about job openings and training opportunities will be available from 1–6 p.m. in the John Hanson Sr. Hall. And as PIA Tribal Administrator Jalyn Pomrenke told KFSK, the job fair is open to anyone in the community.
Petersburg high schoolers prepare to perform Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”
by Olivia Rose | Mar 26, 2025
This week, Petersburg High School’s theater program presents Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” The play centers on two romantic pairings, the duality of their love stories, along with some highly entertaining comedic moments. Drama students prepared all year for this show, including back-to-back rehearsals in the days before opening night.
Silver Bay Seafoods announces buyout of OBI
by Angela Denning, CoastAlaska | Mar 19, 2025
Silver Bay says it plans to manage all OBI facilities and operations, including processing plants in Petersburg, Seward, Kodiak, Larsen Bay, Egegik, Wood River, Cordova, and Naknek, as well as a warehouse and labeling facility in Kent, Washington.
Station Highlights
LatestBorough 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, April 7, 12pm Archive available-listen here
KFSK’s Poetry Celebration
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
Contact KFSK to schedule a recording time for your reading, 907-772-3808. Poems air weekdays. Thank you for sharing your poetry.
School Board Meeting Audio Archive – Agenda Available
by Tom Abbott, KFSK
School Board Meetings broadcast live on KFSK - Next meeting Tuesday, April 15, 6pm Agenda Available Here Find the Audio Archive of past meetings here: School Board Meeting Archive
Southeast News
LatestChinook harvest limit down nearly 40 percent from last year
by KCAW Sitka | Apr 2, 2025
The harvest allocation for king salmon in Southeast Alaska is lower than the region’s commercial...
Another Ketchikan School Board member steps down
by KRBD Ketchikan | Apr 1, 2025
Light reflects off the windows of the White Cliff building, where Ketchikan School Board meetings...
As world TB cases rise, a former Sitka nurse recalls Alaska epidemic
by KCAW Sitka | Apr 1, 2025
Sitkan Brownie Thomsen (Pictured above) is a former tuberculosis nurse who celebrated her 100th...
After five decades, Sitka’s pro bono veterinary practice closes its doors
by KCAW Sitka | Mar 31, 2025
“I did it for the animals,” says Burgess Bauder of his fifty-one year veterinary practice. “I...
Alaska News
LatestAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
by APRN News | Apr 2, 2025
A school principal pleads with state lawmakers to increase base student funding. Also, lawmakers...
UAA students express concern over ‘reorganization’ of Native Student Services program
by APRN News | Apr 2, 2025
Some Alaska Native students worry that the program will become less responsive to their specific...
Trump unveils 10% tariff on all imports, plus reciprocal tariffs on dozens of nations
by APRN News | Apr 2, 2025
Trump said his administration will apply a 10% tariff on all imports, and that other trading...
At Senate confirmation hearings, Sullivan asks to make a point
by APRN News | Apr 2, 2025
Sometimes senators want to hear a nominee’s thoughts. Sen. Dan Sullivan tends to supply the...
HHS guts the teams that fulfill public records requests for health agencies
by NPR News | Apr 3, 2025
Despite promises for ‘radical transparency,’ HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. laid off many staff on teams that fulfill public records requests at health agencies.
The key players to watch for in this weekend’s Final Four games
by NPR News | Apr 3, 2025
Cooper Flagg and Paige Bueckers, the presumptive top picks in this year’s NBA and WNBA drafts, are on deck this weekend with hopes of a national title. But the star power doesn’t stop with them.
How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education
by NPR News | Apr 3, 2025
Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five...
What does the shark say? Click, click, click
by NPR News | Apr 3, 2025
Scientists in New Zealand believe they may have the first-ever recording of a shark making...
In The Garden with Craig Olson and Deb Hurley, returning April 10, 2:30pm
MItkof Highway Weather Gauge

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