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Petersburg’s Blind Slough opens for more king salmon fishing
Fish and Game is extending the area that sport anglers can fish and increasing the amount they can harvest, starting Saturday (July 18). Enough king salmon have returned to the hatchery, leading to more fishing opportunity.
Disaster training offers opportunities to help Petersburg’s first responders in major emergencies
A free course in Petersburg taught entry-level disaster response skills from July 10-12. Graduates of the training can join Petersburg’s Community Emergency Response Team — a different group from Petersburg’s existing volunteer EMS force. The Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, is a supplemental group that gets called in when emergency responders need more hands.
Petersburg’s local tribe hosts course on Tlingit protocol and history
Sha Wha Guwaakaa George Bennett Sr., a Tlingit elder who taught the workshop, focused on a post-funeral ceremony called a koo.éex’. His students hung on every word as he shared centuries of wisdom about Tlingit culture, leaving space for questions and peppering in jokes.
Commercial salmon prices up this year in Alaska
Processors are paying more for commercial salmon this season than in recent years. And it has to do with international markets.
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Board of Directors Regular Meeting
The KFSK Board of Directors is meeting in regular session on Thursday, July 9th at 5:30 PM.
Fall Drive-Call for Artists
KFSK is seeking an artist to create art for this fall's thank you gifts. Deadline for art submission is July 31st.
Petersburg Medical Center Board meetings & PMC Live on KFSK — Audio Archive
PMC Board Meeting Agenda and Schedule available here, KFSK broadcasts Petersburg Medical Center Board meetings and the monthly call-in program, “PMC Live,” on the last Thursday of each month. PMC audio archive-listen here
Southeast News
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Utah forester hopes carbon-capturing soil supplement catches on in Sitka
Darren McAvoy holds a handful of biochar. (KCAW/Salemo) Seven Sitkans are taking turns chucking wood scraps into a round metal pit. They’re hauling them from Darren McAvoy’s truck bed where twigs, branches, and logs tower high...
GPIP board advances policy for uninsured vessels
Sitka’s new haulout has been operating for a little under a year, but it’s still not hauling uninsured boats for repairs. Members of Sitka’s fishing fleet say that’s a problem. It’s not uncommon for certain types of vessels to...
Bringing Special Olympics Back to Wrangell
Two mothers are leading an effort to bring Special Olympics programming back to Wrangell,...
Stones fly in Ketchikan’s first-ever rock skipping competition
Gunnar Keizer tosses a stone at Rotary Beach during Ketchikan’s first annual rock skipping...
Alaska News
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Anchorage’s citified fishing spot, Ship Creek, reopens for silver salmon after king closure
It was the third time in the last decade that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed king salmon fishing early at the creek.
Hilcorp killed Alaska LNG bill, some legislators say, but governor calls the claim ‘bulls**t’
Behind the scenes of a climactic day in the Alaska Legislature for the proposed trans-Alaska...
State begins early work on Susitna River bridge as West Su road project moves forward
The project is the first phase in a proposed road that would stretch more than 100 miles from near...
Alaska state legislator chases bear away from fellow lawmaker outside state Capitol
“It was a real safari night,” Rep. Garret Nelson, R-Sutton, said on social media.
Court ruling freezes Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now
Paramount’s owners were hoping they’d be firmly in control of rival Warner Bros....
India’s Gen Z ‘Cockroach People’s Party’ started as satire but is serious about change
They call themselves the “cockroaches” and they’re on the march — demanding...
Putin meets North Korean foreign minister in diplomatic push
The visit by North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui comes without an obvious occasion, such as...
3 U.S. personnel killed in Iran conflict. And, Hunter Biden opens up to NPR
Three U.S. service members have been killed since Friday amid rising tension between the U.S. and...
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