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Petersburg Medical Center offers senior case management program for Petersburg and Wrangell
The Petersburg Medical Center has received a three-year grant from the state health department to offer free case management services to seniors in Petersburg and Wrangell.
Petersburg’s high school cross country girls are Division III state champions
The team took home the title last Saturday, Oct. 3, in Anchorage. They were celebrated the following day with a noise parade in Petersburg.
Petersburg voters pass senior tax exemption prop and reelect Assembly incumbents, unofficial results show
Petersburg’s municipal election was Oct. 6. When polls closed, 1,120 ballots had been cast and counted. Voters approved two of the three ballot propositions and elected Donna Marsh, and incumbents Jeigh Stanton Gregor and Scott Newman, to seats on the Petersburg Borough Assembly.
Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously approves Tidal Network subdivision request near fire hall
The subdivision request has been part of a months-long back-and-forth between Petersburg’s Planning Commission and the Borough Assembly. Broadband company Tidal Network will subdivide a piece of property near the fire hall to build a communications tower.
Petersburg Borough Assembly to consider appeal, budget adjustments, data center-related items today
The Assembly will consider two separate data center items and final adjustments to the borough budget during its noon meeting today (Oct. 5). But, before they gavel in, the Assembly will first consider an appeal for a controversial subdivision request at 11:30 this morning.
‘Today is a relief’: Local tribe reinters three ancestors at Petersburg cemetery
One of the ancestors is the remains of a 6-month-old Tlingit girl, called “Baby Girl,” that the tribe recently repatriated from a museum in Seattle. Dozens of people gathered in the pouring rain for a graveside service, bearing witness to the reinterment on Sept. 26.
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KFSK Voter Guide – 2026 Petersburg Borough Election
The Petersburg Borough municipal election is on Oct. 6, 2026. Visit this page for voter information, interviews and discussions about what is on the ballot.
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Fall Drive-New Dates
Due to some logistical hurdles, the Fall Drive will now be October 25-30, and we'll be hosting our kick-off brunch from 10 to 1 on Sunday the 25th.
John Murgas commentary: Raising the sales tax cap comes at a cost to locals
KFSK has an open airwaves policy. This commentary was submitted by John Murgas, regarding ballot prop 2 in Petersburg's municipal election.
Jeigh Stanton Gregor commentary: Running for reelection
KFSK has an open airwaves policy. This commentary was submitted by Jeigh Stanton Gregor, regarding the 2026 municipal election.
Robin Roberts commentary: VOTE
KFSK has an open airwaves policy. This commentary was submitted by Robin Roberts, regarding the 2026 municipal election.
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State education board meeting in Sitka this week
Sitka School Board President Phil Burdick addresses members of the State Board of Education at Pacific High School on Tuesday (10-13-26) The Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development is holding its quarterly meeting...
October 13, 2026: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?
Sitka’s new mayor and assembly members will be sworn in when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (10-13-26).After last week’s municipal election, officials still had a handful of absentee and question ballots to count. The Canvass...
Student scientists present at national competition
Three of the Wrangell High School students, who were honored at the regional Advancing Indigenous...
Sitka student-led garage sale raising funds to give back
National Honor Society President Marc Tomas stands among the many books, board games, clothes and household goods the organization collected over the last couple of weeks. Funds from the garage sale will go toward education...
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Man struck and killed by vehicle in Fairview neighborhood, Anchorage police say
Anchorage police said officers responded to a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian near East 15th Avenue and Medfra Street at around 7:53 a.m.Tuesday.
‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: Trump supporters line up hours early for Wasilla rally
Most people in the crowd were from Southcentral, but some traveled from other corners of Alaska, like King Cove, and a few flew in from other states.
‘We’re still here’: Anchorage celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Hundreds of people gathered at Alaska Pacific University Monday to honor culture and traditions.
Halong scattered a Kipnuk family. Their dog carries memories of home.
Thirteen-year-old Usukcaq is now adapting to life in Nome, where roads and cars are new to her. She’s learning to stick her head out the window. She still loves salmonberries.
Pope Leo has lung cancer, the Vatican announces after surgery
Pope Leo XIV had surgery on Tuesday to remove a cancerous growth in his lung, the Vatican...
What an economics Nobel Prize winner knows about pricing
NPR’s Ailsa Chang chats with Michael Woodford of Columbia University, who was one of two Americans awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Bipartisan group of senators call on Trump to rescind Russian diesel deal
Six Democratic and six Republican senators wrote a letter calling on President Trump to withdraw...
A judge blocks the government’s tree-clearing spree at a municipal D.C. golf course
Locals and preservationists have long opposed Trump’s plan to redevelop a municipal D.C....
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