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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.
Petersburg has three propositions on the Oct. 6 municipal ballot. Here’s what each do.
Petersburg has three propositions on the municipal ballot this year. Voters will decide on Tuesday (Oct. 6) whether or not to approve each one. All three ballot measures deal with money. Here’s what to know:
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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.
Southeast News
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Ketchikan code change allows for removal of borough appointed officials
Ketchikan’s borough offices are in the White Cliff Building (KRBD staff photo) More than a dozen...
FCC comment deadline Oct. 13 on future of school internet subsidy
A federal program that lowers internet bills for some public institutions across the country is under review. If it’s cut, the Sitka School District would lose out on some funding.The E-Rate program is a Federal Communications...
Birders listen to songs of the Tongass on Sunday strolls in Sitka
Gulls snatch salmon from Kaasda Héen (Indian River) during an early October morning. (KCAW/Salemo) Listen to the sound rich feature. A group of birders stood still, their eyes fixed on the knotted roots of a spruce tree. “Looks...
Wrangell will receive $43 million boost from federal gov
Wrangell’s efforts to add to its downtown waterfront, develop the former 6-Mile Mill property for...
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American public rejects lifting the Roadless Rule, Alaska timber industry in favor
99% of online public comments oppose a Roadless Rule rescission. The timber industry said it probably won’t open up much of the Tongass National Forest to logging.
Rare albino caribou calf photographed for what might be the first time in Alaska
Sightings like this are almost unheard of. The last record Fish and Game has is from 1976, when someone watched an albino calf from the Porcupine Herd through a spotting scope for about two minutes. No photos were taken.
Kelly Hunt investigation leads Anchorage detectives to Shaktoolik
The 19-year-old went missing in Anchorage in January while traveling back to college in...
Alaska governor candidates spar over bipartisan cooperation, among other issues, in Debate for the State
Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Republicans Bernadette Wilson, Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor offered their visions for how to bolster the state’s economy, plan for natural disasters and support the state’s schools.
Opinion: Can I keep the baseball I caught?
What would you do if you caught a baseball during the MLB playoffs? Give it to a kid nearby or...
The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Ford Hood, the...
U.S. working to reverse an Egyptian man’s third-country deportation to Africa
The Trump administration’s effort to return Ahmed Soliman to the U.S. come after an Arizona...
Did Russia play by the rules in reporting lab worker’s death?
A global treaty signed by 197 countries — including Russia — requires reporting any death that...
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