by Olivia Rose | Jul 17, 2026

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

by Taylor Heckart | Jul 17, 2026

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

by Baiz Hoen | Jul 16, 2026

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

by Angela Denning, CoastAlaska | Jul 15, 2026

Processors are paying more for commercial salmon this season than in recent years. And it has to do with international markets.

Station Highlights

Board of Directors Regular Meeting

by kfskadmin

The KFSK Board of Directors is meeting in regular session on Thursday, July 9th at 5:30 PM.

Fall Drive-Call for Artists

by kfskadmin

KFSK is seeking an artist to create art for this fall's thank you gifts. Deadline for art submission is July 31st.

Petersburg Borough Assembly meetings & Borough Business live show on KFSK — Audio Archive

by Tom Abbott, KFSK

Meeting Agendas and Schedules are available here at the borough website. Archive available-listen here

Petersburg Medical Center Board meetings & PMC Live on KFSK — Audio Archive

by Tom Abbott, KFSK

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

Utah forester hopes carbon-capturing soil supplement catches on in Sitka

by KCAW Sitka | Jul 18, 2026

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

by KCAW Sitka | Jul 18, 2026

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...