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Petersburg assembly approves increases to electric rates and marine passenger fees
The assembly also approved the borough's annual budget. “The rates are going up for utilities, the taxes, tax assessments have gone up, and we've got to admit that's part of the reason the budget is balanced,” said Assembly member Bob Martin.
Canoes launch from Petersburg on Journey to Celebration
A group of canoes from several different communities embarked from Petersburg on May 24 for a traditional Journey to the Celebration festival in Juneau. Dozens of people gathered in Petersburg’s South Harbor to witness the inaugural launch of the community’s first canoe in over a century. The local tribe says the launch itself was also a historic first for the community.
Peltola makes Petersburg stop during campaign for U.S. Senate
Former Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola visited Petersburg on Tuesday, May 26, as part of her campaign to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Gubernatorial candidate Matt Heilala talks resource development and technology during Petersburg visit
Retired podiatrist and Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Heilala visited Petersburg on May 15 as part of his campaign for governor. Heilala hasn’t held elected office, but said the skills he’s learned in the private sector would be a strength in the governor’s seat.
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Board of Directors-Seeking Candidates
The KFSK Board of Directors is seeking interested persons to fill a vacant board seat until the next regular election. Interested parties should submit a letter of interest by June 15th.
Community Operations Liaison Position Now Open
KFSK seeks a qualified candidate to be our Community Operations Liaison. The Liaison plays an important role as the public face and point of contact for people in day-to-day communication with the station.
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
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Forest Service holds subsistence hearing for proposed Prince of Wales logging project
A timber sale sign is posted in the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island. (KRBD file...
Kaasitlaan Dancers perform at Celebration 2026
The Wrangell JOM Kaasitlaan Dancers will perform three times at Celebration 2026 in Juneau this...
KIC opens downtown gift shop and artist market
KIC’s goal for the new downtown shop is to bring more Indigenous wares to the masses while...
Public Hearings on Two, 6-Mile Land Use Proposals
The assembly has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, June 9, on two separate requests to lease...
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Donlin Gold defends its state water permit in Alaska Supreme Court
Bethel’s ONC tribe argues the proposed mine’s removal of water from Crooked Creek, a Kuskokwim...
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 3, 2026
State lawmakers get a long-sought cost estimate for the proposed Alaska LNG project.
Food as medicine | Line One
On this Line One, guest host Lori Townsend and her guests, chef Amy Foote and Tara Lloyd, discuss...
In bid for re-election, Alaska U.S. Rep. Nick Begich defends against 14 challengers
Begich’s two leading challengers are expected to be Democratic candidate Matt Schultz and...
Embedded: “We Keep Us Safe” from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times
In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a...
What will it take to get a vaccine for the Ebola strain driving the current outbreak?
There is an effective vaccine for Ebola — but not for the variety spreading rapidly in the...
Gun control group sues ATF over records release
Brady, a nonprofit gun control advocacy group, is suing the ATF and the DOJ over their refusals to...
Israel and Lebanon reach agreement, but ceasefire stalls
The U.N. peacekeeping mission for Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said Thursday one peacekeeper was killed and others were wounded when they came under mortar fire in southeastern Lebanon.
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