by Taylor Heckart | Apr 6, 2026

The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously approved a $301,327 purchase for new safety equipment for the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department in March. The purchase will replace the department’s aging self-contained breathing apparatuses, which firefighters use to breathe during a fire.

Sport fishing for king salmon is less limited this year in Southeast Alaska

by Olivia Rose | Apr 3, 2026

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced updated sport fishing regulations for Southeast Alaska. Resident sport anglers can harvest up to two wild king salmon a day. Nonresidents can harvest one per year, except for a three-fish window through June.

Petersburg saw double its average snowfall this winter, making it the 4th snowiest season on record

by Taylor Heckart | Apr 2, 2026

It’s been an unseasonably snowy winter across Southeast Alaska, and Petersburg is no outlier. So far, this is Petersburg’s 4th snowiest winter on record, a record that has been kept since 1924.

Petersburg Parks and Recreation to host hands-on boating safety class

by Taylor Heckart | Apr 1, 2026

As Parks and Rec Director Stephanie Payne points out, there’s water everywhere you look in Petersburg. But there’s a lot to know about recreating safely and comfortably in those waters.

Station Highlights

National Poetry Month at KFSK

by kfskadmin

April is National Poetry Month! Recordings of poems can be found here.

Operations Assistant Position Now Open

by kfskadmin

KFSK seeks a qualified candidate to be our Operations Assistant. The Operations Assistant plays an important role as the public face and point of contact for people in day-to-day communication with the station.

DASDEC 3 Installation Completed

by kfskadmin

Last Spring, KFSK was awarded a grant for EAS equipment replacement by Petersburg Community Foundation. Installation of the new equipment was completed in February 2026.

KFSK seeks summer intern 2026

by Olivia Rose

KFSK Public Radio is offering a full-time news internship this summer, providing hands-on experience in radio reporting, producing, and live on-air hosting. The deadline to apply is March 20

Southeast News

Ketchikan movie theater set to open for cruise ship season

by KRBD Ketchikan | Apr 6, 2026

The front lobby of the SEAMAX theater shown in early April. When the town’s only movie theater...

Lisa Murkowski talks ferry funding, Tongass National Forest, and the affordability of Alaskan homes

by KCAW Sitka | Apr 6, 2026

Sen. Lisa Murkowski christens the F/V Mirage, the first ever hybrid electric commercial fishing...

Ketchikan, Wrangell join forces to revitalize Southeast’s maritime industry

by KRBD Ketchikan | Apr 3, 2026

A deckhand aboard Ketchikan’s airport ferry watches as tugs maneuver the Inter-Island Ferry...

Commercial fishery sets sight south of Sitka as herring spawn

by KCAW Sitka | Apr 3, 2026

Herring have continued to spawn near Sitka, signaling that the commercial sac roe herring fishery could soon taper off. Aaron Dupuis is the area management biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. In an interview...