Southeast Alaska reporters reflect on 2023
Reporters across Southeast Alaska took a look last year’s news highlights.
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by Shelby Herbert | Jan 4, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
Reporters across Southeast Alaska took a look last year’s news highlights.
Read Moreby Shelby Herbert | Dec 21, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
The Petersburg Vikings are back on the hardcourt — and they started their season with a bang, competing against several elite teams at the Coastal Holiday Shootout in Sitka last week. But the girls’ team will enter the new year without the gym teacher who has coached them for decades.
Read Moreby Shelby Herbert | Nov 14, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed around 10:40 p.m. last night on Read Island in Farragut Bay, about 22 miles northwest of Petersburg. There were four crew members aboard, and all survived.
Read Moreby Shelby Herbert | Oct 27, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
Petersburg’s Viking Swim Club took home dozens of medals from their meet in Sitka this weekend, racking up 40 first place finishes, 28 second place finishes and 17 third place finishes.
Read Moreby Shelby Herbert | Oct 3, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association announced on the morning of October 3rd that they were awarded $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy. The new funding is intended to steer the commercial fleet away from their old diesel engines.
Read Moreby Thomas Copeland | Aug 10, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
Black cod could be a growing problem for salmon hatcheries across the state. Climate change is warming the Gulf of Alaska and bolstering black cod populations.
Read Moreby Hannah Flor | Jul 19, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
Southeast Alaska’s House District 2 Representative Rebecca Himschoot wrapped up her first legislative session in May. The session ended with weeks of negotiation over the state budget. Rep. Himschoot sat down with KFSK’s Hannah Flor to discuss how the session played out.
Read Moreby Shelby Herbert | Apr 28, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
Owlison the owl and Jake the hawk flew down from the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka to Petersburg. But they didn’t fly in on their own — they came on a seaplane with their human handlers. The Alaska Raptor Center treats and rehabilitates over 200 injured birds each year — but some can’t be returned to the wild. Some of these non-releasable birds get to join the Center’s “Raptors-in-Residence team,” where they help teach school kids about the natural history of raptors. Two of them visited Petersburg schools in March.
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