KFSK Midday Magazine

A large landslide in Ketchikan killed one person and destroyed several houses Sunday night; Southeast Alaska's king salmon sport fishery is closed, effective today; Petersburg's tribe announced earlier this month it had bought two hospitality businesses, the Tides Inn and Highliner Car Rental.

Longtime Petersburg teacher Jill Lenhard is returning to the district this fall under complicated circumstances; Alaska's congressional delegation wants President Biden to intervene in Canadian transboundary mining upstream of several Southeast Alaska rivers; federal dollars are available to help Alaska businesses in rural areas make improvements in energy efficiency.

An interview with Petersburg's new fourth grade teacher, Alice Williams; a driver in Sitka hit to out-of-town visitors this week; Petersburg's Rotary Club held it's annual rubber duck race fundraiser last weekend.

The filing period for Petersburg's municipal election is closed, with 15 candidates running for eleven of the 14 open seats; Wrangell plans to replace a remote dock that's deteriorating, but no one has bid on the project; a conversation with Petersburg's new second grade teacher, Noelle Bell.

A coalition of Southeast Alaska tribes want to pause the reopening of a large gold and silver mine near the Canadian border; the filing deadline for Petersburg's municipal election is today, and so far 13 people have filed for 9 seats on various borough boards; Southeast Alaska fisherman can apply for relief funding from the disastrous 2020 salmon season - the first deadline is August 24.

A look at candidates who have filed for Petersburg's municipal election, ahead of tomorrow's filing deadline; Petersburg's Borough Assembly is scheduled to vote whether to sign a letter opposing endangered species protections for king salmon; last year's court ruling ordering the closure of commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska has been lifted.

The Petersburg Borough Assembly last week accepted Island Refrigerations's application to buy a piece of borough-owned tideland; the Metlakatla Indian Community is receiving $2 million in federal funding for it's tribally-owned salmon hatchery; last month swimmers participated in an open-water race in Sitka Sound.

Summer coho trolling won't close this season, but trolling for king salmon will remain closed; Petersburg's Borough Assembly voted on two ordinances this week that address abandoned boats in local harbors; this year, a tree from Alaska's Tongass National Forest will travel to Washington D.C. to become the Capital Christmas Tree.

There are 14 seats up for grabs in Petersburg's municipal election this fall; wildfire smoke from Canada is making for hazy skies in Southern Southeast Alaska; the City and Borough of Sitka is struggling with widespread job vacancies - more than 40 city positions are unfilled.

Petersburg residents will vote on four ballot propositions this fall; water is receding after a record-breaking glacial outburst flood in Juneau last night; a five-day Scandinavian heritage workshop took place last month at Petersburg's Son's of Norway Hall.

Water levels in Juneau's Suicide Basin have started to drop, with no reported flooding in Mendenhall Lake and River; a lawsuit known as the jet-ski ban has made it's way to the Alaska Supreme Court; a look at why this is such a good year for blueberries in Southeast Alaska.

Hatchery king salmon near Petersburg got a little extra help making it to their spawning grounds this summer; millions of dollars in new federal funding will help families from Ketchikan to Kodiak get heat pumps; kids of all ages will perform Alice in Wonderland tonight in Petersburg.

Alaska has received over $15 million in the last three years to restore fish passages throughout the state; a geologist who has studied Southeast Alaska rocks and minerals for decades is creating a new geologic map of the region; last year, Alaska housing costs were at a nearly 20 year high.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game shut down fishing last week in one of Bristol Bay's sockeye districts because of illegal fishing; a congressional watchdog agency says serious improvements are needed in the way the federal government manages observers and bycatch in the nation's fisheries; in Petersburg, bikers, kayakers, and one paddle-boarder spent Saturday morning pedaling and paddling fo...

A rockslide shut down travel in the Yukon on Tuesday; a United Airlines flight bound for Fairbanks made an emergency landing in Ketchikan over the weekend. Another United plane soon followed; longterm care resident Ron Hall recently discovered a lover of painting and drawing - his art show is currently up at the Clausen Memorial Museum.

A new study on hatchery pink salmon shows that some stray fish mingle with wild stocks, which could lead to less productive runs in the future; the Juneau Police Department has released the names of four officers involved in last weeks deadly shooting downtown; most sectors of Alaska's tourism industry have recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic - the state recently broke a cruise ship passenger rec...

The Coast Guard and other partner agencies called off a search for a missing plane bound for Yakutat; a body found in a bus near Ketchikan has been identified as Thomas Nelson who's been missing since October; Petersburg Indian Association plans to add sidewalks to some streets and build a new trail in Petersburg in coming years.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing charter flight that left Juneau Saturday for Yakutat, but never arrived; the 9th District Court of appeals heard cases last Thursday for and against a lower court ruling that threatened to halt Southeast's king salmon troll fishery; the name of one of the law enforcement officers involved in the shooting death of a man in downtown Juneau last week ha...

A look at the invasive Orange Hawkweed, which has spread through Southeast Alaska; Petersburg's tribe will repair a U.S. Forest Service cabin south of town in collaboration with the federal agency; Congresswoman Mary Peltola is in a competitive contest for re-election, but she's far ahead of her Republican challengers in the race for campaign cash.

Bristol Bay's floating seafood processor has been repaired after a fire took out a freezer onboard; A body was found inside a bus in Saxman that belonged to a man who has been missing since October; tow insect infestations have affected Southeast Alaska for years, but they both seem to be slowing down.

Voters are one step closer to deciding whether one of Petersburg's school roofs will be replaced; oral arguments start tomorrow in a appeal of a lower court ruling that threatened to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery for king salmon; a Kasaan woman was arrested last Friday for allegedly possessing over 800 fentanyl pills.

A Juneau man died yesterday after police shot him multiple times; after June's SEAPA shutdown, Petersburg utility customers can expect a smaller fuel adjustment charge than last year; Alaska's ACLU says inmates in the state don't have proper access to private conversations with their attorneys.

Alaska's political leaders sent letters of support to former President Donald Trump after an assassination attempt on Saturday; a landslide in Juneau displaced at least seven people yesterday; Petersburg's Borough Assembly will vote on two possible ballot propositions at tonight's meeting.

A look at capital projects in Petersburg that got state funding, and those that nearly got funded; a petition to oust two Juneau board members has gotten enough signatures to make it on the ballot this fall; Sitka's airport improvement project is ahead of schedule and on budget.

North Pacific sablefish, or black cod, are a single genetic population, according to a new study from NOAA; a woman fell off a float during Ketchikan's 4th of July parade and sustained minor injuries; a look at Petersburg's 4th of July log rolling competition.