KFSK Midday Magazine

The Alaska Marine Highway System's winter schedule has just one ferry serving Southeast Alaska's main route, and it leaves some communities out; for the first time, a Petersburg Parks and Rec-owned restroom at a local park will stay open all year long; Bethel's Police Department is warning residents about a phone scam, run by someone impersonating a local police officer.

A writer and psychologist is coming to Petersburg to host a workshop on community resilience; test fishing boats are delivering king salmon boats to elders in Dillingham; Juneau's glaciers are approaching a tipping point.

A new program in Petersburg aims to make it easier for people to add small homes to their property; after an electrical fire reduced the capacity of a floating fish processor in Bristol Bay, other processors are taking on some of the fleets fish; a look at Petersburg's Ephemeral Art Show.

Petersburg voters will not get a chance to decide this fall whether they will have a say as to who or what is tax exempt; a Canadian company is looking at reopening a large gold mine at the headwaters of a river that flows into Southeast Alaska; a fire aboard Bristol Bay's new floating processor means it will be buying fish at reduced capacity this summer.

The federal government is assessing a $12 million fine on the state of Alaska over how it determined who is eligible for food stamps; the City and Borough of Wrangell is looking at cutting back its police force; and a rundown of Petersburg's Independence Day festivities.

The deadline for public comment on a petition that would list Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered has been extended; trail crews in Southeast Alaska are trying to figure out how to deal with muddier trails - an effect of climate change; a Petersburg reporter joins vikings and valkyries during last month's Little Norway Festival

The South Mitkof Subdivision in Petersburg could be a good fit for a proposed infrastructure development program; scientists in Homer are using AI technology to improve the way they study sea otters; a mother - daughter duo won best in show earlier this month at Celebration's Juried Arts show.

A Petersburg seiner overturned in Anita Bay just south of Wrangell yesterday morning. The crew was mostly unharmed; climate change is allowing salmon to expand their habitat into the Arctic; a group of teenagers competed in the motorless Race to Alaska earlier this month, sailing from Port Townsend to Ketchikan.

The body of Christiana Watt, a Ketchikan resident who went missing earlier this month, has been found; the commercial salmon season is under way in Southeast Alaska and some salmon runs are expected to be fairly good this year; the state has released its draft schedule and the comment period is open through the end of the day.

Petersburg Utility Director Karl Hagerman says he's extremely confident that Petersburg's water distribution system is safe; six Viking Swim Club members took home state titles last month; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed king salmon sport fishing in Juneau last week due to low projected returns.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed Karen Morrison as deputy commissioner to the Department of Education and Early Development; laser technology is being used in an environmental cleanup project; new regulations for electronic monitoring on board pollock trawlers may go into effect this summer.

Researchers have noted high levels of paralytic shellfish toxin in Ketchikan; a new loan program in Juneau will help families purchase mobile homes in a tight housing market; a conversation about a canoe journey to Celebration in Juneau.

A Petersburg hunting guide appeared on the Netflix series "Meateaters;" a regional economic development organization announced last month that they'd received funding to install heat pumps on Prince of Wales Island; former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican candidate Nancy Dahlstrom in the race for Alaska's one seat in the U.S. House.

A Petersburg-based commercial crab boat capsized in Duncan Canal on Sunday morning; it was a colder and wetter May for nearly all of Southeast Alaska, but meteorologists say there's no clear answers to why; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday that shells of the invasive European green crab have been spotted near Ketchikan

The Petersburg Borough Assembly will take comment tonight on a proposed change to how the Assembly makes sales tax exemptions; a team of experts in forensics is visiting Petersburg and other towns in Southeast this week; a hydroelectric project in Angoon finally has the funds to launch after more than 40 years.

Anglers fishing for king salmon in the saltwater near Blind Slough will only be able to keep one fish, starting tomorrow; a mountain lion was shot and killed on Wrangell Island recently; Mary Peltola introduced two bills in the House aimed at addressing bycatch in federal trawl fisheries.

The Petersburg School Board unanimously approved next year's budget, and said goodbye to superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter on Tuesday night; a Ketchikan woman is still missing after a second full day of searching yesterday; Silver Bay Seafoods has purchased Trident's processing plant in False Pass.

An update to the EPA's lead and copper rule means that every public water system in the country has to inventory each water service line; a federal lawsuit over fishing rights for Alaska's only Native reservation is likely heading to trial; a drag story time in Seward faced a bomb threat on Saturday.

Alaska State Troopers have identified the person who died in a boating accident near Petersburg last week; next year's school budget is up for approval at the Petersburg School board meeting tonight; a conversation with a member of Celebration's lead Indigenous dance group.

A look at what it could mean for Alaskans if the federal government grants Gulf of Alaska king salmon Endangered Species Act protections; a conversation with Sitka Republican Senator Bert Stedman about this session's budget process and the outlook for next year.

One person has died and another was take to a local hospital after two boats collided south of Petersburg yesterday; the owner of a downtown Ketchikan property has agreed not to raise inauthentic totem poles carved by a convicted murderer next to his new shops; Lisa Murkowski was one of only two Republican senators to vote for a bill that would put the right to contraception into federal law.

Klawock welcomed its first cruise ship; traditional canoes landed in Juneau for the biennial Celebration festival; and a little look at Little Norway's culinary history.

For the first time, Petersburg's Borough is giving its school district the maximum amount of funding allowed by law; three candidates are now running to replace Dan Ortiz for House District 1; Ketchikan's utility department is facing decades-long issues that could get much worse/

Six canoes holding dozens of paddlers landed in Petersburg on Wednesday evening; a Petersburg jury has found two residents liable for defaming a former police officer; Bristol Bay processors have a new competitor this season - a 400 foot floating processor named the Hannah.

Brent Sass announced yesterday he is stepping away from racing sled dogs; Petersburg High School's graduating seniors turned their tassels on Tuesday night; Ketchikan Independent Representative Dan Ortiz says he won't seek reelection this fall.