KFSK Midday Magazine

The Petersburg High School cross country teams - both boys and girls - are champions after the state meet in Anchorage this weekend; a landslide in Ketchikan Sunday night trapped nearly a dozen people in a remote stretch of road north of the city; Alaska Public Media reporters visited communities across the state talking to voters about the issues that are most important to them in this year's ele...

The Petersburg Ranger District is taking feedback on a proposal to repair the aging West Point Cabin; vaccination rates in Alaska are amount the lowest in the country, which worries public health experts, especially with the current epidemic of whooping cough; and as of last week, that whooping cough epidemic has spread to Ketchikan.

Hunters have harvested 62 bull moose in the fall hunt near Petersburg, Wrangell, and Kake as of yesterday; preliminary results in Juneau show the proposition that would ban cruise ships on Saturdays is down by more than 1000 votes; the Ketchikan School District celebrated Nettie Jones, who fought to desegregate the schools in Ketchikan nearly a century ago.

A look at the preliminary results in Petersburg's municipal election yesterday, voting in Ketchikan and election results in Wrangell; changes to broadband internet connectivity in rural Alaska can come with big savings - and serious risks.

Petersburg High School's boys and girls cross country teams dominated at the Region V meet in Ketchikan last weekend; this winter's ferry schedule is once again impacted by the need for maintenance; a woman in Ketchikan died from smoke inhalation caused by a small apartment fire.

A recap of Petersburg's candidate forum, ahead of tomorrow's municipal election; an exhibit about Americans during the Holocaust and World War ll is traveling around Alaska; a commentary from Petersburg assembly member Jeigh Stanton Gregor, who won his seat by just one vote last year. He's urging people to go to the polls tomorrow.

The central Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery is shut down for the rest of the season after reports that two boats incidentally caught 2,000 king salmon; divers with the Sitka Fire Department found the body of 16-year old David Jackson yesterday; Petersburg's Public Safety advisory board wants a safety standard for motorized rental boats.

U.S. Navy leaders visited Kake this weekend to apologize for the 19th century bombardment of the village; a look at some of the takeaways from Sitka's 16-day internet outage; Juneau voted to commit $3 million to an Army Corps of Engineers study to look at solutions to glacial outburst flooding.

A teenage boy is missing after the vehicle he was in rolled into a steep ravine in Sitka this weekend; two Cook Inlet salmon fisheries will receive more than $9 million in federal disaster relief; Five Finger Lighthouse keepers talk about the projects they completed this season.

The Alaska Marine Highway System has been awarded $177 million in federal grants; Ketchikan plans to set up an overnight warming center for the town's homeless population, after a unanimous vote by the city council last week; a look at what will happen if Petersburg's Proposition 4 passes - and what will happen if it fails.

Quakers visited Kake last month to return cultural artifacts that had been taken from the town a century ago; the Alaska State Fire Marshal's office plans to give out one thousand new smoke alarms this year; state epidemiologists say Alaska is in the middle of whooping cough epidemic.

The Alaska Department of Revenue announced today that this year's Permanent Fund Dividend will be about $1,700; a look at Petersburg's response to the problem of bears in residential garbage; the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida will use federal money to expand composting programs in Petersburg and across Southeast Alaska.

Fourteen residents revived Petersburg's U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary last week; Bartlett Regional Hospital's Rainforest Recovery Center in Juneau is closing permanently next week; Petersburg hosted its middle school cross country invitational last weekend.

A New York state dance company will perform in Petersburg tonight; Ketchikan hosted a conference last week about seaweed farming; Juneau residents protested Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a bill that would've expanded access to birth control.

The Tongass National Forest has a new online tool for subsistence users in Southeast Alaska; Repairs have been made to the break in the subsea fiber optic cable that took Sitka offline two weeks ago, but call and internet service may not be restored for a few days; the Petersburg Borough Assembly will vote whether to approve election officials for the October 1 municipal election at tonight's meet...

Incumbent Library Board member Alec McMurren is running for relection; Juneauites are trying to figure out how to live alongside bears; Petersburg artists are showcasing landscape-inspired pieces for the annual Annabelle Baker Memorial Art Show.

A conversation with incumbent candidate for Petersburg Library Board, Gina Esposito; Alaska's population is shrinking, partly because fewer people are moving to the state than in the past; the Peterburg high school swim team hosted the region's first meet of the season this past weekend.

Incumbent John Jensen filed as a write-in candidate for the Petersburg Planning Commission yesterday afternoon; cyberattacks across Alaska have prompted many public entities to increase digital security measures - and Petersburg Medical Center is among them; a conversation with candidate for Petersburg Library Board, Julie Spigelmyre.

The Petersburg School Board meets tonight and will start a practice of reviewing policies in the school board manual; the Juneau Police Department is expecting to release body camera footage this week of a deadly July shooting in the city; a conversation with incumbent candidate for Petersburg Borough Assembly, Bob Lynn.

Ketchikan's Police Chief has agreed to resign in exchange for dropped assault charges against him; the Alaska Democratic Party is asking a judge to kick a convicted felon off this November's general election ballot; a conversation with candidate for Petersburg Borough Assembly, Tony Vinson.

A conversation with candidate for Petersburg Borough Assembly, James Valentine; Petersburg middle-schoolers learn about science and culture during a week-long science camp.

Employees are temporarily moving out of the Petersburg Ranger District offices downtown so that the building can be renovated; last week Ketchikan honored 42-year-old Sean Griffin, the long-time pubic works employee who dies in a landslide on August 25; a conversation with candidate for Petersburg Borough Assembly, Marc Martinsen.

A conversation with incumbent candidate for Petersburg Borough Assembly Thomas Fine-Walsh; Kotzebue's commercial salmon fishery is facing a 30-year low after years of record high returns; a commentary from Avery Herrman-Sakamoto thanking those who helped with the Petersburg and Wrangell Journey to Celebration.

Administrators of Petersburg's deteriorating hospital are turning to federal lawmakers for assistance in funding a replacement facility; cases of whooping cough are up in Juneau; the siblings of a man who was shot and killed by law enforcement in Juneau last month say they're still waiting for answers.

Wrangell police arrested a woman yesterday for allegedly stabbing a man in the chest; a new program in Gustavus will provide residents with money for heat pumps; Petersburg hosted the first high school cross country meet of the season last weekend.