KFSK Midday Magazine

Three of Alaska's key shipping companies are set to hike rates; Sitka's commercial sac roe herring fishery could soon taper off; and Petersburg's Borough Assembly approved purchasing new equipment for firefighters.

Alaska lawmakers debate daylight savings; a bill trying to stabilize the school budgeting process has a long way to go; and sports anglers in Southeast will be able to fish more Chinook salmon this year.

The Alaska House passed a bill that would take more money from companies that sell to Alaskans online; a Ketchikan shipyard workers' union has filed three charges against a new operator; and Petersburg's winter has been the 4th snowiest on record so far.

A federal grant program for disaster management that was terminated a year ago has reopened; an old theater in a historic building in Juneau is being brought back to life; and Petersburg Parks and Recreation is hosting an all-day boating safety course this Saturday.

Hundreds of people in small towns across Southeast Alaska protested the Trump administration on Saturday; a Petersburg man will spend two years in prison; it's the last day to apply for your PFD; and seiners harvested roughly 3000 tons in the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery over the weekend.

Former Anchorage state Sen. Tom Begich visited Petersburg last week in his campaign for governor; a highly unusual, four-legged suspect was apprehended last week in Juneau; and an 18th candidate joined the race to be Alaska's next governor.

Developers of a gasline project urge state lawmakers to pass a tax bill proposed by Governor Dunleavy; record snowfall in Juneau prompt questions about the next glacial outburst flood; and the state Board of Fish voted down proposals to limit hatchery production of pink and chum salmon.

A Pulitzer prize winning comic artist taught Sitka students to create their own comics; unstable snow conditions caused a fatal avalanche in British Columbia; and Petersburg's museum has been investigating a 90-year-old mystery.

Southeast Alaska residents can give feedback at a virtual meeting tonight about a revised management plan for the Tongass National Forest; the Cascade Point ferry terminal project is getting postponed due to a permitting issue; and two drivers were taken to Petersburg's hospital after a collision yesterday.

A Ketchikan jeweler will have to pay restitution after selling fake gold; a Portland band is raising money to rebuild a Tlingit clan house in Sitka; and tribal leaders have raised concerns about proposed changes to federal subsistence management.