KFSK Midday Magazine

A $1.3 billion program aims to reimagine medical care in Alaska; Alaska's mariculture industry grew in 2025; and the Petersburg Borough Assembly will consider changes to the budget tonight.

Residents from Southeast Alaska gave input on the state's proposed summer ferry schedule, calling for increased service; a totem pole will be unveiled in Wrangell on Saturday; and a look at a speed puzzling competition in Petersburg last weekend.

Juneau residents living in avalanche-prone neighborhoods are clear to return home; the state House of Representatives will have two new lawmakers joining when the legislative session starts next week; and the Wrangell Teachers Association is calling for higher paraprofessional pay.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has set a harvest limits for this year's Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery; the cost to move Juneau's city hall is millions of dollars higher than expected; and colonoscopy clinics are returning to Petersburg.

A radar detection system is tracking avalanches that rumble down Mount Juneau; a look at some new bills for the upcoming annual legislative session; and a commentary by Petersburg's Matt Lichtenstein about joining EMS.

The state is seeking public input on Alaska's draft summer ferry schedule; state transportation officials pulled out over half of the funding from Anchorage-area projects; and changes in the state seafood industry and federal immigration policies have some pollock processors looking toward a domestic workforce.

A drop in jobs is forecast in Southeast Alaska this year; the public comment period for a controversial ferry terminal in Juneau closes today; and Petersburg's high school basketball season has begun for the Lady Vikings.

Goods arrived in Pelican after the town went over a month without access to outside services; the Alaska Board of Game will consider increasing nonresident bag limits of deer in Sitka; and Petersburg Vikings basketball coach Rick Brock catches us up on the season so far.

Some Alaska Airlines passengers saw surprise bills for baggage that used to fly free; Haines and Skagway have seen weeks of heavy snowfall and bitter cold; and the unofficial results of the 2026 Petersburg Indian Association election are in.

Cold weather has caused some Juneau residents to be without water for weeks; the Sitka Assembly wants to address bears getting into trash cans; and a thank you commentary from Petersburg Medical Center travel nurse Carline Gayle.