KFSK Midday Magazine

Juneau's School District grapples with lower than expected student enrollment; Fat Bear Week has a new weighty winner; and Southeast Alaska's upcoming red king crab fishery will be managed with knowledge from last season.

El Ninos may offer some benefits to the Gulf of Alaska; two Sitka businesses are competing for one restaurant beer and wine license; and Petersburg's Borough Assembly approved paying for two wastewater studies.

Subsistence users in Southeast are concerned about the rollback of the Roadless Rule; Southeast yacht captains are facing foreign competition; and Petersburg's Borough Assembly did not pursue a temporary data center moratorium.

Locals in Haines test a new protected climbing route; Wrangell high schoolers study the changes of a nearby glacier; and last month the Neets Bay Hatchery had a commercial opening for the first time.

Sitka's business economy is booming, but the workforce may be shrinking; Metlakatla has a new lab to monitor paralytic shellfish toxins; and Petersburg's high school cross country team is heading to regions this weekend.

Alaska Democrats are optimistic about the governor's race, but pollsters are seeing many undecided voters; Juneau's assembly considers a borough-wide tax for funding a solution to glacial outburst flooding; and a controversial subdivision request is returning to Petersburg's Board of Adjustment next month.

Researchers discovered five new species of deep-sea sponges in the Aleutian Islands this summer; voting starts today for Fat Bear Week; and Petersburg students had strong results in statewide standardized testing.

Military plans to build data centers near bases across Alaska is drawing concerns; one Ketchikan business owner wants Southeast to be known for its oysters; and Petersburg's Borough Assembly tonight will consider a request for a data center moratorium.

Two women from Southeast Alaska won a national award; a cruise ship en route to Sitka hit a fin whale Thursday morning; and state and local experts hosted a bear fair in Petersburg last weekend.

Juneau is considering regulating electric motorcycles; the Southeast Island School District has new principals; and Petersburg's Borough Assembly has accepted a $9 million dollar grant for Scow Bay.