KFSK Midday Magazine

Alaska students' test scores made small gains last year; one Ketchikan man has been getting locals to sing sea shanties for decades; and a session at Petersburg's Rainforest Festival taught attendees how to propagate local berries.

More gold deposits have been found at a mine north of Juneau; two community gardens in Sitka want to build food independence in their community; and the first competitive commercial red king crab fishery in eight years is opening in Southeast Alaska.

Contractors in Sitka broke ground on an affordable housing project; Wrangell officials and community members are debating where to put a new barge ramp; and Petersburg's Three Lakes trail system recently got an upgrade.

Researchers mapped where ship traffic overlaps with seabirds migrating through Alaska's waters to pinpoint collision risk; a local coalition is hosting a sober social event in Petersburg tonight; and after three decades at KFSK, Tom Abbott has retired.

A subset of cruise ships in Alaska have been violating federal pollution limits; a state agency wants a judge to throw out a lawsuit over Alaska's SNAP backlog, and a look at Petersburg's high school cross country season so far.

Logistical challenges are making it hard to replace the state's oldest ferry; the ferry LeConte broke down over the weekend; and a change in reading curriculum is boosting elementary reading scored in Petersburg.

One Petersburg business is helping school children in need afford new shoes; the Tongass roadless rule is on the chopping block again; and a conversation with Petersburg's new secondary special education teacher.

Wrangell's police department gained an intern over the summer; tanning sea otter hides has become more time consuming for Alaska Native craftspeople; and a conversation with Petersburg's newest elementary school counselor.

The state transportation department did a complex drone mission during Juneau's glacial outburst flood; Petersburg's school buildings and surrounding area were on lockdown yesterday afternoon due to a false report of a gunman, police say; a total of 24 people filed for candidacy in Petersburg's local election; and a conversation with incoming kindergarten teacher, Kacey Hammer.

A car crash late Friday night near Petersburg landed two people in the hospital with moderate injuries; the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee is touring Alaska; and a discussion with Petersburg's new secondary math teacher.