KFSK Midday Magazine

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to recind the Roadless Rule on Monday; the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is scaling back operations due to uncertain federal funding; and a look at the different types of flares fired safely at Petersburg's fourth annual "Flare-Off."

A Juneau court declared a woman who has been missing for six years legally dead last week, at the request of her family; Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan have restored power after an outage this morning; and Petersburg Medical Center is seeing significantly more patients than usual.

The Sitka School District will ride out Gov. Dunleavy's fourth veto of education funding by drawing down its reserves; a new web-based newsroom launched in Juneau last week; and even with power production at the Blind Slough Hydroelectric Plant turned up at an all-time high, it still wasn't enough to harness all the extra water from May's heavy rain.

A scientist describes an alternative to diesel and how it could benefit rural Alaska; a student from Skagway hopes to get more young people to vote by getting them more time to register; and Petersburg's school district plans to spend over half a million dollars of its reserves to make up for school funding vetoed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

Part of the megabill pending in the U.S. Senate requires selling some public land in Alaska for housing; a new exhibit of contemporary portraiture is opening in a Sitka bar; and seven Ketchikan and Sitka residents have pleaded guilty for their involvement in an international drug trafficking ring.

Mat-Su Borough Mayor Edna DeVries says she's considering a run for governor; Tlingit and Haida is expanding early childhood education and daycare services in Wrangell; and Petersburg residents will decide this fall whether to limit the town's senior sales tax exemption to only low-income seniors.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan bill that would've looked into falling oil tax revenues; the special election to determine if the Xunaa Borough would be formed has been paused; and an eagle made an unexpected visit to a Petersburg home earlier this month.

A shipping container full of plastic bags fell off a barge heading to Petersburg's landfill; some Alaskan protesters say the only "kings" they want are seafood; and a change to Petersburg's senior sales tax exemption might go before local voters this fall.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy cut $50 million in education funding with a line-item veto yesterday; Petersburg police arrested two suspects in connection to scamming a local resident; and a look at what fatherhood means to some dedicated Alaska dads.

A contractor dies while doing maintenance work at a cruise tourism facility near Ketchikan last month; a group of state lawmakers are on a taskforce to improve Alaska's public schools; and a look at the Summer STREAM program at the Petersburg Public Library.