KFSK Midday Magazine

The long-term future of a mining project near Haines is unclear; Nancy Dahlstrom is running for governor; and last month was the second wettest April on record for Petersburg.

The 2026 race for Alaska governor is officially underway; Alaska's oldest ferry is too expensive to fix; and researchers plan to install SNOTELs to help monitor weather in Southeast Alaska.

Some people haven't left Juneau despite emails from the Department of Homeland Security telling them to; around 60 people in Petersburg gathered downtown for a May Day rally; and a look at coping with political strife in small towns.

Alaska's public schools may get a long-sought increase in state funding this year; a family in Juneau who fled unrest in Haiti has been split apart by the Trump Administration; and a lawsuit Petersburg's police chief filed against the borough had a recent development that resolved some --but not all-- of the claims.

Funding cuts by the Trump Administration ended the AmeriCorps program in Sitka; advocated rallied in Juneau after state Senators cut millions of dollars for child care funding; and a look at recent tourism trends in Haines and Skagway amid tensions with the U.S. and Canada.

A U.S. Army bomb squad dealt with two separate explosives in Ketchikan; proposed cuts to NOAA's budget could mean losing several research institutions in Alaska; and the state Senate passed a bill yesterday that would boost long-term funding for public schools.

The state Division of Insurance launched a tool to help Alaskans better understand the costs of health care procedures; an anti-abortion group in Juneau gathered in front of the State Capitol to spread awareness; and while Petersburg is getting fewer cruise ship stops overall, one company is visiting the harbor a lot more, and bringing with it a new obstacle.

The Native Youth Olympic Games kick off today in Anchorage; The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency arrested at least one person in Sitka last month; and the Skagway Police Department secured funding for a narcotics and tracking K9 unit.

Juneau expanded its swim class offerings for its youngest residents; Alaska lawmakers confirmed Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto on an education bill yesterday; and the State of Alaska might give ownership of some tidelands on Mitkof Island to the Petersburg Borough.

A major conference about landslides in Southeast Alaska was canceled because federal agencies would be absent; some reinstated federal workers in Juneau were fired again this month; and a draft budget proposed by the Trump Administration would slash NOAA's budget more than 25%.