KFSK Midday Magazine

A national data breach has affected Alaska schools; Alaska red king crab are more genetically diverse than previously thought, according to a new study; a multi-million dollar project for a small boat haul-out in Petersburg is now fully funded.

A Southeast Alaska lawmaker has proposed a state alternative to federal flood insurance; the Federal Office of Subsistence Management had a new director; the executive director of Petersburg's violence prevention and advocacy organization is stepping down.

A Juneau lawmaker is pushing to revive a pension system for teachers and other state and local government workers in Alaska; Tlingit and Haida received $3 million for coastal habitat restoration in Southeast Alaska; Petersburg High School hosted homecoming last weekend, the Petersburg Vikings played their longtime rivals, the Wrangell Wolves.

A Petersburg home was destroyed in a fire yesterday afternoon; Juneau plans to rezone public land to allow for more housing density; a conversation with Alaskan members of the U.S. Council on Human Trafficking.

A Petersburg man indicted last month for allegedly sharing child sexual abuse material pleaded "not guilty" last week; eleven borough-owned lots in Petersburg will get utilities thanks to a collaboration between the Petersburg Indian Association, Tlingit and Haida, and the Petersburg Borough; Skagway's school district has had the highest assessment scores in the state for 13 years in a row.

Part of Petersburg's Main Street was closed for nearly an hour last night after witnesses say a speeding truck crashed into a trash can and several parked cars; a Washington state man died while exploring an abandoned mine on Prince of Wales Island; a look at findings from the state child care task force.

Petersburg's tribal members picked a new council president on Monday; the Petersburg Borough Assembly approved a wishlist of community projects at their Monday meeting; the Juneau Assembly approved a $3 million loan to help a developer build more housing.

Petersburg high school's basketball teams played their first conference games of the season in Craig last weekend; more than a dozen dedicated Wrangell residents spent their December searching for birds; Juneau's city-owned hospital finally has a contract with staff, after months of stalemate with the employee union.

Petersburg's student-run movie theater is in a financial crisis; Ketchikan has a new emergency warming shelter for unhoused tribal citizens; federal dollars are going to study mitigation possibilities for Juneau's glacial outburst floods.

Wrangell is exploring ways to improve school safety amid the increase in gun violence in the United States; a new policy in Dillingham that requires parents of student athletes to volunteer two hours at major home tournaments is showing signs of success; outgoing U.S. Representative Mary Peltola talks about her time in office and plans for the future.