KFSK Midday Magazine

A ferry attempting to dock in Kake on Saturday had to return to Juneau when a cable securing it to the dock, broke; New research challenges the link between low birth rates among Southern Resident killer whales and a lack of Chinook salmon; a conversations with Petersburg coach Jaime Cabral, following the regional tournament in Craig.

Juneau approved a half a million dollar grant for a nonprofit that helps people recovering from substance misuse; a mine upstream from Haines is going through ownership changes and residents are waiting to see how it will effect the community; the Capital Christmas Tree has finally made its way from Wrangell, all the way to Washington D.C.

Petersburg's volunteer fire department has a new fire chief; Ketchikan's government plans to help residents switch to heat pumps; Petersburg's Stedman Elementary students talk about what they're thankful for this year.

A ballot measure that would repeal ranked choice voting in Alaska has narrowly failed; Skagway is considering a community land trust as a way to deal with the housing problem in the town; the Mitkof Mummers production of the Snow White Variety Show opens tonight in Petersburg.

Petersburg's Viking Swim Club hosted its annual meet, November Rain, this past weekend; Sitka's Fish and Game Advisory Committee sorted through proposals to change herring management in the area; the Alaska Department of Elections will finish their vote count today and start ranked choice tabulations for candidates with less than 50% of the vote.

Petersburg's school board will vote at tonight's meeting on whether to tweak next year's school calendar; Petersburg hosted the annual Stikine Middle School Basketball championships over the weekend - and five Petersburg teams competed; a state task force is looking at the increase in the invasive European Green Crab in Southern Southeast Alaska.

Petersburg's Borough Assembly will hear from the public on a change to code meant to discourage owners of inactive vessels from taking up space in the harbors; Juneau lost power on Friday after the connection to its main hydroelectric source failed; Sitka ceremonially broke ground on a new marine haulout at its marine industrial park.

Veterans in Petersburg came together yesterday for a parade; Silver Bay Seafoods will acquire processing plants in Dillinham and Port Moller; game managers on Prince of Wales Island are using a trained dog to track and understand wolves, through their poop.

Petersburg swimmer Lexie Tow is a state champion after finishing first in the girls 100 yard breaststroke in Anchorage this weekend; wolf trapping is expected to open this Friday for a month-long season on Prince of Wales Island; a recent opinion from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirms that any coastal tribal member can hunt sea otters, regardless of blood quantum.

A long, loud clap of thunder shook Petersburg residents just after 11 p.m. last night; an acre of muskeg along Petersburg's Haugen Drive had been slowly transforming into a parking lot over the last month; there are plans to break ground on an expansion of the Hecla Greens Creek mine near Juneau some time next year.