KFSK Midday Magazine

Today is Alaska's primary election; damage to Skagway's dock has halted ferry services; and a young fisherman is alive and well after a seining accident in Southeast Alaska last month.

Juneau's glacial outburst flood was lower than expected; a career and technical program in Prince of Wales is bringing results; and Petersburg's Borough Assembly will consider a subdivision request for a controversial project.

Money is pouring into Alaska's U.S. Senate race for fringe candidates; a new tool will help researchers predict ocean acidity; and Petersburg's annual Pedal/Paddle Battle fundraised record amounts.

Southeast Alaska is seeing unseasonably warm weather for this time of year; new breakwaters have been installed at Petersburg's Banana Point boat launch; and the Petersburg Indian Association will be repatriating the remains of a 6-month-old Tlingit girl.

Sport fishermen in Southeast Alaska can catch more king salmon; a Juneau cancer nonprofit received a federal grant; and nine people have files to run for public office in Petersburg so far.

After two Prince of Wales teens died, they're being remembered for their golden hearts; Sitka high schoolers made art that celebrated the natural world; and a group of Petersburg teens are performing in Edenborough this week.

Pink salmon are finally showing up in Southeast Alaska; an answer to Juneau's plea for a solution to glacial outburst flooding is on the horizon; and Independent U.S. House candidate Bill Hill visited Petersburg last week.

A nonprofit is replacing manmade stream crossings with fish-friendly culverts; an ice cream shop in the Eastern Aleutians is a constant among economic uncertainty; and Petersburg's catholic church has been rebuilt after a devastating fire 3 years ago.

Firefighters are fighting a wildland fire north of Haines; a whale sank a sailboat in Glacier Bay; and Petersburg's domestic violence prevention nonprofit has a new executive director.

Running water was restored to Hydaburg yesterday; after a Canadian crew lost their sailboat, the owner returned to the Aleutians to find it; and a dozen volunteers freed a whale from a gillnet near Petersburg last week.