KFSK Midday Magazine

The Petersburg Borough Assembly last week accepted Island Refrigerations's application to buy a piece of borough-owned tideland; the Metlakatla Indian Community is receiving $2 million in federal funding for it's tribally-owned salmon hatchery; last month swimmers participated in an open-water race in Sitka Sound.

Summer coho trolling won't close this season, but trolling for king salmon will remain closed; Petersburg's Borough Assembly voted on two ordinances this week that address abandoned boats in local harbors; this year, a tree from Alaska's Tongass National Forest will travel to Washington D.C. to become the Capital Christmas Tree.

There are 14 seats up for grabs in Petersburg's municipal election this fall; wildfire smoke from Canada is making for hazy skies in Southern Southeast Alaska; the City and Borough of Sitka is struggling with widespread job vacancies - more than 40 city positions are unfilled.

Petersburg residents will vote on four ballot propositions this fall; water is receding after a record-breaking glacial outburst flood in Juneau last night; a five-day Scandinavian heritage workshop took place last month at Petersburg's Son's of Norway Hall.

Water levels in Juneau's Suicide Basin have started to drop, with no reported flooding in Mendenhall Lake and River; a lawsuit known as the jet-ski ban has made it's way to the Alaska Supreme Court; a look at why this is such a good year for blueberries in Southeast Alaska.

Hatchery king salmon near Petersburg got a little extra help making it to their spawning grounds this summer; millions of dollars in new federal funding will help families from Ketchikan to Kodiak get heat pumps; kids of all ages will perform Alice in Wonderland tonight in Petersburg.

Alaska has received over $15 million in the last three years to restore fish passages throughout the state; a geologist who has studied Southeast Alaska rocks and minerals for decades is creating a new geologic map of the region; last year, Alaska housing costs were at a nearly 20 year high.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game shut down fishing last week in one of Bristol Bay's sockeye districts because of illegal fishing; a congressional watchdog agency says serious improvements are needed in the way the federal government manages observers and bycatch in the nation's fisheries; in Petersburg, bikers, kayakers, and one paddle-boarder spent Saturday morning pedaling and paddling for a good cause.

A rockslide shut down travel in the Yukon on Tuesday; a United Airlines flight bound for Fairbanks made an emergency landing in Ketchikan over the weekend. Another United plane soon followed; longterm care resident Ron Hall recently discovered a lover of painting and drawing - his art show is currently up at the Clausen Memorial Museum.

A new study on hatchery pink salmon shows that some stray fish mingle with wild stocks, which could lead to less productive runs in the future; the Juneau Police Department has released the names of four officers involved in last weeks deadly shooting downtown; most sectors of Alaska's tourism industry have recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic - the state recently broke a cruise ship passenger record.