"Landless" legislation passed a new milestone last week after winning approval of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; Petersburg's Borough Assembly will meet in regular session tonight and vote on a resolution to sell Petesrburg's recently decommissioned fire truck to the city of Hyder for $1; Gov, Dunleavy has allocated $5 million to help stabilize Wrangell's two earthen dams that contain the town's drinking water.

Petersburg's hydroelectric plant got an upgrade, which is in its final phase of testing;

high school students in Sitka are growing their own food;

and swim clubs across Southeast are mourning three swimmers who died in the Wrangell landslide.

Petersburg School District Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter announced her retirement yesterday; Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he plans to include funding to replace an aging state ferry in his budget request for next year; after a record number of cruise ship passengers visited Juneau this year, Juneau is considering whether - and how - to set future limits.

Trident Seafoods announced the sale of four processing plants in Alaska yesterday, including one in Petersburg; the Petersburg Indian Association has an unusually contested election this year - in the first of two stories for KFSK, a look at candidates challenging the incumbents; the Arctic experienced its warmest summer on record this year - NOAA scientist say the record warmth is due to human-caused climate change.

The Petersburg School Board will see a revision of the 2024 budget at tonight's meeting; the National Weather Service has issued high wind and flood watches for Southeast Alaska for early this week; the Coast Guard has recovered the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed near Petersburg last month.

Petersburg Medical Center broke ground on its new hospital project;

Governor Mike Dunleavy added communities across Prince of Wales Island to the state disaster declaration;

and an elementary school in Juneau received a bomb threat last week.

Wrangell has suspended the search for 12-year-old Derek Heller, the only person still missing from the November 20th landslide; Petesrburg's Hospital Board will vote on a letter of support for the construction of the new hospital facility at its regularly scheduled meeting tonight; Ketchikan's Kayhi Drama Kings perform Frozen - they're the only theater troupe in Alaska licensed to perform the official Broadway musical.

Petersburg's borough will trade a construction company rock for the right to move a road at a local quarry; a new backlog in the state's food stamp program has left some Alaskans waiting months for their benefits; a team of researchers have been given nearly 2 million dollars to see whether seaweed in Southeast Alaska is absorbing rare earth elements.

The story of the evacuation of Wrangell residents living south of last month's landslide; PIA will negotiate with the Petersburg Borough to buy nearly eight acres of borough-owned land; the architect of Alaska's ranked choice voting system filed a complaint yesterday against opponents of ranked choice.

Wrangell Search and Rescue teams located the body of a fifth victim of the Wrangell landslide;

the federal government awarded the Alaska Marine Highway System $132 million to revitalize the state's ferries;

and healthcare providers and patients in Sitka are concerned about whether or not SEARHC will sustain its in-home medical services.