KFSK Midday Magazine

A writer and psychologist is coming to Petersburg to host a workshop on community resilience; test fishing boats are delivering king salmon boats to elders in Dillingham; Juneau's glaciers are approaching a tipping point.

A new program in Petersburg aims to make it easier for people to add small homes to their property; after an electrical fire reduced the capacity of a floating fish processor in Bristol Bay, other processors are taking on some of the fleets fish; a look at Petersburg's Ephemeral Art Show.

Petersburg voters will not get a chance to decide this fall whether they will have a say as to who or what is tax exempt; a Canadian company is looking at reopening a large gold mine at the headwaters of a river that flows into Southeast Alaska; a fire aboard Bristol Bay's new floating processor means it will be buying fish at reduced capacity this summer.

The federal government is assessing a $12 million fine on the state of Alaska over how it determined who is eligible for food stamps;

the City and Borough of Wrangell is looking at cutting back its police force;

and a rundown of Petersburg's Independence Day festivities.

The deadline for public comment on a petition that would list Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered has been extended; trail crews in Southeast Alaska are trying to figure out how to deal with muddier trails - an effect of climate change; a Petersburg reporter joins vikings and valkyries during last month's Little Norway Festival

The South Mitkof Subdivision in Petersburg could be a good fit for a proposed infrastructure development program; scientists in Homer are using AI technology to improve the way they study sea otters; a mother - daughter duo won best in show earlier this month at Celebration's Juried Arts show.

A Petersburg seiner overturned in Anita Bay just south of Wrangell yesterday morning. The crew was mostly unharmed; climate change is allowing salmon to expand their habitat into the Arctic; a group of teenagers competed in the motorless Race to Alaska earlier this month, sailing from Port Townsend to Ketchikan.

The body of Christiana Watt, a Ketchikan resident who went missing earlier this month, has been found; the commercial salmon season is under way in Southeast Alaska and some salmon runs are expected to be fairly good this year; the state has released its draft schedule and the comment period is open through the end of the day.

Petersburg Utility Director Karl Hagerman says he's extremely confident that Petersburg's water distribution system is safe; six Viking Swim Club members took home state titles last month; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed king salmon sport fishing in Juneau last week due to low projected returns.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed Karen Morrison as deputy commissioner to the Department of Education and Early Development; laser technology is being used in an environmental cleanup project; new regulations for electronic monitoring on board pollock trawlers may go into effect this summer.