KFSK Midday Magazine

The U.S. Department of Education says Alaska owes four urban school districts nearly $30 million in COVID related money; a bill in the state House would expand the list of healthcare providers people can see using telehealth; a look at Juneau's upcoming tourist season - it's first ship of the year arrives tomorrow.

Petersburg High School students marched out of class and into the streets to advocate for more education funding;

a federal grant program that aims to keep Alaskans safe from tsunamis is in jeopardy;

and two Native Youth Olympics coaches visited Petersburg to show local students what the sport is all about.

Trident Seafoods finalizes the sale ot Petersburg facilities to E.C. Phillip & Son; Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery now open daily from 8am to 6pm; Sitka High School Students lean how to navigate the Federal Subsistence Board Process, marine Passenger fees from Cruise ships may go to fund a clean energy loan program

Petersburg Indian Association announces they have hired a new director; A Federal subsidy that helps low-income Alaskans afford Broadband internet is running out of money; A new program in Dillingham for people with addiction to opioids

The Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association will be getting more $500,000 to help fishermen deal with the challenges of climate change; the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, is suing the United States for over $8 million dollars; Congresswoman Mary Peltola's voting record suggests she's less likely than most Democrats to vote with her party.

Committee lawmakers rejected a roughly $3,500 Permanent Fund Dividend yesterday; the Petersburg Borough can now sell its land to private citizens an developers at below appraised value; Petersburg Medical officials brought two Wilderness First Aid instructors to town to teach locals how to help and injured person in the field.

Petersburg Medical Center is starting to fill positions in its nursing department, following several months of staffing shortages; Sitka's new marine haulout and boatyard is a year away from completion; Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski isn't ruling out leaving her party to become an independent.

Petersburg residents got a chance to weigh in on the planned closure of a king salmon sport fishery at a meeting last week; the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery opened for a second time over the weekend and then again on Monday; a mine near Juneau has reported a spill of more than a hundred thousand gallons of mine waste.

Petersburg's Borough Assembly heard testimony last week on an ordinance that would allow people to discharge their firearms in the Frederick Point East subdivision; the Alaska Senate passed a bill yesterday that aims to boost internet speeds at rural schools; state government reporter Eric Stone discusses possible next steps in state education funding after Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a state education bill.

Petersburg's tribe, the Petersburg Indian Association, has a new councilmember; the Alaska House of Representatives took a step towards raising the state's age of consent from 16 to 18 years old; OBI Seafoods announced it would not be buying salmon from the setnet fleet in Kodiak's Alitak District.