Petersburg's Lady Vikings began their season without longtime basketball coach Dino Brock; Unalaska is working to increase tourism, as towns around the rest of the state saw record numbers of cruise passengers this year; the U.S. Forest Service has finalized its plan to overhaul Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area.

Petersburg's Borough Assembly voted unanimously to support a new bill that would tighten residency requirements for hunting, trapping, and sport fishing; Sitka's tourism task force is trying to determine what the right amount of cruise tourism is for the town; a look at the ways tourism has changed in Ketchikan through the eyes of the owner of the town's oldest bar.

Ketchikan fishermen and industry leaders consider the possible impacts of the closure of the town's Trident Seafoods processing plant; increased tourism is giving restaurants a boost in Petersburg, but supply chain issues sometimes make it hard to keep up with demand; SEARHC's top doctor answers community questions in Sitka after the closure of the local home health department.

"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.