KFSK Midday Magazine

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.

Power was restored to Wrangell Island's Southside residents on Tuesday, and maintenance crews continue to remove debris from last week's fatal landslide; Petersburg's Clausen Memorial Museum has a new director; experts gathered in Sitka to discuss eradication of the highly invasive Japanese knotweed.

Phones and internet are back online for residents in Wrangell cut off after last week's landslide; scientists say climate change is driving more landslides in Southeast Alaska. That means communities are more at risk from slides like the one in Wrangell last week; Petersburg high school students learn about fish by raising and releasing salmon into the wild.

A suspect is in custody after a month-long string of burglaries in Petersburg; Zimovia Highway in Wrangell will be open for 30 minute intervals starting today; in a new security measure, the front doors of the Petersburg middle and high school will be locked each day after classes begin.