KFSK Midday Magazine

One of a kind jet touch downed in Petersburg last week

Sitka's Assembly is considering regulating who can busk at its downtown tourist hub

Residents of an emergency shelter in Juneau are finding healing in a community garden project

Little Norway Festival marks the coming of spring in Petersburg; Yak Timber in Yakutat files for bankruptcy; Governor Dunleavy signs a State Disaster Declaration this month for communities affected by severe flooding; A bill to exempt Alaska veterinarians from reporting to the State's prescription drug database passed both the House and the Senate.

The regulation thast limits the size of Bristol Bay boats will be strictly enforced this season say the Alaska Wildlife Troopers; Klawock has a new police chief after months without even a police department; an international human rights group comes to Alaska with intentions to help Indigenous people who are being displaced by climate change; more grey whales are showing up around Sitka

Four fishing guides at a Petersburg lodge are being charged by the State of Alaska with over 50 fishery violations; Federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act will be used to pick up marine debris along Alaska's coastline; Petersburg School District received grant funding to cover the expense of its mental health counseling services; the Alaska Legislature passed a bill that could create a new revenue stream from selling carbon offsets; Some Alaska Native Organizations are creating lending agencies dedicated to funding clean energy and environmental infrastructure

State of Alaska files criminal charges against a vessel operator caught trawling illegally near Kodiak Island; The Alaska legislature comes to an agreement on the budget next year in the first day of the Special Session; Ketchikan Charter School brings two Indigenous Stories to the stage; Two major tribal organizations have withdrawn from the Alaska Federation of Natives; Baby moose are starting to be born in SE Alaska and experts warn the public to gove moms and calves a wide berth.

Petersburg's Housing Task Force is surveying residents about the housing shortage in order to assess the problem and respond; Wrangell's Chamber of Commerce faces scrutiny after running a cash raffle in violation of state gaming statutes; Cashing in on carbon credits may become a reality for Alaska after a bill passed through both Chambers of the Legislature this week; An Indigenous Alaskan author is branching out from non-fisction into sci-fi.

Mikof Mummers debut their annual Mayfest play, this year swapping out marauding Vikings for marauding Pirates

Bering Sea pollock fishermen have almost met their season quota

The Alaska Health Department reports that the state's death rate from traumatic brain injuries is the highest in the nation

US fighter jets intercept six Russian aircraft flying off Alaska's coasts

Food and Drug Administration approve new vaccine for respiratory virus

The whole scoop on a mysterious sign along the Juneau International Airport runway - speed limit 19.5 mph

Alaska Trollers struggle with the prospect of no king salmon fishery this summer or winter; Petersburg Groundskeeper Colin Perry keeps the local parks and cemetery blooming just in time for Mayfest; The Base student allocation for next year increased $680 in a bill passed by the Alaska Senate last week; First Lady Jill Biden visits Alaska this week

Petersburg Borough Assembly is holding a public hearing for ordinances that would increase utility rates and increase fines for creating a wake around the harbor

The federal government has agreed to buy almost $120 Million in Alaska Sockeye products

A bill that would prohibit housing discrimination is stuck in the state house of representatives