Petersburg Borough Assembly meets at 6pm tonight: a look st the agenda; Wrangell speaks out on a lawsuit targeting the Southeast Alaska King SalmonTroll Fishery; U.S. Representative Mary Peltola addresses the legislature in Juneau; Vikings and Lady Vikings compete in a tournament last week with teams from across Alaska; Methamphetamines seized last week in Ketchikan in one of the largest drug busts in recent years

The Bluegrass Band Gold Dust Rising from Nome is coming to Petersburg; Governor Dunleavy added 9 million dollars to the budget to help with the backlog of foodstamps and Medicaid; Alaska explores ways to come up with matching funds for the Federal money to help modernize the ferry fleet. Residents in Yakutat are in conflict over logging on tribal lands

House Joint Resolution 5 supporting Alaska Trollers has passed through its first committee on its way through the legislature; Petersburg Early Childhood Task Force met to discuss a collaboration with the Boy and Girls Club-Alaska; Petersburg Indian Association holds a work session to brainstorm ideas for the Tribe's Covid -19 Relief Funds; President Biden gave a briefing on the UFOs shot down over Alaska and the Yukon;Alaskans across the state celebrated Elizabeth Peratrovich Day yesterday; Juneau expects almost 50% more cruise ship passengers this summer

Petersburg's Clausen Museum is hosting a traveling art show featuring artists from across Southeast Alaska; The Legislature considers a bill to make Juneteenth an official holiday in Alaska; The Federal Subsistence Board takes a closer look at the pros and cons of the Ketchikan Indian Community Proposal to designate Ketchikan as a rural community

Representative Himschoot visits Petersburg to discuss issues of concern with constituents; Students and teachers deliver Valentines to Legislators in Juneau to focus their attention on how the budget will affect schools; Sitka Tribe of Alaska objects to the proposed extension of the Sitka Seawalk

Alaskans are starting to receive long awaited food stamps; Petersburg School Board meets tonight and here is a look at the agenda; House Fisheries hear a report from the Alaska Seafood marketing Institute on latest marketing trends; White House officials say that identification of UFOs shot down over Alaska and Yukon still inconclusive. Petersburg Vikings and Lady Vikings faced tough opponents in Metlakatla.

Petersburg Marine Mammal Center retarted their monthly Science Series with a talk by Forest Service Hydrologist Heath Whitacre speaking about stream restoration, Ketchikan School District facing big holes in their budget unless the Legislature intervenes; State wrokers in Juneau rally for full staffing and better benefits

Petersburg Volunteer Fire department responded to a small fire at Tonka Seafoods bunkhouse; Scientists in Southeast Alaska discover an island where the wold pack is subsisting on sea otters; Shelby Herbert joins the news department at KFSK as the newest reporter; Petersburg High School hosted a Junior Varsity Basketball tournament last weekend with teams from around Southeast

A surge in family travel outside of the school holidays has teachers concerned students are falling behind academically; Homelessness in Petersburg addressed at the Borough Assembly meeting this week and some ideas brought forward to resolve the issue; Chilkat weavers in Juneau crafting robes for local children

NOAA researchers visit Petersburg to ask Petersburg Fishermen what constitutes resiliance in the fleet in the light of climate change; Kodiak Tanner fishery nearly closed after delay waiting for higher prices; Disturbing trends of violence and suicide continue rise among Alaskans in the last decade; Senator Dan Sullivan addresses the Alaska Legislature