KFSK Midday Magazine

Herring Seiners took a break Sunday and Monday to allow processors to catch up with the strong harvest

Petersburg's Stedman Elementary School will use new English language and arts curriculum next school year

The economic rebound in Sitka is causing housing cost increases and high fuel prices

A windstorm tore through Petersburg Borough Easter Sunday, downing trees and damaging power poles along Mitkof Highway

A nearly 300-acre timber sale near the community of Whale Pass is poised to go forward, despite outcry from residents

Togiak sac roe fishery is in decline, spurring state to look at the North Atlantic for solutions to help Alaska's industry

Petersburg School Board meets tonight, among agenda items - administrative regisnations

Alaska Marine Highway System has a new leader

Drag queen story time returns to the Ketchikan public library for pride month

Sitka Commercial Herring Roe Fishery making progress despite widespread spawning in the area; Petersburg residents will vote in October on whether to allow Borough employees to serve on boards and commissions; Conservation groups are suing the EPA over its alleged failure to finalize standards regarding vessel waste disposal in waterways; Northwest ports and cruiselines meeting to examine how to reduce the carbon footprint of Alaska Cruise ships; The first openly trans musher has run the Iditarod, and their is a documentary about her experience;Research geologist talks about the history of Southeast Alaska with reporter Sage Smiley

Alaska's Cruise Ship Season is approaching, an investigative journalist took a look at the industry's environmental impacts

Homer residents discussed long and short term solutions for the area's housing crisis

A Petersburg high school student competed in a statewide poetry competition in Juneau. She was one of ten students across the state selected to attend'

Alaskans testified at a public hearing on a bill Governor Dunleavy says would support parents' rights in schools

Petersburg physician plans to work on an integrative medicine fellowship while she sails the world with her family.

The State of Alaska received $38 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to ease the burden of climate change

Federal Judge ruled Conoco Phillips may begin construction immediately on the Willow Oil Production Project in the western arctic

Petersburg Early Childhood Education Task Force met to disccuss progress on a collaboration with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Alaska

Southeast Alaska State Fair Board of Directors is under scrutiny for booking a drag performance

A federal judge rules that ConocoPhillips can begin construction immediately on the Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve; the Early Childhood Education Task Force is looking for a location to house the Boys and Girls Clubs of Alaska locally; Marine debris is a big issue for islands along the Alaska coast; Homer hosts a Winter king Salmon Derby; The Board of the Southeast Alaska State Fair has been questioned about whether an act called Juneau Drag is appropriate for all audiences at the Fair

The annual test of Alaska's Tsunami Warning system meets with mixed success this week; The US Forest Service is seeking to recruit employees for positions in Alaska; The late Senator Ted Stevens leaves his collection of documents to the University of Alaska Anchorage; organisms near the bottom of the food chain in the Bering Sea don't contain as much fat as in previous years; Wrangell's Health Fair is back in action this spring;

A commentary from the two new Lutheran Pastors

Arctic leaders from 20 countries convene in Anchorage this week;

Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery opened briefly this week and is on two hour notice; The deadline to file for the Permanent Fund Dividend is tomorrow, Wrangell's utility rate increases will bump up monthly bills an average 10% monthly; Alaska's second Filipino has been elected to the Legislature