KFSK Midday Magazine

Conservation Groups File Suit Against the Newly Approved Oil Project in Willow

Petersburg's Viking Swim Club Makes Waves and Breaks Records Set Decades Ago

Ryan Redington Wins the 2023 Iditarod Sled Dog Race

Willow Oil Drilling Project is approved by Biden Administration, Petersburg based wildlife biologist talks about his work with Forest Service Fire Militia, Geocaching an outdoor treasure hunt

The Biden Administration has approved ConocoPhillips Willow Project; two Aleutian volcanos shows signs they may erupt in the near future; Craig residents no longer have to boil water; The Coast Guard rescues two starnded people on an Annette Island beach; Search is taking over Juneau Youth Services and is moving their residential treatment program for teens from Sitka to Juneau; Alaska Native Comic artists and writers meet in Homer

Petersburg School Superintendent says staff shortages are high on the school board's list of concerns; Ketchikan's Tribe is planning to build a substance abuse treatment center; The Federal government is reversing some restrictions on hunting and trapping in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge; The Environmental Protection Agency held a hearing in Fairbanks to gather feedback on proposed rulings regarding compliance with air pollution standards in Fairbanks and North Pole; Wildlife troopers catch three fishermen violating regulations in a youtube video they posted of themselves

Petersburg School District faces a budget deficit of nearly one million dollars; Governor Dunleavy introduces a bill increasing the amount of parental permission required to teach sex education, and requires schools to separate locker rooms and bathroom facilities by biological sex not gender identity; Alaska state agencies face an employment crisis and struggle to incentivize new hires and retain staff; A majority of Sitkans polled last summer said the rapid increase in tourism made their community a less desirable place to live; Pharmacy giant Walgreens has decided not to offer the abortion pill Mifepristone in Alaska

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed early and late King salmon runs to sportfishing on the Kenai; Students from Stedman Elementary School compete in the annual spelling bee; Craig's water treatment plant has failed leaving some residents with dirty water and some with no water at all; Former Sitka doctor accused pf multiple counts of sexual assault will serve two years in prison after a plea deal

Alaska House of Representatives passes House Joint Resolution 5 in support of the Southeast Alaska Troll Fishery, Yukon River Chum and KIng runs at record low levels and the Board of Fish passes some restrictions on the fishery, Juneau School District loses $270,000 to scammer posing as a vendor last year, Sitka is proposing to establish a Tourism Task Force, Petersburg Borough Assembly meets on Monday, March 6 at noon

Biden Administration expects to announce soon whether the Willow oil drilling project will advance in the National Petroleum Reserve; The State of Alaska plans to see more old growth trees in Southern Southeast; The Aurora Borealis shone bright over the Kenai last weekend to the delight of local photographers; Wrangell's Assembly spoke out against a petition to put Southeast Alaska Wolves of the federal endangered species list; PFAS forever chemicals appear in 16 lakes and other waters of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and Municipality of Anchorage.

Fishermen in Kodiak struggling to find markets for their Red King Crab; The Southeast Alaska Farmers Summit convened in Petersburg over the weekend; Wrangell's swimming pool is out of commission waiting for repairs; High winds predicted for Kodiak

Board of Fisheries sides with Chignik fishermen in their vote to maintain separate quotas for early and late sockeye runs; Vikings and Lady Vikings faced their rivals the Wolves and Lady Wolves in Wrangell Homecoming last week; Senator Bjorkman introduces SB82 a buyback program for Cook Inlet setnetters; Alaska Native Sisterhood elects Millie Schoonover Grand President Emeritus, The U.S, Army proposes replacing the coal fired power plant at Fort Wainwright with natural gas boilers