KFSK Midday Magazine

Alaska advanced hundreds of projects to the next step of the Rural Health Transformation Program application process; state lawmakers convened a new special session in Juneau on Saturday; and Petersburg had its first classical Devil's Thumb Chamber music festival last month.

Sitka officials brainstorm how to relieve the City's childcare shortage; biologists and birders discuss the threats loons face from some fishing gear; and Petersburg locals take a hike to learn how to deal with invasive plant species.

A growing number of Alaskans are allergic to parasites in fish; Sitka's school district will receive over a million dollars in federal funding; and Alaska's Division of Elections likely lacked justification for taking Dan Sullivan of Petersburg off the ballot.

Republican lawmakers in Congress are working to repeal the Roadless Rule; a Supreme Court ruling could complicate rural mail-in voting in Alaska; and the Juneau Assembly has undone a controversial flood wall funding scheme.

The Alaska Division of Elections made a final determination on Petersburg Dan Sullivan's senate run; two Ketchikan elementary schools closed this year; and Petersburg high schoolers learned about adult expenses through a simulation.

Two new Coast Guard icebreakers will be homeported in Kodiak; Gulf of Alaska waters may be a lifeline for grey whales; and two communication tower issues are returning to the Petersburg Borough Assembly tonight.

Alaska saw increased participation in SNAP last year; sport fishermen will be able to catch and keep Haines king salmon for the first time in a decade; and U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan from Petersburg says an investigation into him is baseless.

The Alaska Division of Elections says Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is not eligible to run for Senate; Sitka residents learned how to become mermaids; and Senator Lisa Murkowski toured the Petersburg Medical Center's newest building last month.

The minimum wage in Alaska will increase in July; City and Borough of Juneau has finalized a difficult budget; and Petersburg's first traditional canoe in a century completed its maiden voyage.

The state is investigating whether Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is running for U.S. Senate to intentionally confuse voters; scientists are looking at the relationship between grey whales and herring around Sitka; and 30 high school seniors graduated in Petersburg last week.