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KFSK Midday Magazine

This show is KFSK"s live Midday Magazine, broadcast Monday-Friday. Our news host is Julie Hursey. Our newscast covers news stories local to Petersburg, AK, regional, and statewide news relevant to Southeast Alaska.

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14:52

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

KFSK Midday Magazine ·

2025/04/15

Over 4,000 cruise ship passengers arrived in Juneau yesterday; a composer writes an original piece of music for a middle school concert in Anchorage; and the Alaska Legislature passed a stripped-down version of a bill that would boost per-student funding for schools if Gov. Mike Dunleavy doesn't veto it.

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15:29

Monday, April 14, 2025

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2025/04/14

The cruise ship season is starting in Juneau today while tariffs and federal firings bring uncertainty to the city's tourism industry; microplastics appear to be ubiquitous in spotted seals harvested in Alaska's most remote waters; and two Anchorage teens are trying to encourage more young people to get involved with philanthropy.

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14:16

Friday, April 11, 2025

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2025/04/11

Starting May 7th every air traveler over age 18 will need a REAL ID to board a flight in the US; Tlinget Linguist James Crippen talks about his efforts to document the Tlinget Language;Long-time vet Burgess Bauder in Sitka retired this year after providing years of free vet care.

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14:42

Thursday, April 10, 2025

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2025/04/10

Juneau Assembly passes a resolution urging Alaska Delegation to oppose cuts to federal agencies; Bills moving through the Alaska Legislature are intended to streamline prior authorizations for medical services and exempt small businesses from providing sick leave to employees; A report last week says the Red Chris Mine in the Stikine Watershed in British Columbia is leaching heavy metals; The lone produce stocker at Skagway's grocery store is moving on after eight years

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15:02

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

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2025/04/09

Good Samaritans rescue a man from the chilly waters of Wrangell Narrows Monday Night; A 5th Cruise ship dock approved for Juneau by the Assembly; Cuts to the Department and Health and Hum,an Services threaten services provided to the elderly and the disabled population in Alaska; rents in Alaska have stabilized

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14:52

Tuesday April 8 2025

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2025/04/08

Local rally of about 100 people to protest Trump Administration policies on Saturday; Alaska Humanities Forum faces major cuts when National Endowment for Humanities Budget is slashed; Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will have some help with visitors from Cultural Ambassadors which is a new program started by Central Council of Tlinget and Haida; The 8th Annual Traditional Games were held in Juneau last weekend

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14:52

Friday, April 4, 2025

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2025/04/04

A high-priority bill that would increase education funding took another step forward in the state legislature this week; Juneau officials may put city money towards hiring staff at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, following federal job cuts; and this year, sport fishermen in Southeast Alaska are getting a bag limit of one wild king salmon.

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15:44

Thursday, April 3, 2025

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2025/04/03

Ketchikan's high school principal joined other school district officials from across Alaska to testify before state lawmakers; education leaders from tribal organizations spoke against the dissolution of the federal Department of Education; and as Southcentral Alaska prepares for Mt. Spurr's likely eruption, officials say the impacts could reach as far as Southeast.

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14:25

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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2025/04/02

Alaska's U.S. Senators want to keep the U.S. Postal Service an independent agency and not privatize it; a Canadian company is starting studies to explore a possible new gold mine in Juneau; and 130 thousand treaty Chinook salmon will be available this year for all Southeast fisheries.

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14:12

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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2025/04/01

A Kodiak-based company may run Sitka's publicly-owned marine haul out; a Wrangell man is being charged with two felonies; and an executive order from President Trump is causing concern for voters in rural Alaska Native communities.

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15:19

Monday, March 31, 2025

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2025/03/31

Plans for Chilkat Valley's first major timber harvest in decades have temporarily halted; HIV prevention organizations in Alaska worry about deadly consequences from losing federal funding; and the Alaska Legislature passed a bill designating March as Women's History Month in state law.

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14:57

Friday, March 28, 2025

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2025/03/28

The state will share harvest data from the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery after all; the CDC is pulling millions of federal dollars that support public health programs in Alaska; and a look at a traveling art exhibit featuring Southeast Alaska artists.

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15:02

Thursday, March 27, 2025

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2025/03/27

The Alaska seafood industry says it's getting crushed by unfair trade; crews in Ketchikan are still dealing with a rockslide that cut off access to north of the island; and Petersburg Indian Association is hosting a job fair on March 28.

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14:20

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

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2025/03/26

A look behind-the-scenes for Petersburg High School's upcoming spring play; Borough leaders in Ketchikan are leveraging the trade war with Canada to restore ferry service to British Columbia; and a conversation between Eric Stone and Casey Grove about cuts to the National Weather Service.

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14:01

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

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2025/03/25

The state House passed a resolution recognizing Canada's sovereignty; a Fairbanks lawmaker wants to put the governor's mansion on Airbnb; and a look at a new kelp farming company in Ketchikan.

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14:59

Monday, March 24, 2025

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2025/03/24

Sitka's commercial herring fishery is smaller this year; a draft plan for the state ferry system is open for public comment; and millions of federal dollars are at stake in Alaska if President Trump's order abolishing the U.S. Department of Education disrupts funding.

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14:48

Friday, March 21, 2025

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2025/03/21

Wrangell's borough manager shut down the deteriorating barge ramp last week; over a hundred people marched to the state capitol to advocate for improving disability rights on Wednesday; and a rockslide near Ketchikan yesterday has blocked the island's main road.

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14:32

Thursday, March 20, 2025

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2025/03/20

Investigators looking into the plane crash near Nome say the icy flight was overweight; lawmakers rejected Gov. Dunleavy's proposal to create a cabinet-level state agriculture department; and Silver Bay Seafoods is buying the seafood processing giant, OBI.

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15:19

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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2025/03/19

Ketchikan's school district superintendent is resigning; researchers say limits on Alaska's commercial fisheries backfired in rural Native villages; and the Alaska House Resources Committee heard testimony regarding the partnership between the U.S. and Canada.

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14:39

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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2025/03/18

Japanese performers from Oregon are touring Alaska, starting in Southeast; employees fired from the agency that oversees federal fisheries in Alaska were reinstated yesterday; and for the first time, fire season is starting early in Southeast Alaska.

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