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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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14:42

Friday, October 4, 2024

KFSK Midday Magazine ·

2024/10/04

The Petersburg Ranger District is taking feedback on a proposal to repair the aging West Point Cabin; vaccination rates in Alaska are amount the lowest in the country, which worries public health experts, especially with the current epidemic of whooping cough; and as of last week, that whooping cough epidemic has spread to Ketchikan.

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13:24

Thursday, October 3, 2024

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2024/10/03

Hunters have harvested 62 bull moose in the fall hunt near Petersburg, Wrangell, and Kake as of yesterday; preliminary results in Juneau show the proposition that would ban cruise ships on Saturdays is down by more than 1000 votes; the Ketchikan School District celebrated Nettie Jones, who fought to desegregate the schools in Ketchikan nearly a century ago.

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14:36

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

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2024/10/02

A look at the preliminary results in Petersburg's municipal election yesterday, voting in Ketchikan and election results in Wrangell; changes to broadband internet connectivity in rural Alaska can come with big savings - and serious risks.

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14:50

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

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2024/10/01

Petersburg High School's boys and girls cross country teams dominated at the Region V meet in Ketchikan last weekend; this winter's ferry schedule is once again impacted by the need for maintenance; a woman in Ketchikan died from smoke inhalation caused by a small apartment fire.

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14:44

Monday, September 30, 2024

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2024/09/30

A recap of Petersburg's candidate forum, ahead of tomorrow's municipal election; an exhibit about Americans during the Holocaust and World War ll is traveling around Alaska; a commentary from Petersburg assembly member Jeigh Stanton Gregor, who won his seat by just one vote last year. He's urging people to go to the polls tomorrow.

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14:42

Thursday, September 26, 2024

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2024/09/26

The central Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery is shut down for the rest of the season after reports that two boats incidentally caught 2,000 king salmon; divers with the Sitka Fire Department found the body of 16-year old David Jackson yesterday; Petersburg's Public Safety advisory board wants a safety standard for motorized rental boats.

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14:19

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

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2024/09/25

U.S. Navy leaders visited Kake this weekend to apologize for the 19th century bombardment of the village; a look at some of the takeaways from Sitka's 16-day internet outage; Juneau voted to commit $3 million to an Army Corps of Engineers study to look at solutions to glacial outburst flooding.

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15:22

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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2024/09/24

A teenage boy is missing after the vehicle he was in rolled into a steep ravine in Sitka this weekend; two Cook Inlet salmon fisheries will receive more than $9 million in federal disaster relief; Five Finger Lighthouse keepers talk about the projects they completed this season.

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14:39

Monday, September 23, 2024

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2024/09/23

The Alaska Marine Highway System has been awarded $177 million in federal grants; Ketchikan plans to set up an overnight warming center for the town's homeless population, after a unanimous vote by the city council last week; a look at what will happen if Petersburg's Proposition 4 passes - and what will happen if it fails.

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14:54

Friday, September 20, 2024

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2024/09/20

Quakers visited Kake last month to return cultural artifacts that had been taken from the town a century ago; the Alaska State Fire Marshal's office plans to give out one thousand new smoke alarms this year; state epidemiologists say Alaska is in the middle of whooping cough epidemic.

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13:34

Thursday, September 19, 2024

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2024/09/19

The Alaska Department of Revenue announced today that this year's Permanent Fund Dividend will be about $1,700; a look at Petersburg's response to the problem of bears in residential garbage; the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida will use federal money to expand composting programs in Petersburg and across Southeast Alaska.

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15:02

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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2024/09/18

Fourteen residents revived Petersburg's U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary last week; Bartlett Regional Hospital's Rainforest Recovery Center in Juneau is closing permanently next week; Petersburg hosted its middle school cross country invitational last weekend.

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14:23

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

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2024/09/17

A New York state dance company will perform in Petersburg tonight; Ketchikan hosted a conference last week about seaweed farming; Juneau residents protested Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a bill that would've expanded access to birth control.

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14:54

Monday, September 16, 2024

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2024/09/16

The Tongass National Forest has a new online tool for subsistence users in Southeast Alaska; Repairs have been made to the break in the subsea fiber optic cable that took Sitka offline two weeks ago, but call and internet service may not be restored for a few days; the Petersburg Borough Assembly will vote whether to approve election officials for the October 1 municipal election at tonight's meeting.

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15:48

Friday, September 13, 2024

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2024/09/13

Incumbent Library Board member Alec McMurren is running for relection; Juneauites are trying to figure out how to live alongside bears; Petersburg artists are showcasing landscape-inspired pieces for the annual Annabelle Baker Memorial Art Show.

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14:40

Thursday, September 12, 2024

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2024/09/12

A conversation with incumbent candidate for Petersburg Library Board, Gina Esposito; Alaska's population is shrinking, partly because fewer people are moving to the state than in the past; the Peterburg high school swim team hosted the region's first meet of the season this past weekend.

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16:52

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

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2024/09/11

Incumbent John Jensen filed as a write-in candidate for the Petersburg Planning Commission yesterday afternoon; cyberattacks across Alaska have prompted many public entities to increase digital security measures - and Petersburg Medical Center is among them; a conversation with candidate for Petersburg Library Board, Julie Spigelmyre.

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15:45

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

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2024/09/10

The Petersburg School Board meets tonight and will start a practice of reviewing policies in the school board manual; the Juneau Police Department is expecting to release body camera footage this week of a deadly July shooting in the city; a conversation with incumbent candidate for Petersburg Borough Assembly, Bob Lynn.

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16:45

Monday, September 9, 2024

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2024/09/09

Ketchikan's Police Chief has agreed to resign in exchange for dropped assault charges against him; the Alaska Democratic Party is asking a judge to kick a convicted felon off this November's general election ballot; a conversation with candidate for Petersburg Borough Assembly, Tony Vinson.

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14:47

Friday, September 6, 2024

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2024/09/06

A conversation with candidate for Petersburg Borough Assembly, James Valentine; Petersburg middle-schoolers learn about science and culture during a week-long science camp.

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