The resolution also asks the federal government to loosen regulations for how Alaska Native subsistence hunters can use harvested sea otters. (From KFSK - Petersburg)

Here are four graphics that show how much the PFD's purchasing power has changed over the years. UAA economist Brett Watson says they tell us "as much about how we think about inflation or the things that we buy as it does about the dividend itself."

For those in southeast #Alaska watching the wind & rain weather system, @nws.noaa.gov Juneau has a live #akwx update on the hurricane force low storm system at 8:30am on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/ZJ3GOJY...

For years, a national database that tracks and maps landslides has had a major hole: Alaska. But that’s about to change.

A storm moving through Southeast Alaska is causing high winds that will continue into Wednesday evening in Juneau. It’s resulting in power outages and fallen trees. Multiple cruise ships have canceled port calls.

Advocates say it’s finally time to connect Alaska’s largest city to bedroom communities to its north using commuter rail service. A proposal from the Alaska Commuter Rail Coalition is fairly straightforward, though it’s still unclear who will pay for it.

KFSK’s summer intern Hannah Weaver got the chance to head over to Coffman Cove on Prince of Wales Island recently. She put together many great radio pieces, including this story on the new disc golf course! www.kfsk.org/2025/08/15/f...

On Sunday, tens or hundreds of millions of tons of rock fell into Tracy Arm, a deep, narrow fjord south of Juneau popular with sightseers. It set off a colossal tsunami, stranding and nearly washing away a group of kayakers who had camped on a nearby island. alaskapublic.org/news/environ...

Happy Friday! Here’s a fun story I’ve been working on this week! www.kfsk.org/2025/08/08/c...

Alaska lawmakers voted today to overrode Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of some $51 million in state funding for public schools.

Petersburg’s police chief and his employer, the Petersburg Borough, have officially resolved a lawsuit over his statements during the COVID-19 pandemic with a $70,000 out-of-court settlement.

The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television — a major step toward winding down nearly six decades of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. https://n.pr/44QnXjT

Update: The Weather Service has lifted its tsunami advisory. No major waves were reported in any community.

Update: The Weather Service has downgraded its warning to an advisory.

Breaking: The National Weather Service has issued a tsunami warning for communities on the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck about 50 miles south of Sand Point.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck off of Alaska’s Aleutian chain on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami warning for coastal areas of the state.

In Kodiak, the largest community currently under a tsunami, warning, KMXT public radio is the most valuable source for information about what’s happening in the community and for emergency information relayed by city officials. #Alaska

While the U.S. Senate is voting to defund public broadcasting ... my colleagues at rural Alaska public radio stations are scrambling to help coastal residents understand the tsunami danger from a 6.6 mag earthquake that struck minutes ago in Sand Point/Aleutians East.

The Yukon River village of Galena is in the midst of a clean energy transformation that locals say will boost savings, build resilience and provide jobs.

The new Supreme Court decision has significant implications for Alaska in particular, because it is not among the states that have legal challenges against Trump’s executive order. (From @alaskabeacon.com)

The Alaska DMV would like you to know that those texts you’ve been getting demanding payment are, as you may have suspected, a scam.

One of my stories from Petersburg!

Dozens of the plastic bags have washed up near Juneau over the past week after a shipping container full of empty industrial-sized fish food bags fell off a barge heading from Baranof Island to the landfill in Petersburg. www.ktoo.org/2025/06/13/p...

Dunleavy cut $50.6 million from formula funding for public schools, equivalent to $200 in basic per-student funding, known as the base student allocation, trimming back a $700 increase lawmakers approved last month. #akleg That's one of several cuts -- read more: alaskapublic.org/news/educati...

And I'm required to add this image.

The U.S. Postal Service is set to increase rates next month for Alaska’s bypass mail program, which ships groceries and bulk goods across rural Alaska.

The village that people know as Newtok is basically a ghost town today, after the final residents left last fall. The next challenge is building enough housing at its new townsite, Mertarvik.

Interlibrary loans give rural Alaskans access to books that smaller libraries can't stock, sent from the Lower 48 if needed. But the service could be eliminated if federal funding isn't approved by the end of June, under Trump administration budget cuts.

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose. “They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.

By my count, I spent at least 40 nights in Newtok & Mertarvik over 2 yrs, interviewed over 70 people & hired an inspector to look at 7 homes built by 3 contractors. A dozen are less than 3 years old & moldy. 1 federal agency knew of problems in 2022. Another toured homes in 2023. Zero repairs made.

Reasonably long term climate sites with record high May precipitation include Ketchikan (25.58"), Petersburg (18.38"), Craig (14.77", 1 day missing), Annette (19.83"), Little Port Walter (37.81"), Elfin Cove (13.19") and Haines (7.90"). Juneau Airport (6.46") fourth highest May total. 2/2 #akwx

Whoa. G3-G4 conditions are now forecast. For Alaska, there's too much daylight/twilight for all locations north of Juneau to see anything. For areas from Juneau southward to Ketchikan, it looks to be mostly to completely overcast. 😭😭😭

How soul-crushing has this Spring’s weather been in Juneau? 71 days with measurable rain, most of any spring (at the Airport). One day with a high in the 60s: also one day in Spring 2012 & 1952. Highest temp 63F. Spring 2012, 2001 & 1952 had a high of 62F. #akwx #Climate @libbybakalar.bsky.social

Not sure who needs to see this, but the ECWMF global model has Alaska much cooler than normal from now thru the first half of July. You're welcome.

Since fall, 2022, I've been trying to figure out why Newtok's relocation is riddled with problems - the same kind this move was supposed to solve. Newtok’s residents are Americans - not a “they,” but an “us,” and that’s why I chased this story for so long. www.propublica.org/article/newt...

Your state DMV probably won't text you about unpaid fees — but scammers will.

Anchorage’s animal shelter is significantly over capacity after the seizure of more than 70 dogs from an Anchorage residence this week, in what the city’s animal control agency referred to as a hoarding case.

Two lawsuits allege that Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil, is the “principal beneficiary” of tribal lender Minto Money. CreditServe, a company that McGraw plays a key role in, controls the operation while “the Tribe is merely a front,” the suits said.

After a three days of driving the Alcan and a little less than a day on the ferry, I’ve finally made it to Petersburg! I’m so excited to say that starting next week, I’ll officially be a reporter with KFSK 📻 🎉

Lawmakers successfully overrode Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a compromise package boosting base public school funding by $700 this morning. 46-14 was the final tally. #akleg alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

The federal government normally collects information to determine a SNAP applicant’s financial eligibility for the program. The new request goes beyond that, to cover personal information like Social Security number and citizenship status. (From @alaskabeacon.com)

Games of go fish in Unangam Tunuu are among the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association's efforts to preserve the Unangax̂ tongue, with about 60 fluent speakers. "We are seeing the language lost," said the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska's Anfesia Tutiakoff.

How bad is Alaska’s budget situation? So bad that the state legislature may not fund efforts to deal with child sexual abuse, following the revocation of a federal grant. #akleg

Trump-proposed cut to federal Essential Air Service would fall on rural Alaska, reports Colleen Mondor, @chasingray.bsky.social, for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/05/08/t...

Tessa Hulls was making sandwiches in the Alaska Capitol when she learned she had won a Pulitzer Prize, reports James Brooks, @alaska.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/05/05/f...

Good story from @adn.com. My job exists because of a CPB grant funding statehouse coverage across the country. My first-ever journalism job was with KRBD in Ketchikan, a four-person operation. Much of our listening area had no other news source. That's at risk. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

The northbound span of the Knik River bridge will remain closed for at least 30 days. Workers will then switch to the southbound span.

As the Trump administration works to end nearly all federal support for public broadcasting, the loss of that money for the state’s public radio and TV stations could jeopardize remote Alaskans’ access to news, and public safety.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed an #akleg bill today that would have provided a standalone $1,000 increase to basic per-student funding. Instead, he's introducing a new bill that would provide $560 + additional targeted funding. You can read a draft of the new bill here. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

The two-day conference, which was scheduled to take place in Sitka starting March 11, was meant to pool landslide-related knowledge and strategies for managing the risk. (From KHNS - Haines)