Prep work for Shoemaker Bay in Wrangell wrapping up
Shoemaker Bay in Wrangell was built in 1977. As of 2018, it’s cleared out and ready for a complete...
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Category: Southeast News
Petersburg school food service remodel could start in April
Rae C. Stedman Elementary School (Angela Denning/KFSK) A major renovation of food service areas in...
Read MoreAs Sitka’s senior population grows, Assembly weighs in on tax exemption programs
The city’s Planning Department estimates they will receive upwards of 625 applications for property tax exemptions from senior citizens and disabled veterans. Assessor Wendy Lawrence is performing a spot audit of the program...
Read More‘Integrated’ research merges human experience and fisheries science
A volunteer from the Sustainable Southeast Partnership checks a stream on Prince of Wales Island. Although it now has a name, ‘habitat monitoring’ is something Alaskans do on almost a daily basis. NOAA’s Integrated Ecological...
Read MoreAs more ballots are counted, Kreiss-Tomkins opens lead in House race
Democratic incumbent Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, pictured above participating in the Alaska Day Parade in Sitka, leads Republican challenger Richard Wein by almost 670 votes with 85 percent of precincts reporting as of 3 p.m....
Read More‘Door-knock’ property tax audit troubles some Sitka seniors
Sitka resident Mary Todd Anderson — like all senior Alaskans who qualify — is exempt from paying property tax on the first $150,000 of value in her primary residence. In Sitka, that amounts to a $900 discount on her tax bill....
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City of Wrangell is preparing in case of mass shooting
In light of recent and past mass shootings, the City of Wrangell is planning what to do in case...
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