Local News
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SEARHC looking to pay between $25 to $40 million for new Wrangell hospital
It would span 44,500 square feet, and incorporate all the services Wrangell is used to, like emergency, primary and long-term care.
Water update: no new roughing filters this summer
One of the city’s efforts to meet this summer’s water demands has not panned out.
Could hagfish provide another fishery for Southeast?
The U.S. Navy is synthesizing a material inspired by the slime to make Kevlar-like body amour.
Talk On The Rock
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Talk on the Rock 011: Draven Golding and Robbie Marshall, Wrangell’s 4th of July royalty contestants
Talk on the Rock is Wrangell's live call-in show. Listen to the full audio from our episode on May 22, 2018.
Talk on the Rock 010: Angie Flickinger on mapping and restoring Southeast watersheds
Talk on the Rock is Wrangell's live call-in show. Listen to the full audio from our episode on May 15, 2018.
Special Events
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FREE Touch-A-Truck Event
All kids and their families are invited to get up close and check out a variety of cool cop cars, fire trucks, school buses and more at KSTK's Touch-A-Truck event. Saturday, June 2nd from 10 to noon at the Volunteer Park parking lot located behind the elementary school. An adult will be available at each vehicle to answer questions and show off the cool features. This is a free family event.
Southeast News
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Upper Water Street project in final year
Houses on Upper Water Street bridge the gap between new construction and the old wooden trestle....
School board splits on ‘sexual orientation’ amendment
The Ketchikan School Board had an apparent philosophical divide Wednesday over whether to add...
DEC issues advisory for Knudson Cove water
Water testing off Ketchikan beaches shows elevated levels of enterococci bacteria for the Knudson...
Community
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Wrangell’s Tlingit Phrase of the Week
Tlingit Phrase of the Week is a project launched to help with the survival and renewal of the Tlingit language in Wrangell. Each phrase speaks to Wrangell's seasons and the Tlingit way of life. May - Tenth Month.
Rec & Road Report for May 22nd – 29th
The Rec and Road report is back for the 2018 season! Corree Delabrue will update the report weekly on kstk.org and on KSTK fm. Here's what's happening this week.
Alaska News
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Indictment adds charges for ex-trooper accused of attempted sex abuse
Vance Peronto, 57, covered his face in Anchorage Jail Court on Monday, April 30, 2018. Peronto, an...
Improving the foster care system
Photo from Alaska Public Media’s Community In Unity program entitled Fostering Our Future, which...
49 Voices: Nancy Murphy of Anchorage
Nancy Murphy in Anchorage (Photo by Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska’s Energy Desk) This week we’re...
NPR
LatestPresident Trump Takes a Hands On Approach to Pardons
President Trump’s pardon this week of boxer Jack Johnson is his latest grant of clemency to a prominent figure. It’s an example of his hands-on approach to pardons.
Swedish Law Declares Sex Without Consent Is Rape
The bill makes Sweden the 10th European country to redefine rape, making it illegal to engage in a...
Journalist Ronan Farrow Discusses Arrest Of Harvey Weinstein
NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with journalist Ronan Farrow following Friday’s arrest of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Farrow’s reporting for The New Yorker last fall brought to light the decades of allegations...
Borough Assembly Meeting
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Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 05-22-2018
Wrangell Borough Assembly met for a regular meeting on May 22, 2018. Read the agenda and listen to the full audio here.
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