Local News
LatestTeddy bears and all kinds of pies
by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 14, 2025
The clankety noise an oven door makes while opening up joins the sounds of apples being sliced in Olinda White's kitchen and dining room. She's checking on two pies in the oven - a lemon and pumpkin.
Wrangell Borough Assembly preview: sea otter management and micromobility devices
by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 8, 2025
Wrangell’s assembly will consider initiating a request to federal and state agencies to immediately restore Southeast Alaska’s shellfish commercial fisheries at Tuesday’s meeting.
Southeast News
LatestNo injuries or damaged homes reported after fire consumes workshed
by KCAW Sitka | Jul 14, 2025
A shed went up in a blaze at Venettis Trailer Court on Saturday afternoon (7-12-25) setting off...
Borough moves forward with South Tongass fire station rebuild
by KRBD Ketchikan | Jul 11, 2025
The South Tongass Volunteer Fire Department station caught fire in the early hours of April 9,...
Talk On The Rock
LatestTalk on the Rock: KSTK’s General Manager Cindy Sweat on what the rescissions package looks like for public media
by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 8, 2025
Episode 59: Public media is facing a threat these days, as the House passed a rescissions package on June 12. It would eliminate $1.1 billion in approved funding for public media. That funding would normally go to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund many public media outlets, including ours here at KSTK. The station's General Manager Cindy Sweat spoke with News Director Colette Czarnecki to give more of an idea of what defunding public media looks like and what it might mean for our rural communities.
Talk on the Rock: Mike Hoyt and Tony Harding on carving totem poles for the upcoming totem pole raising
by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 2, 2025
Episode 58: The first totem pole raising event since 38 years ago will happen this month, July 18-20. Many people are traveling to Wrangell for the celebration, leaving little vacancy in the island's lodging. Over the past year, the Wrangell Cooperative Association has brought in master carvers to help teach apprentice carvers. Two of them, Tony Harding and Mike Hoyt, who is also WCA’s totem pole project manager chatted with KSTK's Colette Czarnecki on their carving experience, the history of totems on Wrangell and what to expect during the event.
Community
LatestBouncing Back with Yazmin Adams
Jul 7, 2025
Join Yazmin Adams and Cindy Sweat in conversations about mental health with some great music mixed in the conversation. Find all of the episodes here.
Recreation and Road Report
Jul 7, 2025
Listen to, or read, the Recreation and Road Report for July 7 through 11.
Alaska News
LatestAlaska News Nightly: Monday, July 12, 2025
by APRN News | Jul 14, 2025
A man claims ICE officers discarded his legal documents when he was wrongfully detained. Also,...
Karelian bear dogs are protecting crews and lifting spirits at Interior Alaska fire camps
by APRN News | Jul 14, 2025
Sometimes big, furry problems call for big, furry solutions.
The new head of Chugach State Park is trying to summit all 120 peaks he oversees
by APRN News | Jul 14, 2025
Justin Dipaola-Allen, a self-described “weekend warrior,” spends his free time hiking and running...
NPR
LatestTrump threatens Russia over Ukraine. Will it make a difference?
Jul 14, 2025
President Trump has made some big shifts in U.S. policy on Russia’s war with Ukraine lately....
A wildfire destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge. It burned down once before
Jul 14, 2025
The Grand Canyon Lodge is the only hotel on the park’s North Rim, which is closed for the...
Supreme Court says Trump’s efforts to close the Education Department can continue
Jul 14, 2025
The Trump administration had appealed a decision that had directed it to stop gutting the U.S....
Borough Assembly Meeting
LatestWrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 7/8/25
Jul 9, 2025
Tuesday, July 08, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers 5:30 PM
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 6/24/25
Jun 25, 2025
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Location: Borough Assembly Chambers Work Session from 6:00 – 7:00 PM / Regular Assembly Meeting at 7:00 PM
Wrangell Borough Assembly Meeting 6/10/25
Jun 11, 2025
Follow the agenda and listen to the Wrangell Borough Assembly Regular meeting of 6/10/25 here.