Local News
LatestWrangell 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.
Wrangell’s Fourth of July boat races will soon beat the imagined heat
by Colette Czarnecki | Jul 3, 2025
It’s not unusual to see boats flying above the water—literally—during Wrangell’s annual Fourth of July boat races. And this year, the action returns soon with the eighth annual competition just around the corner.
Southeast News
LatestBorough 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,...
Sitka’s Chamber of Commerce to continue running visitor services despite not bidding for the contract
by KCAW Sitka | Jul 11, 2025
The Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce has long operated Visit Sitka – most recently for around...
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: Friday, July 11, 2025
by APRN News | Jul 11, 2025
Firefighters work to protect homes, highway travelers and infrastructure west of Fairbanks.
Trump’s EPA could revive controversial Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska
by APRN News | Jul 11, 2025
A document filed in Northern Dynasty’s pending lawsuit to get a prior EPA veto of the...
Wildfires prompt new evacuations in Interior Alaska
by APRN News | Jul 11, 2025
Nearly 400 firefighters are working to protect homes and infrastructure along the highway corridor...
NPR
LatestDavid Gergen, adviser to 4 presidents, dies at 83
Jul 11, 2025
David Gergen worked in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan...
South Carolina honors Robert Smalls with first statue of a Black man at the Capitol
Jul 11, 2025
The South Carolina Capitol grounds will soon include a statue of Robert Smalls, a formerly...
Preliminary report says fuel switches were cut off before Air India Boeing 787 crash
Jul 11, 2025
Indian investigators determined the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was properly configured and lifted off...
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.