Articles from the August 17, 2017 edition
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Cindi Lagoudakis seeks mayor's post
Cindi Lagoudakis, the interim mayor of Petersburg, has decided to run for the permanent seat in...
William Christopher Allen released on bond
A Petersburg man was released from custody on $50,000 bond last week while facing 6 charges of murder, manslaughter and assault. William Christopher A...
Yesterday's News
August 17, 1917 – Included in the call for bids carrying mail on all steamboat or other power-boat routes, in the territory of Alaska is a new r...
Power & Light gives update on city projects
Karl Hagerman, the Petersburg Power & Light interim supervisor, recently outlined about a dozen...
Assembly approves upgrade, lease deal, & two ordinances
The Borough Assembly in its meeting last week approved a bid award to upgrade radios, renewed a lease with a fuel company and adopted two city...
Candidacy deadline approaching, 8 applications submitted so far
The deadline to submit applications for candidacy in the October election is next week, and there has been an unusually low amount of submissions so...
To the Editor
Hooray for photos To the Editor: Hooray for the photo contributions by John Havrilek and Carli Byrer, so that there was something pleasant in last...
The 'Great American Eclipse' is approaching
The country is preparing for an astronomical moment that hasn’t happened in 99 years, and southeast Alaska will witness about 60 percent of it. For t...
Petersburg police report makes news in Ketchikan
Two separate police reports from the Petersburg Pilot made news in the Ketchikan Daily News Weekend Edition column, Southeast Log on Aug. 12-13. The...
Petersburg Borough Assembly & Hospital Board Work Session
The Petersburg Borough Assembly and Hospital Board will hold a joint work session to discuss the Borough/Hospital relationship, the Hospital’s i...
Police Report
Aug. 9 — Police responded to two disturbance calls on N. Nordic Dr. and on Mitkof Hwy. A vehicle theft was reported on Scow Bay Loop Rd. Police p...
Golf outing makes $3,200 for cancer care
WRANGELL – Fifty women from Petersburg and Wrangell played in a golf outing on Saturday to raise m...
Newspaper files for bankruptcy protection, gets new owners
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Dispatch News has announced it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is in the process of transitioning to n...
Alaska mayor questions tax cap for local government
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska mayor is having second thoughts about a voter-imposed ceiling on how much money the borough government can c...
Passenger recalls emergency plane landing near Alaska island
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Luck Dunbar was napping during a routine flight when he heard a loud noise, woke up and realized the commuter plane was d...
Rae C. Stedman Elementary Class Lists
Mrs. Willis Kindergarten: Andrew Ayriss, Colette Boggs, Tavyn Cabral, Jovee Coil, Sabrein Cole, Anya Curtiss, Alex Deberry, Hakon Eddy, Ethan...
Alaska Fish Factor: Alaska getting in on the growing popularity of Home Meal kits delivering seafood directly to American kitchens
Alaska aims to get in on the growing popularity of Home Meal kits that will deliver seafood directly to American kitchens. The kits typically offer a...
Fall Dungeness crab open 30 days
PETERSBURG — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced August 15, that the 2017/2018 commercial Dungeness crab fall fishing season in R...
Obituary: Colleene P. Carlson Brososky, 87
Colleene P. Carlson Brososky, 87 passed away on December 14, 2016 at the Petersburg Medical Center....
Nationwide teacher shortage amplifies Alaska schools' woes
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A teacher shortage across the nation has added to Alaska’s ongoing problem of educators fleeing the state, leaving school dis...
