Articles from the August 17, 2017 edition

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 By Ben Muir    News    August 17, 2017

Cindi Lagoudakis seeks mayor's post

Cindi Lagoudakis, the interim mayor of Petersburg, has decided to run for the permanent seat in...

 
 By Ben Muir    News    August 17, 2017

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...

 
 By Ben Muir    News    August 17, 2017

Power & Light gives update on city projects

Karl Hagerman, the Petersburg Power & Light interim supervisor, recently outlined about a dozen...

 
 By Ben Muir    News    August 17, 2017

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...

 
 By Ben Muir    News    August 17, 2017

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...

 
 By Ben Muir    News    August 17, 2017

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...

 
 By Ben Muir    News    August 17, 2017

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...

 

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