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State issues 2024 salmon harvest forecasts; summarizes 2023 season
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game reported last week that commercial fishermen caught a total of 66.6 million salmon in Southeast Alaska during...
Winter troll fishery: 'amazing catch rates at good prices'
Days are long and arduous in January and February for trollers fishing Chinook salmon in rough...
Capitol Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors: After roughly 24 hours of debate and consideration of 137 amendments, the House passed the operating and mental budgets...
Petersburg sends proposals to Board of Fish to change the Blind Slough King Salmon management plan
The Petersburg Fish and Game Advisory Committee(AC) met on April 8 to generate proposals to the...
2024 Golden King Crab fishery 'did extremely well'
The 2024 golden king crab fishery for the East Central management area -which includes the waters...
Community discusses fishing future in Blind Slough and salt waters
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) preseason forecast estimates 1,400 adult Chinook...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
March 28, 1924 – The Glacier Sea Food Company bought from the Olympic Fisheries a floating cannery on March 15. A scow which is at present located n...
Emergency fisheries assessments sought after 105,000-gallon tailings spill at Kensington Mine
Emergency federal government assessments are being sought for a spill of more than 105,000 gallons of tailings slurry at the Kensington Mine that occu...
Guideline harvest level for Sitka Sound Herring Sac Roe Fishery at record high, amidst declining market conditions
Herring roe ripens as the fish get ready to spawn; their small, white, hard eggs become golden,...
Yesterday's News
March 14, 1924 – The people of Petersburg got up a last minute dance Saturday evening for the townspeople and the passengers on the Admiral Evans. T...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
March 7, 1924 – Of the many neglected products of our salt waters, none compare with the sea mussel in abundance, nutritiousness and palatability, a...
To the Editor
Pharmacy Corner To the Editor: We would like to thank the community of Petersburg, and especially our patrons over the past two weeks, for your...
Flat state funding complicates ongoing teacher negotiations
The Associated Teachers of Petersburg (ATP) and Petersburg School District are negotiating the next...
Blind Slough closed to king salmon sport fishing this summer
The fresh waters of Blind Slough will be closed to sport fishing for king salmon this summer, from June 1 through July 31, according to the sport...
George Willard Curtiss, 88
George Willard Curtiss was born March 28, 1935, in Dallas, Oregon to Burt and Beulah Curtiss. He was...
Seafood industry expects 'another bad year' of weak markets
“I’ve never seen market conditions as bad as they are now,” Doug Vincent-Lang, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, told a confe...
Police report
February 7 – An officer conducted foot patrols downtown. An officer conducted a welfare check. An illegally parked vehicle was moved at the d...
Yesterday's News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
February 8, 1924 – An interesting discussion took place before the meeting of the Petersburg Men’s Club last Saturday evening when Thos. Elsemore, at...
Some skepticism as Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposes biggest use of executive power in decades
In an unusual use of executive powers, Gov. Mike Dunleavy this month issued 12 executive orders abolishing state boards and granting new powers to... Full story
Police report
January 24 – An officer responded to a report of trespassing on North 12th Street and directed an individual to leave the area. An officer r...
Assembly requests a disaster declaration for four Southeast fisheries
The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously approved to send a letter to Gov. Dunleavy asking that a fisheries disaster be declared for four...
Southeast golden king crab fishery to open with much higher harvest level
The 2024 commercial Tanner crab and golden king crab season in Southeast opens Feb. 17 at noon, and...
Police report
December 27 – Gabriel Volk was arrested for allegedly violating conditions of release. An officer spoke with individuals regarding a civil issue. A pr...
Outlast TV Show brings a boost to local businesses
Trekking up the harbor ramp as the sun set at North Harbor, scores of film production crew members...
Petersburg Fishing Lodge faces more halibut violations 55 misdemeanor charges filed against Rocky Point Resort owners
Between April 2019 and December 2021, State and Federal Investigators conducted a lengthy investigation of Rocky Point Resort and its fishing guides...