Petersburg Pilot -

On Friday, Jan. 6, law enforcement officials seized $62,000 in drugs destined for sale and distribution in Petersburg. According to a news release, Petersburg Police Department and Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) drug task force...

Despite suggestions to the contrary, no changes were proposed to the library site plans following a council work session on Monday. Councilor Don Koenigs questioned access problems since the library...

January 13, 1982 - It was slow at the Post Office and the airport last week but the Street Department was kept hopping by the 18 inches of snow that fell in Petersburg between Wednesday and Sunday....

Petersburg will host the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting for Southeast and Yakutat Crab, Shrimp and miscellaneous Shellfish fisheries January 15-21 at the Sons of Norway Hall on Sing Lee Alley. The meeting begins Sunday, Jan. 15 at 8:30 a.m. with...

State Senator Bert Stedman visited Petersburg on Friday and met with city leaders across the town and discussed project funding needs for the city during the next legislative session. Since...

Putting it in writing To the Editor: To: Steve Giesbrecht, City Manager The City is not telling the whole story. I wanted to clear up a few things in regards to the false statements and allegations of me being unresponsive or unwilling to comply...

Jan. 4: A caller reported youths jogging in dark clothing and no reflective gear. Fish and Game was notified of a deer with a broken leg on S. Nordic Drive. A caller reported a 5-gallon jerry jug on Haugen Drive that was leaking fuel. A caller said...

The city council was informed that the city can retain the excess fire station construction funds, “for a really, really long time,” according to City Manager Steve Giesbrecht. After the purchase of additional fiber optic communications cable...

Unofficial rainfall for Petersburg in 2011 was 166-1/6 inches of rain in 2011. Precipitation readings at the National Weather Service (NWS) office at the airport put the year’s total at 126.18 inches. Petersburg’s amateur weather data collector...

The Haines Glacier Bears travelled to town to wage war with the Vikings last weekend with games Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday the Vikings got off to a slow start and it cost them. The Glacier...

The Lady Vikings took a long boat ride up to Haines to face the Glacier Bears on the basketball court. In the varsity’s first game on Friday night, Petersburg’s girls had a final score of 39-59....

The PHS Tsunami Bowl team heads to Juneau this weekend to scrimmage against the powerhouse Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain teams. They’ll compete in head-to-head matches against the two teams,...

Councilor Don Koenigs led the charge as he questioned how the city budget was being prepared and offered some proposals of his own. Koenigs suggested that the city manager should establish his budget at only 90% of expected revenues, rather than...

The Bering Sea snow crab fishery is picking up steam earlier than usual as the fleet scrambles to get the catch before rapidly encroaching sea ice shuts them down. About 25 boats are out on the water so far, soon to be joined by 60 or so more as the...

Dale Ross Johnston passed away unexpectedly on January 1, 2012 in Anchorage. He was born July 15, 1957 in Eugene, Ore. to Norman and Laura Johnston. The little family moved to Petersburg in 1960, where it was soon joined by Dale’s brothers Glen...