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A claim for unemployment insurance benefits made pages of Petersburg Indian Association emails and financial statements public last week, and reveals reasons why two employees and four board of... Full story

PIA Tribal Administrator Will Ware on Wednesday rebutted information made public when former employee Susan Harai appeared at a public hearing for unemployment benefits on Feb. 9. “I was perplexed... Full story

Every student at Petersburg High School was served up ice cream sundays before lunch on Wednesday, much to the delight of state and school officials. The gathering was in honor of sophomore Diane Murp... Full story

February 10, 1982: A new public safety building may be in the offering in the next few years if the hopes of local emergency services workers take seed. The City Council voted unanimously Feb. 1 to...

A concerned tribal member To the Editor: It is with troubled emotions that I write this letter concerning the outcome of the unemployment hearing of Susan Harai and Petersburg Indian Association. Tribal members have not been able to get clear...

Thank you for your letter dated February 6, 2012, regarding the District Attorney's office that provides criminal prosecutions for the residents of Petersburg. I am happy to attend your town meeting and discuss the issues that you identify in your...

Two Petersburg Indian Association tribal council members presented testimony at the unemployment benefit hearing on Feb. 9 for employee Susan Harai showing their determination to resolve the...

The Petersburg Indian Association (PIA) will be holding board elections on Friday, Feb. 17, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. According to Tribal Administrator Will Ware there are four seats open, including three board...

Feb. 8: Officer issued warning for inoperable headlight. Officer responded to a report of a family fight, no evidence of physical assault was found. Officer responded to a report of someone being locked out. Feb. 9: Officer issued a warning for...

Call it added security, or call it Big Brother, the Petersburg Harbor has six new high-definition security cameras affixed to various locations. Two “fixed,” or hard-wired cameras, and four...

The North Harbor community will soon say goodbye to the 99-year-old, red and white, floating machine shop that has serviced thousands of boat engines over the decades. Piston & Rudder Service is...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied Cascade Creek LLC, a private company seeking to develop hydropower in Thomas Bay near Petersburg, a pre-development permit. Cascade Creek previously had a preliminary permit to develop the...

The Lady Panthers of Craig came to town to face the Lady Vikings last weekend in the girls’ last home series of the season. On Friday the Craig ladies jumped out to an early lead and managed to...

The Vikings popped down to Craig last weekend to challenge the Panthers on their home court. “The weather was good, but the basketball wasn’t,” said Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock. Friday’s game got off to a slow start and ran into early foul...

Pictures from the Petersburg High School Music concert and fundraiser...

ANCHORAGE (AP) — A man who sat on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council and violated fishing regulations while a member was sentenced Friday to five months in federal prison. Arne Fuglvog was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge H....

JUNEAU (AP) — The Alaska Redistricting Board must redraw three Fairbanks-area House districts and another in the Aleutian chain, a state court judge ruled Friday. Judge Michael P. McConahy, in a lengthy ruling, determined that House Districts 1,...

Over half of all fishing fatalities are due to vessels going down, and most of the boats sink because of flooding. The sinkings of the Alaska Ranger and Katmai in 2008, for example, in which 12 men died, both stemmed from flooding through open...

Ronald Bruce Simpson, 74, lost his battle with cancer on December 24, 2011. Ron was born on August 4, 1937, in Cashmere, Wash. to Orwan and Barbara Simpson. Ron’s very early years were spent in the Cashmere area. In 1943 the family moved to...

Patrick W. Lloyd, 94, died February 3, 2012 in his sleep, in Anacortes, Wash. Mr. Lloyd was born on September 7, 1917, at Arthur Yates Memorial Hospital in Ketchikan, Alaska. He was the eldest son of...

Richard Henry Greenway was born September 16, 1936 and died February 7, 2012 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Washington. Richard’s zest for life involved anything outdoors. His free time was...

John Charles Ellis, the youngest of four children was born to Chet and Margaret Ellis on May 20, 1947 in Juneau, Alaska. The Ellis family lived near the Mendenhall Glacier, homesteading behind Auke...

Silas Jacob Stanton Gregor was born on January 24, 2012 to Jeigh and Lea Stanton Gregor. Silas weighed 9 lbs 8oz and was 21.5 inches long....

Plans to dredge and rebuild Petersburg's historic North Harbor are closer than they ever have been before, said Harbormaster Glorianne Wollen. Funding is available for the Army Corps of Engineers to...