Articles from the April 13, 2017 edition
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Tempers flare during constituency visit
Petersburg was paid a visit by longstanding United States Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) on Monday, part...
Historic warehouse owners stabilize foundation
Work is underway to stabilize the foundation and expand areas for parking and gear storage at the Li...
Living wills to be explained April 19
The Petersburg Medical Center will provide the public a time to create a living will using the Five Wishes document. The booklet allows anyone 18...
Seasonal bat survey being conducted in Southeast Alaska
PETERSBURG (AP) – A group of volunteers from five southeast Alaska communities is working to document bats as part of a program aimed at combating a d...
Yesterday's News
April 13, 1917 - W.E. Worth came in last Saturday from Whale Pass, where he had been employed for the past six months at the A. K. Foss logging camp....
Letters to the Editor
Fluoridation proven safe To the Editor: The safety and effectiveness of community water fluoridation has been scientifically proven and documented...
PMC hosts medical student
Mariya Kochubey from University of Washington School of Medicine will be completing her third year...
Police respond to disturbance at school
Police made contact with a man shouting vulgarities and making offensive hand gestures in front of the Rae C. Stedman Elementary School on Monday...
Senate approves $70M land grant for Petersburg Borough
PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) – Alaska lawmakers have approved legislation that increases the size of the Petersburg Borough’s land grant from the sta...
Police reports
April 5 — A theft was reported on Vesta St. Police provided assistance at the Papke’s Landing boat launch ramp. Suspicious activity was reported on...
Correction:
The graphic showing a summary of the Board of Equalization decisions at their April 3 meeting incorrectly showed Assembly action taken on property...
Pink numbers expected up in 2017 forecast
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its forecast for commercial salmon harvests this...
PHS science team places 8th in competition
Petersburg's National Ocean Science Bowl Team traveled to Seward in February to compete with 16 scho...
2017 Southeast Alaska troll chinook salmon quota
SITKA - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced April 10 that under Chinook salmon management provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty the...
Net pen grounded for repairs near Sandy Beach
Early Tuesday morning the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association's floating net pens...
Fish Factor: In 2018, Electronic Monitoring can replace human observers
Automation is coming to Alaska fishing boats in the form of cameras and sensors to track what’s coming and going over the rails. Starting next y...
Alaska scientist blames toxins for 2016 puffin die-off
JUNEAU (AP) – An Anchorage-based scientist says paralytic shellfish poisoning is to blame for the deaths of more than 300 puffins that washed up in t...
Divers find natural gas pipeline leak in Alaska's Cook Inlet
ANCHORAGE (AP) – Repair work is underway for a pipeline that has spewed hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of processed natural gas into A...
Juneau approves another $100,000 for cruise ship lawsuit
JUNEAU (AP) – The city of Juneau has decided to put up another $100,000 to defend itself in a lawsuit brought by the cruise industry alleging it m...
Celebrating Spring at the Stikine River Birding Festival
WRANGELL – The Stikine River Birding Festival celebrates the spring arrival of migratory birds, including hundreds of thousands of shorebirds to t...
Petersburg wins derby home bout in close match
The Ragnarök Rollers hosted their last bout for the month before heading to state-level play in...
