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The City Council on Monday voted to draft an ordinance adopting a new utility rate hike for water, wastewater and sewer services. An outside consultant presented a detailed analysis of the water, sewer, and sanitation systems financial forecast....

Community members flocked on Saturday to the grand opening of the new fire hall. The recently completed volunteer fire department Station One was a $6.7 million Capital Fund project. The new facility...

May 26, 1982 - Salmon fishermen in southern Southeastern Alaska can expect to find bright red 7/8 inch diameter plastic disc tags on some adult pink and red salmon they harvest in 1982. The tags are being placed on adult pinks and reds as a part of...

The 31st Annual Petersburg Chamber of Commerce King Salmon Derby gets underway this Friday morning at 7 a.m. The derby continues through the Memorial Day Weekend and ends Monday at 5 p.m. No tagged fish will be available for anglers this year...

The Petersburg Community Foundation on Saturday awarded $7,000 in competitive grants to local organizations and a $5,000 discretionary grant to the new City Library. The announcements were made at a...

Sense of irony noted To the Editor: I noted with a sense of irony the listing of several of the City of Petersburg’s witnesses to be called at the upcoming Local Boundary Commission hearing to testify on behalf of forming a borough.  Their...

May 16 Officers issued a warning for an inoperable taillight at the South Harbor. Mark Coonrad, 33, was cited for driving 62 mph in a 50 mph zone. Officers issued a warning for no front license plate. Caller reported suspicious activity at a...

May 22 Cocoa Fudge entered a plea of not guilty in Superior Court on charges of failure to appear. The court ordered that she pay an additional $1,000 on a bond, and that she make all court appearances. May 21 Eric Cole entered a guilty plea in...

The two-day Track and Field State Championship was held last weekend at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, with Petersburg athletes scoring points in four events. Diane Murph ran in the 3200-meter...

After a weekend of games in Juneau where they lost one and won the next two, the Vikings host the Region V Baseball Championship. Tournament games began on Wednesday and will continue through Saturday. Last week the Vikings faced Thunder...

Eli’s Building Repair were the 2012 Eric Corl memorial softball tournament champions. Back: Stew Vick, Callie Bell, Cole Wilburn, Cristi Nicholsen, Garrett Bell, Colby Davenport, Kory Hasbrouck,...

A divided Alaska Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered an interim redistricting plan due to the fast-approaching 2012 elections. This action prompted the Petersburg City Council to meet in an emergency session on Wednesday to decide the city’s next...

The Local Boundary Commission will hold a series of public meetings to discuss the proposed Petersburg City dissolution and Borough Incorporation. The first meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 30 at 9 a.m. in Council Chambers and will be...

These Middle School students, (l to r) Emma Chase, Sydnie Guthrie, Mariah Taylor, have been working on robotic submarines since the beginning of February. This project is part of the Alaska STEM...

The value of Alaska fishing permits has see-sawed over the past year with Cook Inlet prices heading upwards and Bristol Bay on the down side. “Cook Inlet had a really good year last year, and they’re expecting another strong fishery this summer....

Rachel Chaney and John Freese Wilson, both of Eagle Creek, Ore., are pleased to announce their engagement. Their wedding ceremony will take place on July, 28 2012 in Eagle Creek. The officiating...

Even organizers are calling the 2012 Little Norway Festival a success. The Scandinavian Style Show and Luncheon, the Annual Festival Parade, the Mitkof Mummers Musical Melodrama, “Wash Your Troubles...

A group of Petersburg golfers seized the day last weekend as three teams from the borough took the top spots at the Bobs’ IGA 9-hole scramble at Muskeg Meadows Golf Course in Wrangell. The team of Randy Littleton and George Woodbury won the event...

Kupreanof resident Doug Leen first observed this moose swimming across the Narrows from Petersburg to Kupreanof last Thursday morning. “It reached the shoreline on my property (old Merriam place)...

With spring upon us, and the weather slowly improving, more and more people will be heading outdoors to recreate. Undoubtedly, some people will come across baby animals that may appear to have been abandoned. Fish and Game would like to remind people...

First Lady Michelle Obama will speak at Oregon State University’s 2012 commencement ceremony, on Sunday, June 17, in Reser Stadium on the OSU campus. This will be Oregon State’s 143rd commencement ceremony and it is expected to be the largest in...