Articles from the August 31, 2017 edition
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PMC & physicians face wrongful death claim
The Petersburg Medical Center and three of its physicians are being sued over a wrongful death claim being brought by Mary Katasse Miller. Superior...
Gone too soon
More than 30 people participated in the Children Gone too Soon walk in Petersburg on Saturday....
NOAA frees tangled whale near Tracy Arm
A humpback whale near Tracy Arm became entangled in a cruise vessel’s anchor line for almost 12 hours Sunday morning, but was freed by a team of m...
Local rain: 2006, 2011, 2014, 2015 & 2017 are in top 10 wettest summers
The rain in Petersburg came in consistent droves this summer, and temperatures were cooler than normal, leaving climatologists fixed on explaining...
Gillnet snags two bucks
A Rambler Street resident caught two bucks that became snared in a gillnet in their yard on Thursday August 24. According to the Petersburg Police...
Yesterday's News
August 31, 1917 – The Petersburg public schools open for the new term next Tuesday morning. Miss Burke, of Seattle to set to fill the vacancy left b...
Assembly meets with hospital board to discuss relationship
The hospital in Petersburg is an independent operation that makes its own decisions, despite being owned by the Borough. It makes finance decisions...
Correction:
There will be no school for Elementary School students on September 1. Labor Day will be observed on September 4 with no school district...
Ms. Pawuk's first day
Stephanie Pawuk started teaching at the Rae C. Stedman Elementary School this year. Here she is...
Letter to The Editor
Tooth decay has gone down To the Editor: You may not have heard that tooth decay has gone down in all developed nations at about the same rate,...
Police Report
Aug. 23 — A bear was reported on 4.5 St. Illegal camping was reported on Odin St. Police responded to a civil matter on Kiseno St. Police are i...
Court report
Aug. 10 — Judge Magistrate Burrell granted an exparte protective order against Thomas McKeon. Darci Lin Cook was granted a stalking petition a...
Shellfish testing clears Pats Creek and Shoemaker
WRANGELL — The Wrangell Tribe’s environmental program office announced last week that most species of shellfish have been cleared for consumption at...
Petersburg opens its first nursing program
Demand for nurses is growing in Alaska enough for Petersburg to open its first student-degree...
Report: Majority wants a new hospital, services, privacy
The hospital in Petersburg is a Band-aid station that’s aging in sections invisible to the vast majority of the community. That is according to its c...
Salmon carcasses dumped near town
Richard Lowell of Alaska Department of Fish and Game said he received a text message on Tuesday...
Ms. Dembs first day
Sara Dembs moved from Colorado to Haines a year ago and now lives in Petersburg, where her first...
Heavy rain damages highway in Ketchikan, floods homes
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Heavy rainfall in the southeast Alaska city of Ketchikan damaged a highway and flooded homes, one of them so badly that w...
New species of squid near Petersburg, researcher says
There are new species of squid near Petersburg, and determining their population is like measuring...
Fish Factor: The "bread and butter" salmon catches are far better than last year despite the 2017 statewide salmon take falling short
Alaska’s salmon season is winding down and while catches have made the record books in some regions, the statewide take will fall a bit short of the 2...
Wrangell auxiliary honored at national convention
WRANGELL - Women from the local American Legion Auxiliary took part in the national organization's...
Alaska court upholds cut to checks from oil-wealth fund
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) _ The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Bill Walker acted within his authority last year in reducing the amount set aside...
Access improved at Anan, first phase in overhaul
WRANGELL - Improvements to the observatory at Anan Creek are complete, improving access and...
Judge approves $1M loan for Alaska newspaper amid bankruptcy
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a $1 million loan for the Alaska Dispatch News to keep it operating as n...
