Articles from the October 19, 2017 edition
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Recruitment of P&L superintendent begins
The Petersburg borough manager on Monday was cleared to start recruiting for an electrical superintendent, requiring that he find an applicant with...
Borough manager receives high marks
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht received high marks from both department heads and assembly members following his performance evaluation for borough...
Yesterday's News
October 19, 1917 – A petition for a cable to Petersburg is being industriously circulated by citizens of Wrangell this week. The petition is being l...
Borough manager given extension and raise
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht's request that the assembly give him a 5-year contract renewal...
Project to lessen the blow of power outages approved
The assembly on Monday approved a bid award to the Power & Light department for a project that would make restoring power during an outage quicker...
Dwyer fills historic committee seat
Sally Dwyer was appointed on Tuesday to represent the Planning Commission on the historic committee...
Pumpkin patch driven by 'community' effort
Mitkof Island is no longer without a pumpkin patch. Bennett McGrath was tired of buying pumpkins at...
AF&G to begin mailing annual sport fishing harvest survey
Anglers who purchased an Alaska sport fishing license in 2017 may soon receive a copy of the 2017 Alaska Sport Fishing Survey—an annual mail survey co...
Moose season breaks unit records at 117
Hunters still have until tomorrow to get their harvest reports in, but the 2017 moose hunt has...
Police Report
Oct. 11 — Suspicious activity was reported at Ira II and 3rd St. Harassment was reported to police. A bicycle was reported stolen on Fram St. near t...
PHS swimmers log personal bests in Sitka
The Petersburg Swim and Dive team traveled to Sitka last weekend where Coach Andy Carlisle said...
Yet another Alaska community puzzled by state's road painting
PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — Petersburg drivers are complaining that the state’s new system for painting street lanes has smeared paint across roa...
PHS Volleyball bests Juneau-Douglas, but loses in finals
The Petersburg Volleyball team was bested narrowly in the finals at a one-and-done tournament in Jun...
Petersburg derby wins first game by more than 130
The Petersburg roller derby team began its season on Saturday by winning in Sitka by more than 130,...
Obituary: Tora K. Thynes, 92
Tora K. Thynes, 92 died on September 29, 2017 in Petersburg Alaska. She was born April 8, 1925,...
Obituary: Ronnie Lee Duncan, 61
Ronnie Lee Duncan, 61, was born in Stockton, California on November 8, 1956 and grew up in a loving...
Obituary: James Allen Sackett, Sr., 75
James Allen Sackett, Sr., 75, was born to Hyrom Sackett and Joyce Martin Sackett on November 21,...
Study team looks at warming oceans effect on glacier melting
To understand a tidewater glacier in Alaska – to picture its movement and how it sheds ice, or h...
How China almost shut down the local recycling program in Petersburg
Officials in Petersburg were scrambling about two weeks ago when the borough recycling program almost shut down because the country recycling is sent...
Fish Factor: National push to produce biofuels from seaweed centered in Kodiak
Kodiak is at the center of a national push to produce biofuels from seaweeds. Agents from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research P...
