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The 55th Little Norway Festival begins today and Petersburg is ready to celebrate. This festival celebrates Syttende Mai or May 17, the signing of Norway's Constitution in 1814. Over the more than 50... Full story

Members of the One People Canoe Society lost several of their canoe paddles, along with other equipment, as they made their way to Wrangell to participate in the rededication of Chief Shakes House.... Full story

The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce King Salmon Derby needs fishers to help catch the tagged fish for this year’s derby. The person catching each of the two fish to be tagged will win a Chamber of Commerce gift certificate for $50 for use at Petro...

May 17, 1913 – Mr. Earnest Kirberger, general manager of the Kake Packing Company of Kake, dropt in this week on a little business affair, and incidently, to show to some of his many friends and gas boat admirers what he considers the best cannery...

Wednesday May 15th 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm $ The Little Norway Festival Paddle Battle - Sons of Norway Hall. Join in this ping pong battle for the coveted Purple Paddle. Single Elimination Bracket Play. Youth ages 12-20 will play from 4 pm - 6 pm and... Full story

Petersburg High School student, Diane Murph has been chosen as one of 90 female students from across the nation to attend Johnson Space Center camp this summer as a Women in STEM high school...

Middle School girl scout cadettes sewed quilted fish for a “Hands On” children’s exhibit for the Clausen Museum. Their effort will be on display in a diorama creek setting in a cabinet at the...

The High School Commons was host to a solo exhibition of PHS senior Spai Saensuk’s extensive body of artwork on Tuesday evening. Among Saensuk’s recent acomplishments in the arts are special...

Cynthia Marie Drennan and René Frido de Bos were married on April 28, 2013 in Mill Valley, Calif., with the Rev. Jacqueline Eigen officiating. Both the bride and bridegroom reside in Corte Madera,...

May 3, 1913 – To the editor: Life in Alaska is a heaven on earth. It is indeed. From part of a lifetime spent in a crowded city of the East, to be transferred to Alaska is the very acme of delight. Life in Alaska is a dream, merely a dream, that's...

The Alaska Marine Highway System will celebrate with towns all along the Southeast for the 50 year anniversary of service to this area. The Motor Vessel Malaspina made its inaugural trip to Petersburg at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 1963 and Friday, the... Full story

On Tuesday afternoon a group of over 40 paddlers from Juneau, Yakutat, Sitka and Kake arrived for an overnight stay in Petersburg, after battling several days of high seas and rough weather. They...

July 13, 1962, Petersburg Press JUNEAU (Special) – The state has rejected all bids for the construction of ferry terminal facilities at Petersburg, Wrangell, and Sitka, Robert E. Sharp, acting commissioner of the state department of highways...

Feb. 1, 1963, Petersburg Press The state ferry Malaspina was scheduled to leave Prince Rupert at 11:30 this morning on the first regular run thru SE Alaska. It will be in Petersburg northbound at...

March 22, 1963, Petersburg Press Governor William A. Egan has announced the formal inaugural voyage of the M-V Malaspina, marking the start of service over the Southeastern Alaska marine highway system, will be held April 27 to May 2. The vessel...

Jan. 11, 1963, Petersburg Press SEATTLE (AP) – The M-V Malaspina, queen and first of Alaska’s three new ferries, moved into Puget Sound today in another of a series of tests. The Malaspina put out shortly before 8 a.m. with an Alaskan delegation...

In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Marine Highway System, we present these pages with news reports from the archives of the Petersburg Press in 1962 and 1963. The historic timeline information was provided by the AMHS. The arrival...

Jan. 18, 1963, Petersburg Press Alaska's first new state ferry, the MV Malaspina, will arrive in Petersburg next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock with Captain Rueben Jacobsen on the bridge and Alaska's Governer Wm. Egan heading the passenger list....

Jan. 25, 1963, Petersburg Press The Alaska State Ferry Malaspina is undergoing engine repairs in Juneau but is still expected to be back on schedule and in Petersburg again next Tuesday, the Press learned today from Juneau. The Malaspina went through...

Feb. 1, 1963, Petersburg Press Petersburg Press photographer, Dr. R. C. Smith, was among the many Petersburg residents meeting the new state ferry Malaspina when it docked in Petersburg the first time...

1959 Alaska becomes the 49th state and M/V Chilkat becomes the first state owned ferry 1963 The Alaska Marine highway System is founded, providing many roadless communities with a way to “driove” from one town to the next. M/V Matanuska, M/V...

June 14, 1963, Petersburg Press Taku rock was removed from the navigation channel in Wrangell Narrows late yesterday afternoon on the high tide, according to A. J. Trones, local contractor. Work was completed by 8 p.m. last night. The rock was named...