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Yesterday's News
October 26, 1923 – Sea water burns at Prince Rupert. What might have been a serious fire causing much damage to property was narrowly averted on t...
Viking Swim Club auction Saturday
The Viking Swim Club (VSC) annual dinner and auction takes place this Saturday, Oct. 28. Doors open at 6:00 pm upstairs at the Elks. The event is the...
Harbor dredge happening
Western Marine's dredging crane scrapes up sediment and hard blue clay from South Harbor and...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
October 19, 1923 – The Wrangell Commercial Club voted unanimously in favor of the division of a new territory out of Southeastern Alaska and voted u...
Bike Park project enters next phase
Brian Stoody is a bike park consultant for the Petersburg Bike Park project. He was flown in from...
Artifact Archive
Chouinard Mountaineer's Ax In 1966 Yvon Chouinard revolutionized the curved ice ax for climbing. He...
Stanton Gregor swearing in
Jeigh Stanton Gregor takes the oath of office on October 16 to serve on Petersburg Borough...
Tranquil Respite
Local painter Beth Flor's oil painting "Tranquil Respite" was selected from over 625 entries for...
Spooky season
Jon Hammer, in costume as Jack Skellington, brings the creepy Halloween vibe to opening weekend of...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
October 12, 1923 – Work has been started on the erection of a Catholic Church on the recently purchased property on Third Street, opposite the l...
Fire prevention week at Good Beginnings
Josh Rathmann and Ryan Welde visited Good Beginnings for Fire Prevention Week. The students got to...
SOUPerheroes show up for Empty Bowls event
Local nonprofit Humanity In Progress hosted their second annual Empty Bowls event Saturday evening...
Yesterday's News
October 5, 1923 – The Alaskan products from the date of purchase of the Territory by the United States until January 1, 1923 aggregated in value of $...
Standing ovation for Mike Block Trio
Petersburg Arts Council and the Petersburg Rotary Club presented a fusion bluegrass performance in...
By Killer whales freed after 6 weeks trapped in lake near Coffman Cove
A team in Coffman Cove helped set free two killer whales that had been trapped in Barnes Lake on northeast Prince of Wales Island since mid-August...
Fall color naturally dyed
An artists' reception took place on Friday evening at Firelight Gallery and Framing for the new art...
Artifact Archive
Industrial sewing machines, also known as cobblers or "shoe patchers," were used to repair such...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
September 28, 1923 – Testifying in her action for divorce in Judge Hall’s court, Mrs. Otto Burkhardt branded her husband, Frederick Otto Bur...
Petersburg woman, 35, breaks back after fall from Anchorage apartment
Angele McDonald Jones suffered a devastating fall on Saturday at her apartment in Anchorage when...
PMC patient navigator Brandy Boggs moves to telehealth
After 23 years, Brandy Boggs moved away from Petersburg. Although she may no longer be here in...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
September 21, 1923 – Earl N. Ohmer this week received a sea sled which was designed and built for him by S.V.B. Miller of Seattle and Gregory H...
Rainforest mushrooms
After sharing a presentation about Southeast's species of mushrooms on Thursday night at the public...
Artifact Archive
Shipwrights of the past, as part of their apprenticeships, built a tool chest for the storage of...
