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Silver Bay Seafoods agrees to acquire Trident's Ketchikan plant; Petersburg deal entering final stages with yet unnamed buyer

Trident Seafoods reported last Friday it was “entering the final stages of closing deals for three of its Alaska shoreside plants,” including its...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 14, 2024 

Assembly considers potential code change for firearm discharge at Frederick Point East Subdivision

Shots fired by a person other than an officer may soon be allowed in the Frederick Point East...

 
 By Yereth Rosen    News    March 14, 2024 

Leading Alaska legislators propose task force to help rescue a seafood industry 'in a tailspin'

Russian fish flooding global markets and other economic forces beyond the state’s border have created dire conditions for Alaska’s seafood... Full story

 
 By James Brooks    News    March 14, 2024 

New forecast bumps Alaska oil price estimates slightly

A new state revenue forecast that includes modestly higher oil prices promises to give Alaskans a slightly larger Permanent Fund dividend and the Alas... Full story

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 14, 2024 

USFS plans to revise Forest Plan

Gears are in motion for the Forest Service to revise its Land and Resource Management Plan - a...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 14, 2024 

Fire! Bistro opens for business in downtown Petersburg

The customer line was out the door on opening day at Fire! Bistro - Petersburg's newest restaurant...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 14, 2024 

Forest Service snow surveys show summer stream forecasts and more

A field of snow near the Petersburg Reservoir glistened in the morning sunshine where, at 550 feet a...

 
 By Shannon Haugland    News    March 14, 2024 

Sitka Land Trust to get $2.17M for 4-Plex

The Sitka Community Land Trust announced today it has secured $2.17 million in federal funding to build a four-unit apartment building on the...

 
 By James Brooks    News    March 14, 2024 

Legislative budgeters say Dunleavy's proposed 2024 Permanent Fund dividend is a no-go

Leading Alaska legislators said last week that there’s little appetite for spending from savings to pay a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend this...

 
 By Juneau Empire    News    March 14, 2024 

Juneau will loan school district $4.1 million to help cover deficit

A $9.7 million bailout package to ensure that the Juneau School District can cover a nearly $8 million deficit this year and help toward resolving a...

 
 By James Brooks    News    March 14, 2024 

Alaska newspaper publishers worry about bill ending some public notice requirements

The Alaska Senate voted without dissent Monday to allow the Department of Natural Resources to stop publishing some public notices in local...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 7, 2024

Final decision issued for Thomas Bay Timber Sale

The USDA Forest Service Petersburg Ranger District announced the final decision for the Thomas Bay...

 
 By Orin Pierson    News    March 7, 2024

Lunch ladies win national award for innovation

This week, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that four school districts in the... Full story

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 7, 2024

Borough assembly and Mental Health Trust discuss stalemate over proposed South Mitkof Subdivision

The Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office (TLO) and State Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...

 

Hofstetter biking the Iditarod

As of early Thursday morning, Phil Hofstetter is 496 miles into the the Iditarod Trail...

 
 By Hannah Flor    News    March 7, 2024

Petersburg resident L'xeis' Diane Benson reflects on acting in the latest season of HBO's True Detective

Alaskan actor L'xeis' Diane Benson plays Bee, an Inupiaq cleaning woman, in the HBO series True Dete...

 
 By Lizzie Thompson    News    March 7, 2024

Ellia Stewart wins Stedman Elementary's 2024 Spelling Bee

Last Friday morning Stedman Elementary school students, their teachers, family and friends gathered...

 
 By Larry Persily    News    March 7, 2024

Developer wants to build housing on former Wrangell hospital property

WRANGELL — A Georgia-based developer who has taken a liking to Wrangell has offered the borough $200,000 for the former hospital property, with plan...

 

Dunleavy threatens to veto public education funding bill unless legislators act on his priorities

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued an ultimatum to state legislators on Tuesday, saying he will veto a multipart education funding bill unless... Full story

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 29, 2024

Rocky's Marine awarded Business of the Year Chrystine Lynn named Young Leader

Just before the winter storm rolled into Petersburg Saturday night, business owners and members of...

 

PHS Play opens tonight!

Tonight at the Sid and Vera Wright Auditorium, Petersburg High School's theater program will debut i...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 29, 2024

Harbor board seeks protection from lost tidelands lease revenue

When the Petersburg Borough Assembly approved the landmark property sale of borough-owned tidelands to Wikan Enterprises last year, it was said that...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 29, 2024

Beyond the limits of Service Area One

Petersburg became the 19th organized borough in Alaska on Jan. 3, 2013 after the town’s borough vote was certified. In the early 2000s, the City of...

 

Proposal to define a fetus as a person in Alaska's criminal code faces pushback

An Alaska House member has proposed a bill that seeks to establish definitions of “life” and “person” in criminal law, prompting dozens of... Full story

 

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