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School district could lose rural funding
The Petersburg school board met Tuesday night to discuss the loss of federal secure rural school funding due to the program seemingly ending in 2017....
Chum release in Thomas Bay given green light
An application for an Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) permit alteration to release 40 million chum salmon in Thomas Bay brought forth by...
Black and white image is a winner
Brian Lynch didn't have to hike up Petersburg Mountain or go aboard a vessel in search of his photo...
Lady Vikings start conference play 2-0
The Lady Vikings basketball team traveled to Haines last weekend and ended up playing postponed...
Vikings take two from Haines
The PHS boys' basketball team opened up conference play in Haines this week with two victories. The...
Paving proposal unanimously approved
Paving proposal unanimously The Petersburg Borough Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday to approve a program known as a local improvement district or...
Petersburg news highlights for 2016
January Public Works rolled out the borough's highly anticipated blue cart recycling program. The...
Raw fish tax figure from state finalized
Borough finance director Jody Tow recently had a small scare concerning the annual fish tax the borough receives from the state. The original figure...
Assembly deals with dangerous Lumber St. structure
The borough assembly held its first meeting of 2017 on Tuesday, and had a somewhat full slate on the agenda including a noncompliance hearing of an...
Lady Vikings win three, lose one
The Lady Vikings’ basketball team traveled to Anchorage for the Rally of The Regions Tourney and ended up going 3-1. Head coach Dino Brock said the...
Viking boys 4-0 at Rally of The Regions
Head coach Rick Brock liked playing four games against unfamiliar teams with different styles last weekend in Anchorage, and the Vikings won all their...
Assembly to hear paving resolution
The borough assembly will see a resolution at its next meeting to approve a program known as local improvement district or LID. Approval of the resolu...
Death of North Harbor resident confirmed
Earlier this month, PPD responded to a request from the harbormaster to conduct a welfare check of a harbor resident. On Dec. 16, Edward Bottani was...
Municipal building remodel on time for New Year
The municipal building might have been a quiet construction site over Christmas, but prior to the...
Assembly continues dock discussion
The borough has until the end of the year to accept the Alaska Department of Transportation (ADOT) proposal to take over three float facilities...
WAVE has new location
Working Against Violence for Everyone or WAVE moved from the Sing Lee Alley location last month and...
Viking grapplers grab team title at state
Buddy Stelmach, Ethan File and Nathaniel Lenhard represented PHS wrestling for the final time last w...
Walker budget plan pitches job cuts, using nest-egg earnings
JUNEAU – Gov. Bill Walker has proposed cutting hundreds more state jobs as part of a budget plan that includes the use of earnings from Alaska’s...
Assembly intrigued by proposed paving program
The assembly discussed a proposed program aiming to give residents the opportunity to pave the street of their neighborhood at their own expense on...
Lady Vikings take home two victories
The Petersburg High School junior varsity girls' team had two victories in home games last weekend...
JV boys basketball showing great leadership
The PHS boys basketball team had enough players last weekend to have two squads participate in the J...
Memorial painting on display at library
Joe Viechnicki just celebrated 20 years of living in Petersburg. He moved here the first week in...
High School girls' volleyball takes second at state
The Lady Vikings took second place at the 2A state volleyball tournament last weekend in Anchorage, losing the title match against the Craig Lady Pant...
School board goes paperless, discusses new dress code
The school board ended the 2016 year with a brief meeting about transitioning to a paperless board and an update about the changes to the high school...
McGrath: Refutes raw sewage claim; says septic system is ADEC compliant
Patrick McGrath, the owner of property at 895 Mitkof Highway displayed the ongoing construction...
