Articles from the January 11, 2024 edition
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All four challengers elected in PIA tribal council election
Tribal members cast over 100 ballots in the annual Petersburg Indian Association election held on...
Outer Coast's two-year undergraduate program begins this August
In Sitka, an academic institution called Outer Coast is expanding into a two-year college - marking... Full story
Southeast golden king crab fishery to open with much higher harvest level
The 2024 commercial Tanner crab and golden king crab season in Southeast opens Feb. 17 at noon, and...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
January 11, 1924 – With $30,000 capital, subscribed by forty residents of Wrangell, a cold storage plant will be erected at Wrangell and be placed i...
Energy relief 'bonus' dividend looking smaller
This fall’s energy relief payment, which would go out along with the annual Permanent Fund dividend, is looking smaller than expected several m...
Petersburg sends love to the Andersons
Around 60 community members answered Bennett McGrath’s call to join together at the ballfield and s...
To the Editor
The Future of Farming at Point Agassiz To the Editor: My wife and I own 17 acres at Point Agassiz and we’re starting a farm. It’s an amazing pla...
Police report
January 3 – An officer provided assistance on North 3rd Street. Matthew Davis was arrested on Haugen Drive for allegedly violating the conditions o...
Volunteers make impressive progress working on Petersburg Bike Park
Entering its second year, the Petersburg Bike Park is off to a good start of 2024 with volunteers...
Officials continue looking at why jetliner lost a door panel inflight
The Boeing jetliner that lost a door panel inflight over Oregon on Jan. 5 was not being used for fli...
Wrangell's port commission recommends mandatory insurance for boat owners
WRANGELL — The port commission has recommended to the Wrangell Borough Assembly approval of an ordinance that would require owners who moor their v...
Dino Brock reflects on 31-year career coaching high school girls basketball
Dino Brock has decided to resign as the head high school girls basketball coach in Petersburg, where...
Vikings notch two strong wins in Wrangell
Now that this year's basketball season is ramping up, so are the Petersburg Vikings, with the team...
Lady Vikings drop two close games to Wrangell
Despite having a rough start to the season, Petersburg High School’s Lady Vikings are on the road to improvement after a set of close games in W...
Application period open for 43rd year of Permanent Fund dividends
Almost 110,000 Alaskans applied for the fall 2024 Permanent Fund dividend in the first eight days after the application period opened on Jan. 1....
Artifact Archive
Like starfish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis, or basket stars, are...