Articles from the January 14, 2016 edition
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Blue recycling carts cause a stir for some locals
Public Works kicked off the start of the week by distributing the long awaited blue recycling carts... Full story
State budget crisis community meeting at the Sons
In nearly every conversation related to borough government, capital projects or borough services, you can’t help but hear a borough employee or s... Full story
Yesterday's News
January 15, 1916 – The engines for the lighting plant arrived on the Senator; also pipe for running fuel oil from dock to power-house, and the oil t...
A slice of the pie:
Some Petersburg officials and civic leaders are against using annual raw fish tax revenues to help... Full story
Local land committee moves ahead with selection process
The Petersburg Land Selection Committee approved proposed language to request additional land allocation from the state legislature. “If we’re goi...
Correction: Deer season continues Unit 4 only
The federal subsistence deer season for federally qualified hunters continues on federal lands only in Unit 4 until Jan. 31, unless closed earlier by...
Police reports
January 6 A caller reported a truck running for awhile and exhaust is entering into a business. January 7 A caller reported a vehicle accident. A...
Local men arrested for heroin and meth
The Petersburg Police Department issued a press release stating the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs Task Force (SEACAD), with assistance from...
Courts
January 8 Brittany Martin appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell for a charge of Violating Conditions of Release. The Court set bail at $250, a...
Local trooper busts out of state fisherman illegally harvesting crab
Oregon resident William Wahl, 41, pled guilty Tuesday in Petersburg court to a misdemeanor count of Prohibited Conduct after State Wildlife Trooper...
Planning Commission discusses the comprehensive plan
Petersburg Borough Planning Commission members held their monthly meeting on Tuesday and took the opportunity to talk about the borough comprehensive...
$100K in fines imposed on Wrangell fishermen
WRANGELL — On Jan. 4 a federal judge imposed fines on two Wrangell fishermen for falsifying Individual Fishing Quota records over a three-year p...
Juneau woman wins Petersburg's 2015 Rain Game Classic
Tiffany Foss guessed the exact amount of rain that fell in Petersburg over the course of 2015. According to NOAA data, 135.99 inches of precipitation...
Lady Vikings tame Lady Wolves at homecoming
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team continued to improve last weekend with two wins ove...
Insurance on the agenda for school board to start the year
Susan Erickson from Petersburg/Wrangell Insurance gave the board an update about property and casualty insurance trends concerning the school...
New ranger to takeover Petersburg district
The U.S. Forest Service announced Dave Zimmerman as the new Tongass National Forest Petersburg...
Alaska Supreme Court upholds local school contribution
JUNEAU (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld as constitutional a state requirement that local governments help pay for education, reversing...
Fish Factor: Alaskan mariculture expanding from shellfish to seaweed farming
Alaska’s mariculture industry has passed some big milestones, and is getting set to head into the weeds. Aquatic farming, which was Ok’d by Ala...
Starvation suspected in massive die-off of Alaska seabirds
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend's boat and s...
Women's health clinic
Women with limited or no access to health care can get exams and reproductive health services on a sliding scale at the Public Health Center's...
Viking boys take two from Wolves at home
The Viking boys basketball team earned two wins over rival Wrangell last weekend while celebrating...
