Articles from the January 19, 2017 edition
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LID approved by assembly in its first reading
The Petersburg Borough Assembly held the first reading of an ordinance designed to amend municipal code regarding the local improvement district (LID)...
Petersburg Indian Association board election results delayed due to candidate challenge
The Petersburg Indian Association held board elections earlier this month, but it took until Tuesday for the results to be certified because of a...
Yesterday's News
January 20, 1917 – Postmaster Refling has received advice from the department at Washington that, owing to the difficulty in obtaining paper and s...
Trading the Mexican border for Mitkof Island
David Plagens worked as a police officer in west Texas on the border of New Mexico and Mexico prior...
Alaska legislators see urgency in budget work but face rifts
JUNEAU (AP) – Alaska legislators agree on the need to address the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit. But rifts remain over how best to do...
Suspected airport gunman's life unraveled over past year
ANCHORAGE (AP) – Esteban Santiago stood alone in the cold one day last month outside Mom & Pop’s liquor store in Anchorage. He was waving his arm...
To the Editor: Problem during winter
To the Editor: I’m writing to you to mention a problem that all parents have during the winter months with having children who take the bus. S...
Navy veteran joins police department
After spending four years with the U.S. Navy working military police, Luis Waechter is looking...
Police reports
January 11 There was a report of disorderly conduct on N. Nordic Dr. There was a report of a disabled vehicle on Sandy Beach Rd. A traffic offense...
Courts
January 11 Daniel Varner appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell for arraignment on a charge of domestic violence assault in the fourth degree....
No sign of Japan-related radiation found in Alaska waters
ANCHORAGE (AP) – State officials have announced that tests of Alaska seafood continue to show no detectable amounts of radiation, five years after a...
Mitkof Island warm and dry in 2016:
The average temperature for Petersburg last year was 46 degrees, the warmest on record, and it also...
Craig tribe gets Alaska's first federal land trust
KETCHIKAN (AP) About an acre owned by the Craig Tribal Association will be the first Alaska Native land to go into trust with the federal government....
Mariculture task force preparing statewide plan
WRANGELL – A state task force set up to further develop a sustainable mariculture industry is setting up several advisory committees as part of that p...
Whooping cough confirmed in community
The Petersburg has one confirmed case of Pertussis or whooping cough, according to a notice sent out by Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter on Tuesday...
Petersburg Medical Health executive director awarded sabbatical
Susan Ohmer was raised to work. She learned what it meant to work hard early in life, so the idea...
Legislative battle over budget set for new session
WRANGELL – Alaska’s 30th Legislature convened for its new session on Tuesday, with the state’s finances presenting a daunting challenge for the next...
Fish Factor, Fishing industry might see budget increase this year
As lawmakers convene this week in Juneau, Alaska’s fishing industry sees a glimmer of hope that its budget won’t be gutted again. Under Governor Wal...
Wrangell city manager search winnows field to three
WRANGELL – Wrangell has narrowed the field for its new borough manager, with city staff and m...
State sues two federal agencies over hunting restrictions
ANCHORAGE (AP) – The state of Alaska on Friday sued two federal agencies to overturn a ban on certain hunting techniques on national refuges and p...
Stork report
Gloria Constance Simon was born to Dana and David Simon on January 12 at Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial in Fremont, Michigan....
Obituary, Brandon Estes, 24
Brandon Estes, 24, was born on May 26, 1993, to David and Teresa Estes in Roswell, New Mexico. He gr... Full story