Articles from the February 11, 2021 edition
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Mask mandate stays in place
A motion to terminate the local face masking mandate failed at an assembly meeting on Monday after...
PSB passes traditional school calendar
The Petersburg School Board approved the academic calendar for the 2021-2022 school year at their me...
Positive COVID-19 case identified at OBI Seafoods
A pre-hire employee for the 2021 tanner and golden king crab season at OBI Seafoods has tested...
Yesterday's News
February 11, 1921 No information available. February 8, 1946 Formed for the purpose of working to secure better facilities for the accommodation of...
Lady Vikings win first games of season
The Lady Vikings racked up two wins against Metlakatla on Feb. 5 and 6 at home in their first games...
Vikings win, lose first seeding games
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team split their wins against Metlakatla at home last...
Supporting our own
The Petersburg Elks Lodge raised nearly $47,000 for the Tagaban family in a series of fundraising...
Editorial: A milestone
Today (Feb. 11) will be a significant day for hundreds of Petersburg residents who head to the...
Assembly votes to reinstate P&R fees
The Borough Assembly unanimously approved an ordinance in its first reading that reestablishes user...
Laundry room smoke causes PVFD response
The Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call on Feb. 9 about smoke emitting from a d...
Police report
February 3— Authorities assisted the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities with moving a vehicle that was blocking a snow dump a...
M/V Matanuska sailings cancelled through Feb. 23
Mechanical issues on the M/V Matanuska have cancelled the ferry's sailings between Feb. 10 and 23,...
Assembly supports Papke's Landing Rd. lights
The Borough Assembly supported a letter to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public...
2021 Southeast Alaska troll Chinook salmon harvest allocation
SITKA — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announces that under Chinook salmon management provisions of the 2019–2028 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agr...
"Eye-popping" seafood sales continue; One Alaska king salmon worth same as two barrels of oil
Seafood sales “are on fire” in America’s supermarkets and one king salmon from Southeast Alaska is worth the same as two barrels of oil. ($116...
Artifact Archive: Fighter in Velvet Gloves
Elizabeth Peratrovich, the "Fighter in Velvet Gloves" who worked toward protecting the rights of...
Obituary: Roy Morrow Smith
Roy Morrow Smith passed away unexpectedly Friday, January 15, due to complications following a...
Obituary: Rick Whitethorn, 75
Rick Whitethorn, 75, died on January 7, 2021 in Independence, Oregon. He was born on October 26,... Full story
Barge-ing through the mist
A barge cuts through the early morning fog on Wednesday as it makes its way sout...
EOC apologizes for use of CodeRED system
Petersburg Incident Commander Karl Hagerman apologized at the COVID-19 community update on Friday...
Over $266,000 in drugs seized in Ketchikan
On February 5, Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan, along with the Ketchikan Police Department, Ketchikan Airport Police, and Juneau DEA conducted a...
