Articles from the February 16, 2017 edition
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Tanner crab season kicks off Friday
Tanner crab estimates are down from the previous season although there is enough to go around for a...
PMC works to reduce employee turnover; upgrade hiring process
Petersburg's hospital board received an update of the Medical Center's strategic plan for the years...
Ocean Beauty facility won't can salmon this year
PETERSBURG (AP) – A seafood processing company will stop canning salmon at its facility in the southeast Alaska city of Petersburg this year in respon...
Yesterday's News
February 16, 1917 – A meeting of the Hospital Association was held Tuesday evening for the purpose of considering the feasibility of building a h...
Warm ocean water triggered seabird die-off
ANCHORAGE (AP) – A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore on beaches from C...
To the Editor
Incorrect facts thrown around To the Editor: Thank you for the mention in the paper this week. The borough assembly was throwing around some...
AP&T updates website
Alaska Power & Telephone is announcing its redesigned website www.aptalaska.com that is now live. Central to the new format are clean straightforward...
Coast Guard calls off search for missing crab boat
ANCHORAGE (AP) – The search has been called off for the six veteran fishermen aboard a crabbing boat missing in the icy, turbulent Bering Sea. The f...
Police reports
Feb. 8 — Mavis R. Worthington, 66 was cited for expired registration. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident in the 400 block of S. Nordic D...
Trooper report
Four Kake women reported overdue KAKE – On Feb. 11, at 8:44 a.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of four adult female Kake residents overdue...
Lawmaker proposes hiking $5 studded-tire tax to $75
ANCHORAGE (AP) – A lawmaker wants to spike Alaska’s studded-tire tax from $5 to $75. Sen. Cathy Giessel’s bill is aimed at raising money to repai...
Fur season to end in Sitka
Trappers are reminded the season for marten, mink, weasel, and river otter in Unit 4 (Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands) ends Wed., Feb. 15,...
Boys win two against Craig Panthers
Petersburg’s high school boys basketball team won both games playing against the Panthers last week. At Craig, on February 9 the Vikings started w...
Political winds could be plus for SEAPA
WRANGELL – In its first meeting of the new year, the governing board for Southeast Alaska Power Agency looked ahead to political reshufflings at t...
Fish Factor: Sea crops envisioned by Alaskans crafting mariculture expansion
Shellfish, sea cucumbers, geoduck clams, seaweeds and biofuels are crops envisioned by a group of Alaskans who are crafting a framework for a...
Girls beaten by buzzer in Craig match
The Lady Vikings had a pair of close games last week playing against Craig High School, but the home team came away with the victories. “We lost t...
Obituary, Joanne E. Kangas
Former Petersburg, Alaska resident JoAnne E. Kangas passed away from cancer in Hibbing, Minnesota.... Full story
Obituary, Margaret Feist Stearns, 75
Margaret (Peggy) Feist Stearns, 75, passed away January 19, 2017 in Petersburg, Alaska with Sarah... Full story
Women's health clinic
Petersburg Public Health Center will hold a clinic March 1-3. Women, 29 and younger with limited or no access to health care can get exams and...
Correction:
The front page article (February 9, 2017) incorrectly cited the wholesale power rate from the Southeast Alaska Power Agency at 8 cents. SEAPA’s b...