Articles from the March 3, 2022 edition
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SEARHC to present at PMC board meeting on March 24
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium leadership will give a presentation at the next...
Petersburg likely to receive USCGC Elderberry replacement
During the February 21 Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting, Assembly Member Dave Kensinger gave a...
Yesterday's News
March 3, 1922 The epidemic of chicken pox which has been going the rounds of the school children and which has seriously hampered the work in the...
IPHC increases halibut limit by over two million pounds
The commercial Pacific halibut fishing period is set to begin on March 6 as determined during the...
Column: High oil prices are Alaska's alcohol of choice
It’s not often you hear political debates that invoke religion and booze but have nothing to do with temperance, the social ills of alcohol or...
Guest Editorial: Why I support Ukraine
My hometown in Poland, Chelm, is 20 miles away from the border with Ukraine. My mother called me last Saturday. She told me that the refugees are... Full story
To the Editor
To the Editor: If you are a commercial fisherman, like we are, or just an Alaskan who enjoys being on the water for sport or subsistence, you assume...
Petersburg teen arrested for alleged sexual assault
John Bisset, 18, was arrested on multiple charges of alleged sexual assault on February 19 according to the Petersburg Police Department. The charges...
Court report
February 14: Magistrate Judge Rachel Newport presided over a Felony First Appearance proceeding in the State of Alaska v. Wayne Collins. The court...
Police report
February 23 – An officer responded to assist a locked out citizen on Second Street, but they had managed to help themselves before arrival. An...
Dual office holding ordinance fails
The Petersburg Borough Assembly voted 6-1 against Ordinance #2022-02, which would have required...
PMC Health Fair to return this spring
Laboratory Manager Violet Shimek announced during last week's Petersburg Medical Center Hospital...
Forest Service ramps up efforts to take down invasive weeds
An annual 200-acre treatment limit on the U.S. Forest Service's invasive plant management program...
State asks if anyone wants to buy the Malaspina
The Alaska Department of Transportation is asking anyone interested in taking ownership of the...
House speaker questions ferry system's hiring expectations
State Transportation Department officials recently told legislators the ferry system needed to quickly hire at least 166 new crew in order to meet...
State will switch Sitka to paid airport parking; Wrangell could come later
WRANGELL–Sitka will be the next Southeast airport to make the switch from free to paid parking. Petersburg made the move in December, when a...
Lady Vikings drop two at home to Lady Wolves
The Lady Vikings faced the Lady Wolves in their homecoming games last weekend in a rematch of the...
Vikings trade wins with Wolves over homecoming weekend
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team took the court last weekend to battle Wrangell in a...
Alaska Fish Factor: Wrangell's Waterbody bath soak wins grand prize in Juneau
Waterbody, operated by Angie Flickinger, of Wrangell, won the grand prize for its Deep Blue Sea Bath Soak at the Alaska Symphony of Seafood awards...