Articles from the April 15, 2021 edition
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1.26 million pounds of tanner crab harvest in SE
The 2021 tanner crab harvest in Southeast Alaska was the fourth largest tanner harvest in the last...
Cannery employed locals for crab season
OBI Seafoods employed about 90 local residents for the 2021 tanner crab season in an effort to...
Changes to health mandates to go before assembly
The local Emergency Operations Center will be presenting the Borough Assembly with recommendations t...
Correction:
On page 12 in last week’s issue of the Petersburg Pilot, a headline for a story about Alaskans unhappy with planned upgrades to the airport in G...
Yesterday's News
April 15, 1921 That the water power development on Cascade Creek, Thomas Bay, fifteen miles from Petersburg is among the largest projects in Southeast...
Groundskeeper retires after 24 years with city
The lawns and flower beds around town have been immaculately kept for the last two decades thanks...
New policy will set boundaries between students, staff
The Petersburg School Board passed a board policy that outlines professional boundaries between...
To the Editor
Thrift Store To the Editor: We need to ask the community of Petersburg to stop dropping off... Full story
Police report
April 7— Authorities conducted a welfare check at a location on Mitkof Highway. A domestic disturbance was reported at an undisclosed location. A...
Poetry Out Loud finalists
Two students at Petersburg High School were finalists in this year's Poetry Out Loud competition....
Stellar W252 spotted
A branded Steller sea lion was spotted near Horn Cliffs earlier this month. The female sea lion, or...
PHS wrestlers prepare for Regionals
In the last tournament before Regionals, the Petersburg High School wrestling team saw several of...
Fish Factor: Maritime industry recruits Alaskans for seafaring jobs
Alaska fishermen displaced by the Covid pandemic are being recruited for seafaring jobs aboard U.S. cargo barges, tankers, towboats, military support...
Contract awarded for federal port facility in Ketchikan
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal agency announced Wednesday it has awarded a contract to rebuild its port facility in Ketchikan, work state leaders c...
Alaska health officials pausing use of J&J COVID-19 vaccine
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state health department Tuesday said upcoming appointments for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in A...
Report sheds little light on fatal Alaska helicopter crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A preliminary report from the federal agency investigating the fatal helicopter crash in Alaska that killed five people, i...
Hilcorp ordered to replace aging Alaska pipeline after leak
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal regulators have ordered Hilcorp Alaska to replace a 7-mile (11-kilometer) undersea pipeline after a helicopter p...
Four cases of COVID-19 reported in town
The Emergency Operations Center reported four new cases of COVID-19 in Petersburg on Thursday, accor... Full story