Articles from the April 18, 2024 edition
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Assembly approves tidelands sale to Island Refrigeration for $360,000
The Petersburg Borough Assembly approved the sale of a property on borough-owned tidelands to...
Winter troll fishery: 'amazing catch rates at good prices'
Days are long and arduous in January and February for trollers fishing Chinook salmon in rough...
Alaska judge strikes down state's cash payments to families using correspondence school programs
An Anchorage Superior Court judge on Friday struck down an Alaska law that allows the state to... Full story
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
April 18, 1924 – Boats which sold halibut to the Glacier & Deep Sea Food Company Tuesday for 9 and 5 were Audrey, 2,000 lbs; Irma, 500; Alfa, 500; G...
School Board votes to join coalition likely to sue state
The Petersburg School District Board unanimously agreed to join the Coalition for Education Equity...
Capitol Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors: After roughly 24 hours of debate and consideration of 137 amendments, the House passed the operating and mental budgets...
Guest Editorial
The Permanent Fund dividend is important to a lot of Alaska households, but so is education, public safety, ports and harbors, roads and more. The sta...
Police report
April 10 – An officer provided a courtesy transport on Dolphin Street. An officer responded to a report of suspicious activity on Excel Street and det...
Catholic Church update
Last July, Petersburg was covered in smoke when the St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church caught fi...
PHS bring crowds to their feet at Music Fest
Petersburg High School's musical ensembles traveled to Stika last weekend for 2024's Southeast Alask...
Wrangell approves sale of hospital property to developer
WRANGELL — The Wrangell Borough Assembly approved the sale of the former medical center and six adjacent lots to property developer Wayne Johnson on A...
California salmon fishing banned for second year in row
In a devastating blow to California’s fishing industry, federal fishery managers unanimously voted on Wednesday to cancel all commercial and r... Full story
Silver Bay Seafoods buys Valdez fish plant
Silver Bay Seafoods will acquire the Peter Pan Seafoods plant in Valdez, and operate Peter Pan plants in Port Moller and Dillingham for the 2024...
Obituary: Patrick Joseph Sullivan, 76
Patrick Joseph Sullivan was born in Southern California on November 12, 1947 to Joy and Ray Sullivan... Full story
Artifact Archive
Between the cumbersome and hard to handle solid metal clothing irons of the 1800s, that had to be...
