Articles from the April 21, 2016 edition
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Federal highways drops Kake Access project
The Kake Access road project is officially dead after the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) nixed the project’s environmental impact statement (... Full story
Trash cans showcase civic pride in Petersburg
Karen Hofstad has a collection of a couple hundred or so seafood related cans and labels that would... Full story
Yesterday's News
April 22, 1916 – An advance in passenger rates is announced by the Border Line Transportation Company, effective with the next sailing of the Al-Ki f...
PHS shines at Southeast music fest
Over 50 band and choir students participated in the Region V Music Festival in Ketchikan last... Full story
Petersburg resident to teach next year
Local Petersburg resident Eliza Warmack will be a new 5th grade teacher at Rae C. Stedman...
Police reports
April 13 A driver received a warning for expired tags and wrong way on one way street. Jase Payne, 23, was arrested on charges of tampering with...
Courts
April 14 Charles Christensen appeared before Magistrate Court Judge Burrell for a charge of unlawful gear for registration area A. The defendant...
Anchorage foundation to display Petersburg Art
The Rasmuson Foundation has chosen a collection of Petersburg artists’ works to put in its newly renovated office space in Anchorage. In its promotion...
ADFG announces King regs
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game earlier this month released this year’s regulations regarding sport and commercial King salmon regulations. T...
PHS students succeed at Art Fest in Skagway
Nine Petersburg High School students traveled to Skagway earlier this month for the annual art...
Warm summer on the way for Petersburg
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says there should be above normal temperatures during the summer months of June, July and August, and equal c...
Report: Pilot changed course to avoid clouds before crash
JUNEAU (AP) — The pilot of a commuter plane that crashed in southeast Alaska had said he was going to take an alternate route due to cloudy weather b...
Fish Factor, Higher ocean acidity is affecting Bering Sea crab shell production and immune systems
Increasingly corrosive oceans are raising more red flags for Bering Sea crab stocks. Results from a first ever, two year project on baby Tanner crabs...
University professor mauled by a brown bear while teaching
JUNEAU (AP) — Students and teaching assistants have arrived back in Juneau from a remote mountaineering class that was cut short when one of their p...
Obituary, Dr. Warren W. Bailey
July 1, 1944 – March 31, 2016 It is with deep sorrow that we report the recent passing of Warren W.... Full story