Articles from the April 26, 2018 edition
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USCG 87-foot patrol vessel to be stationed here
Petersburg is set to receive an 87-foot Marine Protector Class coastal patrol vessel that will...
Borough 2019 budget balanced
The Borough Assembly deliberated over the first draft of the fiscal year 2019 budget presented...
Plaintiffs seek accounting of Triem's trust fund
Michael P. Heiser, attorney for the Hanson Class, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Kake Tribal...
Yesterday's News
April 26, 1918 Notice Is Hereby Given, That all owners of lots situated within the corporate limits of the Town of Petersburg must have all rubbish cl...
Most Enterprise Funds are solvent; some rates increased
The Borough’s Enterprise Funds are all solvent and to keep it that way, some rate increases will go into effect this fiscal year. Enterprise o...
Defibrillators to be replaced, added
Automated External Defibrillators will be added and old units replaced as a part of the 2018/19 Borough budget. The line item will cost $30,200 for...
Blessing the fleet
Reverend Bob Carter and Boy Scout Jakob Wikan prepare a wreath in memory or those who have passed...
Wrangell Sentinel named Best Weekly
The Petersburg Pilot and Wrangell Sentinel each received two awards from the Alaska Press Club for work completed in 2017. Pilot publisher Ron Loesch...
Batter up
Thomas Durkin skirts a pitch to catcher Louden Sandhofer during last weekend's games hosting...
Editorial: USCG presence to remain
We are ecstatic that the U.S. Coast Guard will operate another cutter out of Petersburg after the Anacapa is taken out of service. True, it’s a s...
Petersburg track and field sets off on new season
After a chilly start, Petersburg High School’s track and field team was well on its way into the new season with its meet in Ketchikan over the w...
Sitka bear sanctuary making room for more black bears
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A Sitka bear sanctuary is getting ready to unveil its new black bear enclosure when it opens for the tourist season. Fortress o...
Police Report
April 18 — Drywall workers tripped the alarm at Petersburg Medical Center. Police logged a harassment complaint on Lumber St. A subpoena was s...
Team work on the light replacement
Coast Guard Buoy Tenders Elderberry and Anthony Petit from Ketchikan teamed up to repair the...
Coast Guard funding bill proposes Kodiak land swap
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Native tribe in Kodiak has raised questions about a proposed land exchange between the federal government and a p...
Economic designation a potential opportunity for Wrangell
WRANGELL - Wrangell was last week granted a special economic designation by the state along with 24...
Without principals: administrative transition ahead for WPSD
WRANGELL — Wrangell Public School District learned last week its secondary school principal, Bill Schwan, will be departing after the current a...
Alaska Legislature adopts new sexual harassment policy
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature on Monday revised its sexual harassment policy to allow for the use of outside investigators in cases i...
Alaska Airlines tightens emotional support animal policy
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Airlines has updated its policy on emotional support animals following an increase in incidents involving them on p...
University of Alaska runs statewide renewable energy contest
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The University of Alaska Center for Economic Development has designed a competition to come up with renewable energy b...
'Displaced' teachers a lesser known story of budget moves
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The process of laying off teachers in what’s known as “pink slip season” — May 15 to the last day of school — attracts mo...
ADF&G provides dock prices for nearly every fish species with comparisons going back to 1984
Two commercial fisheries open each spring at Upper Cook Inlet that attract little notice and few participants, but each pays big bucks to fishermen....
Stork report
Johanna Grace Mattingly was born April 4, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. She weighed 8 pounds 5...
AK Senate statement backs 'free and open' internet
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate has narrowly approved a formal statement supporting a “free and open” internet that’s equally accessi...
