Articles from the April 29, 2021 edition
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State reports 72% vaccination rate for Petersburg
On Tuesday, the state reported 72.94 percent of Petersburg residents had at least one dose of the...
Model A fire truck
Jack Slaght, right, and EMS Coordinator Josh Rathmann, left, drive the Petersburg Volunteer Fire...
Proposed budget ups millage rate
The Borough Assembly reviewed the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget at a work session on April 21,...
Correction:
A story about updates to local health mandates on page two of last week’s edition of the Petersburg Pilot had a headline that implied all...
Yesterday's News
April 29, 1921 The Petersburg-Scow Bay road will be surfaced and finished for auto traffic this summer and that work will start within the next month...
Earth Day 2021
Amy Wilkes' third grade class picked up enough litter on two streets near Rae C. Stedman Elementary...
PMC faces monthly losses in 2021
Since January, Petersburg Medical Center has been operating with a negative bottom line, but...
Guest Commentary: Lack of fiscal plan adds to Alaska's struggles
"Confidence in an economy matters," Dan Robinson, research chief at the state Department of Labor,...
Editorial: Vaccine risk is low
We're getting closer to achieving the required herd immunity levels needed to abate the spread of...
Letter to the Editor
Thank you for caring about Petersburg To the Editor: I know there is not a single citizen in Petersburg that has not walked by and admired one of our...
Police report
April 21—A power outage was reported at Papke’s Landing. A phone was lost and later found at the ball field. Aaron Bradford, 41, was arrested on...
Foundational milestone
For the past several weeks, construction has been underway on the Vakker Sted affordable housing...
PHS ranked #1 high school in Alaska
Petersburg High School was ranked the number one high school in Alaska in terms of academic success...
Vikings build experience in 2nd set of baseball games
The Petersburg High School played their second series of the season against Ketchikan High School on...
Two wrestlers qualify for State
Two Petersburg High School wrestlers will head to the Alaska School Activities Association Wrestling...
Pump station replacement
Rock-N-Road Construction, Inc. excavates along Mitkof Highway near the site of the Scow Bay pump...
PHS runners take first place
The Petersburg High School track and field team participated in their first meet of the season on...
Stedmen Elementary Spring Event
Rae C. Stedman Elementary School staff handed out information to families on how to sign their...
Compound in tires from road runoff may be a threat to salmon in Anchorage's most popular fishing streams
Are toxins from road runoff a threat to salmon in Anchorage’s most popular fishing streams? A Go Fund Me campaign has been launched so Alaskans can...
Obituary: Nancy Carol Phillips, 83
Nancy Carol Phillips, 83 took her last walk into the forest on April 21, 2021. She was born to Edward and Leona Hamilton in Hydaburg, Alaska. She was... Full story
Stork report
Samuel William McCallum weighing six pounds, four ounces and Bristol Lynn McCallum weighing six pounds, 10 ounces were born on April 4 in Seattle,...
Stork report
Gage Aries Bullard weighing nine pounds, four ounces and measuring twenty-one and three quarters...
WAVE anonymous art show
Working Against Violence for Everyone held an anonymous art show at the Clausen Memorial Museum...
Alaska settles for $85K with former state employee
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has agreed to settle for $85,000 with a former state employee whose application was rejected because she supported...
USCG decommissions storied cutter in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has decommissioned a ship whose home port was in Alaska after almost 50 years in service. The cutter Doug...