Articles from the May 3, 2018 edition
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Power & Light building remodel completedPower & Light building remodel completed
The remodel of the Petersburg Municipal Power and Light building is complete and on Wednesday...
Alaska Salmon Fellows convene in Petersburg on Friday
Alaska Humanities Forum's (AHF) second cohort of Alaska Salmon Fellows convened in Petersburg at...
State trooper charged with attempted sexual abuse of minor
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A veteran Alaska state trooper was charged with attempted sexual abuse of a minor. Investigators said Trooper Vance P...
Yesterday's News
May 3, 1918 A message received by the local exemption board Tuesday morning stated that fourteen men is the quota for Petersburg in the first draft...
To the Editor
Sea otter creating imbalance To the Editor: The reintroduction of the sea otter has created an imbalance of human resources and sea life. A much large...
Petersburg volunteer fire department responds to early morning rollover
The Petersburg Volunteer Fire Dept. responded to a single vehicle rollover accident in the 800...
Police Report
April 25 — Police responded to LeConte RV Park on a loud noise complaint. An abandoned vehicle was reported on N. Nordic Dr. and on Hungerford Hill. P...
Trooper report
April 29, at about 9:00PM, Alaska State Troopers on Prince of Wales Island received a report of gunshots being fired inside a residence in Thorne...
Sitka Sound herring biomass much higher this year
The Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game has mapped 32 nautical miles of herring spawn through April 27,...
Mathisen a Sablefish tag return winner
Sig Mathisen, skipper of the F/V Marathon, was among the seven top winners of the 2018 annual tag recovery incentive drawing for sablefish tag...
Stikine king salmon subsistence fishery to be closed
The Federal Subsistence Board announced on Monday it will be closing its Chinook salmon subsistence...
ADF&G Ling Cod bag limits set
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced this week that the lingcod sport fishing seasons,...
Corps regulatory public open house scheduled in Petersburg
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District will be available to discuss and answer questions about the...
Abandoned carmageddon in neutral as Wrangell weighs options
WRANGELL — The city is inching toward a planned purge of the island’s abandoned vehicles and assorted clutter. The unsightly problem has been a lon...
Fish Factor: FY19 budget: biggest project focuses on research to help determine the causes of declining Chinook salmon
A shuffle in some funding leaves Alaska’s commercial fisheries division in good shape to manage the resources and target important projects across t...
Alaska Supreme Court hears salmon ballot initiative case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A ballot initiative that aims to strengthen a state law that protects salmon habitat has made its way before the Alaska S...
Alaska Legislature urges feds to rethink marijuana stance
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging the federal government to reconsider its listing of marijuana as a c...
Alaska's SeaLife Center gets 3rd baby octopus raising chance
KENAI, Alaska (AP) —Alaska’s SeaLife Center is getting its third shot at raising thousands of octopus hatchlings, hoping at least one of the transluce...
Forest Service unveils plan for Mendenhall Glacier tourism
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has unveiled a draft plan to deal with an increase in visitors at Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier. The Fores...
