Articles from the June 4, 2020 edition
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COVID-19 shuts down Pacific Wings
Since the mid-80s, Pacific Wings has been offering air taxi service for tourists and locals alike th...
A forced retirement
For 33 years, Cole Rhoden has been flying for Pacific Wings, but due to a loss in business as a...
Ocean Beauty and Icicle Seafoods announce merger
Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC and Icicle Seafoods, Inc. will be merging their wild salmon and Gulf of Al...
EOC concerned over cruise ships arriving this season
The borough assembly approved the Emergency Operations Center to answer a survey from the Alaska...
Interstate travel mandate to expire Saturday
With the upcoming expiration of the state's health mandate that requires anyone arriving in the...
Wrangell RAC meeting interrupted by snoring participant
WRANGELL — The local Resource Advisory Committee, which covers the areas of Wrangell, Petersburg, and Kake, held a series of meetings last week....
Nielsen looks to retire in Mexico
Nels Nielsen spent last Friday at the Petersburg Post Office like it was any other day. He helped...
Balanced 2021 fiscal year borough budget adopted
The borough assembly passed the borough's fiscal year 2021 operating budget in its third reading on...
PMC to be reimbursed for COVID-19 related costs
Petersburg Medical Center has spent about $430,000 in costs related to COVID-19, as of Friday's...
Petersburg has shortage of tradesmen
A lack of skilled trade workers has caused both the borough and businesses in town to struggle to...
PMC moves to color system for state of operations
Petersburg Medical Center has begun operating under a red, yellow and green format that correlates...
Reduce plastic group updates public on progress
The Reduce Plastic Use Petersburg Group got together last week to talk about what its members have d...
Petersburg Fishing Report
King Salmon King salmon regulations for areas where Alaska hatchery produced king salmon will be returning have now been announced. Starting June 1,...
USCG dockside exams
Several Coast Guard Personnel are in Petersburg until noon on Fri., June 5 to conduct dockside safety exams on commercial fishing vessels. If...
Yesterday's News
June 4, 1920 The Point Agassiz Dairy is now in a position to supply milk, eggs, homemade butter, cream, cottage cheese and other dairy products to...
Correction
On page 8 of last week’s edition of the Pilot, a photo of Adam Ware in the graduation parade was incorrectly identified as being Tani...
Police report
May 27 — A theft was reported at a location on S. Nordic Dr. Search warrants were conducted at locations on S. 2nd St. and N. Nordic Dr....
Judge invalidates proposed land swap for Alaska refuge road
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A judge has vacated a proposed land exchange aimed at building a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, finding...
Freedom of Speech
Noah Pawuk,12, wrote an essay in Mr. Shumway's 6th grade class that was submitted for a contest...
Alaska Fish Factor: Recycled fishing nets from Cordova will soon help launch a new clothing line
Recycled fishing nets from Cordova will soon help launch a new clothing line by Grundens, the maker of the iconic foul weather gear “built by...
Obituary: Ronald Berl Lindsey, 75
Ronald Berl Lindsey, 75 died on March 2, 2020 in Anchorage, Alaska. He was born on March 9, 1946 to... Full story
State to help with ferry service to Ketchikan, Hollis
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state plans to use one of its ferries to provide service between two southeast Alaska communities while repairs are done...
Alaska's Mount Marathon race postponed by virus until 2021
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An annual extreme mountain race in Alaska has been postponed until next year over coronavirus concerns, organizers said....
