Articles from the June 17, 2021 edition
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Sandy Beach playground gets long awaited upgrade
A week after the Sandy Beach Playground was installed, organizers said the playground has enhanced t...
SB sets 2022 operating budget
The Petersburg School Board adopted the fiscal year 2022 operating budget at their meeting on June...
Yesterday's News
June 17, 1921 R.L. Clifton, for the past three years principal of the Valdez Schools has been offered the position as principal and teacher of the...
Community shifts to life after COVID-19
As the Petersburg Borough prepares to end its Local Disaster Emergency Declaration and disband the...
Petersburg medical center to continue with vaccine distribution
Petersburg Medical Center will keep offering COVID-19 vaccines past the expiration of the Local...
Guest Commentary: Overdrawing the PFD is not right for Alaska
If our old friend, and my mentor, the late Sen. Ted Stevens were with us today, he would have a...
Guest Editorial: No secret that governor's math fails
Gov. Mike Dunleavy must have learned how to manage state finances from the same people who guard the world’s biggest secret recipes: Col. S...
To the Editor
Landless legislation needs support To the Editor: I am 80 years old now and was born here at the...
Police report
June 9— Suspicious activity was reported at a location on Nordic Dr. Authorities served a trespassing notice to an individual at an undisclosed locati...
Devil's Thumb Shooters clean up at State
Five of the 10 Petersburg Devil's Thumb Shooters Club members placed in multiple events at the...
Fire truck lift
Motor Pool Department employees lifted up a Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department truck on Wednesday...
Fish Factor: New Alaska mariculture alliance looks for members
Alaskans who are engaged in or interested in mariculture are invited to become founding members in a new group that will advance the growing industry...
School News
Emma I. Chase graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science, Bioengineering degree....
Local kids share their excitement over new playground
For the kids enrolled in Kinder Skog's summer program, all they wanted to do on Wednesday was go to...
Juneau education leaders OK credit change amid pandemic
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) —Graduating seniors in Juneau will be allowed to earn half a credit less than prior graduating classes under a change adopted t...
Alaska Senate delays action on proposed spending plan
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate delayed action on a state spending package Tuesday, as lawmakers evaluated their options for getting needed v...
US will revisit Trump-era decision for Alaska rainforest
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The federal government announced plans Friday to “repeal or replace” a decision by the Trump administration last fall to lift...
Artifact Archive
The Journal of Agnes Johnson Steberg Agnes Johnson Steberg taught in Petersburg around 1914. In...
Bear attacks, injures sleeping campers in south Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Wildlife officials in Alaska have said two campers were attacked by a bear this weekend while they were sleeping in a tent in...
