Articles from the June 24, 2021 edition
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Three injured in boat collision
Three passengers onboard a Boston Whaler skiff that crashed into a Hewescraft in the Wrangell...
Early morning breakfast
A cow moose pauses in the middle of Papke's Landing Rd. after grazing on Jenny Annett's lawn on the...
USFS lease of fur farm land ends next summer
A lease the United States Forest Service holds on a plot of land near the 8 mile marker of Mitkof...
Businesses skeptical of local economic future
Local business owners are pessimistic about Petersburg's economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-...
Sleeves Up Petersburg drawing winners of $500
June 4: Kacey Hammer, Thomas Rockne and Don Hughes. June 11: Sarah Cheney, Ethan Kludt-Painter and an anonymous winner who did not wish to be named....
Yesterday's News
June 24, 1921 In the United States district court the jury in the case of Dr. George F. Dickinson against the Town of Petersburg brought in a verdict...
Local COVID-19 responses to end in a week
Incident Commander Karl Hagerman gave the Borough Assembly possibly the last update of the...
A visit from the Blue Shark
Lt. Michael Gagen stands before the United States Coast Cutter Blue Shark on Saturday, June 19. The...
Guest Commentary: Alaskans share blame for state's fiscal mess
Blame legislators for overspending and underachieving at the underlying need for a long-term fiscal...
To the Editor
There’s another way To the Editor: I want to thank our Mayor Mark Jensen for inviting the SEARHC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Elliot Bruhl to the B...
Police report
June 16— Prowlers were seen around a vehicle parked at an undisclosed location. A boating collision occurred at an undisclosed location. June 17— A s...
Court report
June 2 — Lloyd Bennett was granted changes to his bail. He was to post a $1,525 performance bond, abide by probation conditions of pending cases a...
Trooper report
May 23 - William Murdock, 60, of Petersburg was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for making a false statement on a sport license. Murdock claimed to...
Assembly OKs AP&T easement near Outlook Park
The Borough Assembly approved resolution #2021-08 on Monday that awards a 20 foot wide utility...
PSD students see academic improvement
The results of the Petersburg School District's spring Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)...
Crab continues to be hot commodity due to COVID
Crab has been one of the hottest commodities since the Covid pandemic forced people in 2020 to buy...
School News
Erin Pfundt and Joshua Thynes were named to the Provost’s Honor Roll at Whitworth University. Jeffrey Erickson graduated with a Master of Science d...
Senate GOP hails new Interior deputy as 'voice of reason'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily confirmed former Obama administration official Tommy Beaudreau as deputy secretary at the Interior Department o...
Vessel collides with boat fishing for herring
A local Boston Whaler vessel crashed into a Hewescraft belonging to Island Point Lodge in the Wrange... Full story
Obituary: Arnold Martin Enge
Arnold Martin Enge, a lifelong Petersburg gillnetter who plied the waters of Southeast Alaska for... Full story
