Articles from the July 25, 2019 edition
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Sewage discharge "not likely" from the Le Soléal, says DEC
An investigation by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation revealed that the Le...
Borough assembly votes against filling second police sergeant position
The borough assembly denied Police Chief Jim Kerr's request to advertise and fill a vacant police...
Vacant EMS coordinator position to remain vacant
The borough assembly voted against filling a vacant EMS coordinator position last week that would fr...
USCGC ELDERBERRY returns to Petersburg
From Oct. 31, 2018 through July 6, the United States Coast Guard Cutter ELDERBERRY, home ported in...
Hemlock sawfly outbreak continues for a second summer
Southeast Alaska is currently going through its second year of increased hemlock sawfly activity,...
Part 2: Food fight between SE fishermen and sea otters
Sea otters are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act, a federal law that prohibits the...
Water and wastewater projects move to second reading
The borough assembly approved an ordinance last week in its first reading that would give voters...
Hundreds of Alaska ferry workers go on strike
Juneau, Alaska (AP) - A spokesman for a union representing workers for the Alaska ferry system says...
Alaska House comes up 1 vote short on capital budget funding
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska House failed by one vote Monday to win sufficient support to use reserve funds to help pay for a state i...
Stikine River Federal subsistence Sockeye Salmon fishery closed
Wrangell District Ranger Clint Kolarich, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence...
Guest Commentary: To: Petersburg Borough Assembly
Over the past 10 months, the Petersburg Borough Assembly has debated the necessity of filling a...
Editorial: IBU strike benefits Gov. Dunleavy
The strike called for by the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific (IBU) this week defies all logic....
Be part of the solution
While last week's unfounded account that the visiting cruise ship Le Soleal discharged sewage into...
To the Editor
PVFD strive to be ready for anything To the Editor: Some of the amateurs on the borough assembly...
Police report
July 17 — Randall Sassine was issued a citation for driving without a valid license. Brina Compton, 24, was arrested on charges of violating c...
Court report
May 30 — Ivan Antonio Gil entered a guilty plea to a charge of DUI. The court sentenced the defendant to 30 days/27 suspended home confinement, a $...
Sitting pretty
A rufous hummingbird takes a break on local resident John Havrilek's porch. Havrilek believes it to...