Articles from the August 3, 2023 edition
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By 20 seats open for 2023 municipal election
Petersburg residents can now file for candidacy in this year’s municipal election, which will be held on Oct. 3, 2023. 20 seats will be up for...
Forest Service working to clear Petersburg Lake Trail
U.S. Forest Service personnel have spent the summer cutting through debris along the popular...
Alaska asks US Supreme Court to strike down the rejection of Pebble Mine
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska wants the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal agency’s rejection of a proposed copper and...
Yesterday's News
August 3, 1923 – During the coming month a conference of naval experts, Congressional experts and Admirals will hear the results of an extensive...
Hospital Board approves FY24 operating budget
The Petersburg Medical Center Board unanimously approved the hospital’s operating budget for the next fiscal year at its June board meeting. PMC CFO...
A massive mast
Drivers along Sandy Beach Road have been pulling over and taking notice of an unusual visitor on...
To the Editor
Volunteers needed for a worthy cause To the Editor: I’d like to share a little about our new bike park and its progress. As you may know the City...
Guest Editorial: About time the pipeline dream ran out of gas
Elected officials who say the proposed Alaska North Slope natural gas project is closer than ever to putting steel pipe in the ground and money in...
New reporter joins the Petersburg Pilot staff
Olivia Rose, the Pilot's new full time news reporter, arrived in Petersburg on Sunday. She was born...
Police report
July 26 – An officer responded to a report of a disturbance on Kiseno Street. An officer conducted a welfare check on an individual and found all...
Court report
July 12, 2023 Magistrate Judge Rachel Newport presided over the arraignment for State of Alaska v. Jonathan Wilson Barnett Randrup. The defendant...
ORCA theater camp stages outdoor play at Sandy Beach
Eighteen Petersburg youth ages 7 to 12 have been spending their afternoons at Sandy Beach Park...
Hospital Board could hold future meetings in assembly chambers
The Petersburg Medical Center Board discussed holding future board meetings in the Petersburg Borough Assembly chambers last week in an effort to...
Meet new 4th grade teacher Sharon Paulson
Sharon Paulson moved her family from Juneau to Petersburg in July and will teach fourth grade at...
Debi Tice returning to Petersburg as new Stedman librarian
The K-5th grade library program at Stedman Elementary School will welcome home a former Petersburg...
Budworm outbreak shows signs of ebbing throughout Tongass
Scientists and staff with the U.S. Forest Service are hopeful that the blackheaded budworm outbreak...
Alaska to use crowdsourcing website to distribute $2M in COVID-19 relief money for public school supplies
Alaska public school teachers short of supplies this year have a new source to turn to for funding, and it’s not the local school budget. Each... Full story
Alaska Department of Health moves to ease parts of child care licensing burden
The state government is taking aim at eliminating one of the most common barriers for people who want to open child care centers in remote...
State board of education delays action on proposal to bar transgender girls from girls' high school sports teams
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state board of education last Wednesday delayed action on a proposal that would bar transgender girls from participating...
GCI will end its email service mid-2024
Telecommunications company GCI will end its longtime email service next year, a move that will force customers to transition to new email providers....
Petersburg Sport Fishing Report
Salmon: King salmon fishing in the Wrangell Narrows/Blind Slough THA closed on July 31. It is still possible to encounter a king while trolling for...
