Articles from the August 13, 2020 edition
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Lack of food brings bears into town
The Petersburg Police Department received over 30 calls in the past week from residents reporting...
MMS, PHS to meet in-person every other day
The Petersburg School Board approved schedules for Mitkof Middle School and Petersburg High school...
Traveler tests positive for COVID-19
A traveler tested positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 4 after previously testing negative for the virus,...
Slow start for elementary school students
Starting Aug. 31, students will return to Rae C. Stedman Elementary School under a schedule that...
Eighteen local election seats vacant
This year's municipal elections will be held in person at the Parks and Recreation Center on Oct. 6...
Alaska behind in 2020 Census response
Alaska is ranked last among the 50 states in its response to the 2020 United States Census, as of...
PMC needs $1 million in COVID funds
The Petersburg Medical Center Board of Directors agreed to request $1,004,638.50 at a special board...
White orca seen in Frederick Sound
Passengers onboard Dennis Rogers' charter boat, Northern Song, were treated to a rare surprise last...
DNA links Arkansas man to 1996 Alaska strangulation death
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A DNA match has solved the strangulation murder of a teenager in southeast Alaska, a case that was cold for 24 years and s...
Alaska communities hit hard by weak salmon returns
Unless you fished for salmon this summer at Bristol Bay, it’s been slim pickings for fishermen in other Alaska regions. Salmon returns have been so po...
Yesterday's News
August 13, 1920 Colonel W. B. Greeley, National Forester for the U.S. was a Petersburg visitor late last week and spent the greater part of one day...
Keepin' an eye on you
A curious river otter watches as a pair of kayakers make their way up the slough. The river otter...
Stork report
Roman Robert Cardenas was born to Robyn and Daniel Cardenas on July 11, 2020 in Juneau, Alaska. He...
Kennicott on the move
The F/V Kennicott travels north through the Wrangell Narrows on Monday. According to a press...
Obituary: Michele Karen Rover, 72
Michele (Mickey) Karen Rover, 72, died on June 17, 2020 in Petersburg, Alaska. She was born on March... Full story
Obituary: Dennis William Hopkins, 65
Dennis William Hopkins, 65 passed away in Petersburg, Alaska, on July 23, 2020 after a long battle... Full story
Police report
August 5 — A black bear killed a chicken at a location on Vesta St. Two other bears were reported walking around the neighborhood. A bear was s...
