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The Petersburg Borough Assembly last Monday passed the second reading of an ordinance establishing a new Thomas Bay Service Area, building the legal and financial framework the borough says it will need as it prepares to sell off state-platted land it acquired three years ago. Ordinance 2026-17 creates the service area and adds a new chapter to borough code defining its boundaries, the services it may provide, and how those services could be paid for. But according to a memorandum from Community Development Director Liz Cabrera, adoption “does...
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For a third straight summer, Katie Holmlund - the youth program coordinator behind Petersburg Medical Center's Kinder Skog outdoor program - led a group of local teenagers on a sea-kayak expedition down the south end of Mitkof Island, roughly 50 kilometers over 10 days in collaboration with the guiding outfit Onward and Upward. Eight students and five instructors launched from Banana Point, worked their way out to Woewodski Island, and backtracked home. By the last few days, the adults were most...
Petersburg's St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church caught fire and burned to the ground in July 2023. It was a devastating blow to Petersburg's Catholic community, which spent three years without their own church. Father Thomas Jose was in his first year in Petersburg when the church burned down. He said other faith communities propped the church up in its darkest days - like Petersburg's First Presbyterian Church, where St. Catherine of Siena held mass as they sorted out the construction of a... Full story
August 27, 1926 – The largest pack ever put up by the Petersburg Packing Company was completed Monday when the cannery ended its season after putting up 129,724 cases of salmon, a mark which is believed to be nearly a record for any three-line cannery in Southeastern Alaska. The cannery will not operate again this year. All pack was put up in one pound tall cans and figures on varieties of fish canned were given as follows: Pinks, 95,261; Chum, 21,908; Reds, 7,214; and Coho, 5,346. The pack of pinks this year was equal to the amount of the p...
Shannon Baird, finance director for the Petersburg School District, has been named a recipient of ASBO International's 2026 Emerging Leaders Scholarship Award, an honor that comes with a $2,000 travel reimbursement grant and free registration to the national organization's annual conference this fall. Baird said she was one of 17 recipients selected nationwide this year. The award recognizes newer professionals in school business and accounting, and winners take part in their own reception and...
To the Editor: I thank my grandfather for a phrase he used with my siblings and me decades ago, “Check your moral compass frequently.” I was five when I first heard it and had no idea what it meant. I do now. He taught me to stop from time to time and ask myself whether something feels right. I have known Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins since he was a kid. I have watched him grow and generously give his time to Sitka’s high school exchange students during their annual legislative visits. I respect him for running for governor. That is why I have been...
o the Editor: When Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins first announced his bid for governor, it was a breath of fresh air. He reminded me of the times when Alaskans joined together to make things happen, help each other thrive, and build strong resilient communities with purpose and promise. It’s time to restore that Alaska can-do spirit. JKT’s boundless energy, innovation, and enthusiasm for problem solving will revitalize Alaska. Over a decade of public service in the legislature, JKT built a reputation for integrity, humility, bipartisanship, and put...
August 5 – A caller reported shooing a black bear out of the city shop area at the end of S 2nd St. and towards Hammer Slough. Corey Wilson was arrested for 2nd degree felony misconduct involving a controlled substance and on three counts of 2nd degree felony misconduct involving weapons. An officer provided a highly intoxicated individual a courtesy transport to Excel St. An intoxicated individual at Bushmann Park made a report that was determined to be unfounded. A vehicle parked on the Birch St. sidewalk was moved at the direction of an o...
“There oughta be a law” is a common expression when people are frustrated with the behavior of others, the rules of society, the actions of their elected officials. Well, Alaskans will have an opportunity in the statewide primary election Aug. 18 to approve a new law, limiting the dollar size of donation checks to political campaigns of candidates running for the state Legislature and governor’s office. This is the chance for voters to do something about taking the money out of politics, limiting big-donor influence and fighting infla...
Alaska lost a higher percentage of its federal workforce last year than almost all U.S. states to sweeping Trump administration cuts, according to a newly published analysis by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. By the end of 2025, Alaska’s federal workforce was 10.5% smaller than it had been at the end of the prior year, according to the analysis, published in Alaska Economic Trends, the monthly magazine of the department’s research section. In the fourth quarter of 2025, after many workers accepted buyouts or early ret... Full story
Sue Flint works the early and absentee voting station in the Petersburg Municipal Building. Early voting for the August 18 Alaska Primary Election is available weekdays through August 17, 11 a.m. through 4 p.m....
On one of Petersburg's rare warm, sunny days, Dan Sullivan was sitting in a little folding chair in his home workshop. All around him were shelves full of various tools and parts. "I play music down here with friends sometimes, and make lots of sawdust and clean my fishing gear," Sullivan said, looking around. The candidate for U.S. Senate had recently finished up the paperwork for accepting campaign donations, a process he described as "excruciating." He said that originally, he hadn't planned... Full story
Independent U.S. House candidate Bill Hill brought his campaign to Petersburg last week, fielding questions at a Q&A session hosted at the Harbor Bar and later sitting down with the Petersburg Pilot to make his case for unseating first-term Republican Rep. Nick Begich III. Hill, a lifelong Bristol Bay commercial fisherman and retired school superintendent from Naknek, is running as an independent in a race he now frames as effectively two-way, after Democrat Matt Schultz ended his campaign and...
WRANGELL – Wrangell is getting closer to a major expansion of its downtown waterfront, building a new rock wall and adding fill to gain a couple of acres for expansion of the Marine Service Center, a public park, covered pavilion, parking and possible future commercial development along Campbell Drive. The overall project also includes an extension to the City Dock. City Hall staff briefed the borough assembly on plans at a work session July 28. The entire project could total around $15 m...
For the previous two years, the Petersburg High School Cross Country team has been the premiere D2 school. With former head coach Casey Gates at the helm, the boys team won two consecutive state titles and the girls team won state (2024) and finished third last year. With Gates heading to Oregon to coach football, Petersburg alumna and marathoner Kayleigh Lenhard takes the reins of high school cross country. While this will be Lenhard's first season coaching in Petersburg, she was the assistant...
Anya Julene Pawuk, PHS class of 2024, has been named to the Chancellor’s List at the University of Alaska Anchorage for the 2024 – 2025 and 2025 – 2026 school years for maintaining a grade point average of 4.0. She will start nursing school at UAA in August of 2026....
Eli Ray Ribich was born on January 24, 1941, in Hamtramck, Michigan, into the loving home of his parents Rade and Dorothy Ribich and his brother John, 11-years older. He carried their legacy with grace, integrity and humility. Lee pursued his education with a desire to make a difference, graduating from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, with a teaching degree that would lay the foundation for decades of inspiring young minds. Lee's career path took him into teaching and coaching, where... Full story
Petersburg's Medical Center recently had their biggest Pedal/Paddle Battle event yet with officially $25,135 raised a new all time high for the 12th annual event. This year's event saw over $2500 raised by champion sponsors, over $1000 raised by partner sponsors, over $500 raised by supporter sponsors and $18500 raised by corporate sponsors. "We have been successful in getting more corporate sponsors for the event each year," Community Wellness and Public Relations Manager Julie Walker said....
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