Articles from the August 14, 2014 edition
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Several board, assembly seat vacancies remain as filing deadline approaches
A week and a half remains for interested parties to file for candidacy to sit on the Petersburg Borough Assembly or serve as a member of multiple... Full story
Salmon fishing update Pink forecast right on track, Chums harvest disappointing
There has been an ebb and flow of boats in the harbor as the summer salmon season presses on. The Southeast drift gillnet fishery opened on July 6... Full story
Fate of Wrangell Ave house still pending
Attorneys in the Superior Court in Juneau recently argued over the fate of a collapsed house in... Full story
Yesterday's News
August 15, 1914 – Dr. Hans Friendenthal, a famous professor of the University of Berlin, Germany, described the new woman as he thinks she will be e...
Sport fishing open in Blind Slough
Sport fishing in Blind Slough is now open according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish. Anglers are reminded that...
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: True Tongass ‘transition’ would increase local jobs per log cut. In its latest statement on the direction of the much-awaited Ton...
Police reports
August 6 Police assisted an agency with a welfare check on an individual. An officer issued a warning to a driver for failure to yield while entering...
August days break rainfall records
Even to those well adjusted to Petersburg weather, the downpour of rain in the past weeks hasn't...
Rain delay for cancer care tournaments
WRANGELL — It isn't often that the weather gets one over on events in Wrangell, but both the ladies' and men's Rally For Cancer Care golf tournaments...
Tongass transition to new growth begins with advisory group
For the next two years, the newly formed Tongass National Forest Advisory Committee (TAC), under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture, will a...
Fish Factor
Breached mine tailings dams be damned! As millions of Fraser River sockeye salmon head for spawning beds polluted by a brew of metal toxins oozing...
SE Conference date approaches, Wrangell readying
WRANGELL — With only a month left to prepare, organizers for the 2014 Southeast Conference (SEC) are finalizing an agenda and adding names to the r...
Wrangell participates in PIA's gillnet recycling program
WRANGELL — There's finally a place to put discardable gill nets in Wrangell, perhaps at last solving a problem that has been hassling the island. I...
Murkowski demands Begich ad come down
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rift developed Thursday between Alaska's two U.S. senators when lawyers for Republican Lisa Murkowski demanded the c...
Mountain goat hunting closures
The Sitka District Ranger, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is taking action to close the watersheds of Blue Lake,...
Foster homes needed in Southeast Alaska
There is currently a need in Southeast Alaska for licensed foster homes for children of all ages. If you have room in your heart and home to care for...
School News
University of Alaska Southeast-Juneau Danielle Lane Torrence graduated magna cum laude with a...
State arts council officials discuss art, economy and technology
Representatives from the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) visited Petersburg last weekend, toured local art-related businesses and...