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Democratic governor candidates Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Tom Begich, and Republican candidates Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson led in early vote counting for Alaska's Tuesday primary election for governor. Seventeen people, including two Democrats, 12 Republicans and three independents, are seeking to replace Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is term-limited and unable to run again this year. As of 2 a.m. Wednesday, with 378 of 402 precincts reporting results from election day, Kreiss-Tomkins had 21.... Full story
Petersburg's Community Aquatic Center reopened its pools this week after being closed since mid-May for a sewer-line repair beneath the facility's concrete floors. However, while contractors finish up the job and reconcrete the locker room floors, swimmers will need to adjust to reduced capacity and altered access, announced Parks and Recreation Director Stephanie Payne. The leisure and wellness pool and the lap pool have reopened as of Tuesday morning on Aug. 18. The sauna and the second-floor...
Early vote counting in Alaska’s statewide, top-four primary election showed no surprises in the state’s two federal races. For U.S. Senate, Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola led a 16-candidate field with 378 of 403 precincts reporting results as of 2 a.m. Wednesday morning. Peltola had 48% of the votes counted to that point, while Sullivan had 42.8%. Republican challenger Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg was in third with 2.4%, and Democratic candidate David Leslie was in fourth with 1.1%, only sli... Full story
August 27, 1926 – Theodore Roosevelt estimates that election expenses in the United States amount to more than 40,000,000.00 during a Presidential year and he is convinced that the old system has been proven superior to the existing primary system in nominating candidates. “Orgies of expenditure such as were revealed in recent Pennsylvania and Illinois primaries are a burning disgrace,” he told the New York Republican Club last night. “The poor man today has no chance whatsoever in the primaries,” he added. August 17, 1951 – The time is nea...
A Petersburg man is pleading not guilty to two felony drug charges after police said they found methamphetamine and fentanyl in his car. According to police reports, Alaska Wildlife Trooper Cody Litster conducted a traffic stop on 32-year-old Cory Drew Wilson on August 5. After smelling alcohol, Litster asked Wilson to step out of the car, and a small ziploc fell onto the ground. Local police officers also responded and said the contents in the bag tested positive for 5.5 grams of meth. Police said Wilson told them he had two guns behind his... Full story
The votes are adding up for Alaska’s primary election, which happened Aug. 18. Poll workers say Petersburg had strong voter participation in this year’s primary. In the Petersburg-Kupreanof precinct, 555 voters cast ballots in-person on Tuesday by the time the polls closed. That turnout was higher than the previous primary held in 2024, which officially saw 393 ballots from Petersburg. Not including early or absentee ballots, the unofficial local primary results from votes cast on Tuesday are as follows: For U.S. Senate, Petersburg voters fav... Full story
The Petersburg Borough Assembly, sitting as the Board of Adjustment, voted unanimously Monday night to grant in part an appeal by the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and order the borough Planning Commission to take a formal vote on the tribe’s subdivision application at 1200 Haugen Drive. The CCTHITA, doing business as Tidal Network, had appealed the Planning Commission’s inaction at its July 14 meeting, when a motion by Commissioner Floyd to approve the minor subdivision died for lack of a second. Because no...
To the Editor: My husband Toby is off fighting a wildfire in the Lower 48 – which, around here, is a standing invitation for the gremlins to show up. I’ve stopped blaming coincidence. A vehicle battery dies. Or two. The smoke detector thirty feet up, the one that needs the tall ladder, starts chirping. And my pup Jax saves his most creative accidents for when his dad is in another time zone. They all happen every. single. time. He leaves on a work trip. This time, the truck battery drained – check. Jax fell out of bed in the middle of the night...
In May 2024, when then-Congresswoman Mary Peltola introduced a Bycatch Reduction and Mitigation Act and Bottom Trawl Clarity Act, the bills drew immediate backlash. Peltola, a Democrat, received a letter signed by 53 trawl interests and nationwide fishery stakeholders urging her to withdraw the proposed legislation saying, “These new federal mandates and timelines are utterly unworkable.” Fast forward to 2026. In her current campaign to unseat 12-year incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, Peltola introduced a similar “Fighting for Alask...
Construction on a new set of breakwaters at Banana Point wrapped up on Aug. 7. Petersburg Public Works Director Aaron Marohl said the project will improve safety at the boat launch, which is about 25 miles south of town. "This will create a safer boat ramp for both the water taxis and our sporting teams that go back and forth between here and Wrangell," he said. Banana Point is an important transportation hub between Petersburg and other communities. The boat launch was originally built by the s...
The remains of an infant girl who was taken from a Thomas Bay cave nearly a century ago are coming home to Petersburg next month for burial. Stephanie Aikins, who is coordinating the project for the Petersburg Indian Association, said the infant — known to those working on her return only as “Baby Girl” — will arrive on the morning jet Friday, Sept. 4. A welcoming ceremony of singers and dancers is planned on the tarmac as she is unloaded. “She will be back on her land for the first time in almost 100 years,” Aikins said. For Aikins, this repat...
Early tallies from Tuesday’s statewide primary election showed overwhelming support for a ballot measure that will restrict the amount of money that political candidates can accept from groups and individuals. With 377 of 402 precincts reporting by 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, Ballot Measure 1 had the support of 71.5% of participating voters. That’s only slightly less than the 73% margin that a similar ballot measure received in 2006. The limits imposed by that 2006 measure remained in place until 2021, when a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S... Full story
Mrs. Willis, Kindergarten: Liam Birchell, Ethan Buotte, Kannon Davis, Jaylha Graham, Harlow Kandoll, Estherjo Litsheim, Keegan Martin, Connor Mazzella, Harper McCay, Raiden Wagemaker. Mrs. Hammer, Kindergarten: Gage Bullard, Connor Josey, Aleksander Kerr, Bristol McCallum, Samuel McCallum, Triniti Nelson, Liam Pallissard, Natalie Sheldon, Owen Shumway, Willow Skinner, Danielle Thynes. Mrs. Mullen, 1st Grade: Amia Davis, Esme Ford, Kenna Gillen, Devyn Jabusch, Ejah’nay Mitchell, Mason Newman, Abby Reyes, Flora Smith, Autumn Stanhope, Thorin S...
The University of Alaska Board of Regents unanimously approved a cut in the tuition rate for out-of-state students to create a standard tuition rate for all resident and nonresident students across campuses and degree types, beginning in fall 2027. The board preliminarily approved the change at a special meeting on Tuesday. A final vote is expected in November. University officials said the goal is to simplify students’ billing and attract more students to the University of Alaska. “It really moves steps forward in our goal to student rec... Full story
The last steps of the major renovation of the downtown Federal Building were completed this month with installation of the new Petersburg Ranger District sign out front and the power washing of the building's exterior....
This handmade wooden frame, described in museum notes as having been "made by an old Norwegian fellow," measures 34 by 53 centimeters and is crafted to hold two pictures. Its framework is assembled from scores of carefully carved wedges, arranged in a precise starburst pattern. This style of artwork is known as Tramp Art, a term coined in 1959. Although the name suggests otherwise, Tramp Art was not primarily made by nomadic drifters. It was often crafted by settled, working-class people,...
WRANGELL – Southeast Alaska isn’t particularly known for regular blue skies and sunny days, but that isn’t stopping progress on a new solar farm in Wrangell. The Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA) began preliminary construction earlier this summer on its solar farm out near 6-Mile. To satisfy federal investment tax credit requirements outlined in last year’s Trump administration tax and spending plan, known as the Big Beautiful Bill, the company was required to start building before July 4, 2026. “By breaking ground and putting in the substa...
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