Articles from the August 25, 2016 edition
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Social media reacts to huge halibut
Earlier this month the buzz around a monster halibut caught by local commercial fishermen in Thomas... Full story
Rotary trying out new, shorter exchange program
The local Rotary club is known for sending students on its year-long exchange program to study... Full story
Yesterday's News
August 26, 1916 – The probable establishment of a new freight service to Southeastern Alaska was announced last week by the Washington Tug and Barge C...
PCC employees complete childcare training
Two employees at Petersburg Children's Center (PCC) recently received their child development... Full story
Police reports
EDITOR’S NOTE: The police department is implementing a new media reporting system. For the past three weeks, no arrest or citation information was p...
Courts
August 19 Terry Hasbrouck appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell for a change of plea hearing. Hasbrouck entered a guilty plea to DUI 2nd offense....
Planning and Zoning ponders vacating easement
The Planning and Zoning Commission met Tuesday for their rescheduled meeting, and talked in length about an application from the Petersburg Borough...
Fish Factor: Pace of the Chinook salmon harvest is down 42 percent
Alaska’s 2016 pink salmon fishery is set to rank as the worst in 20 years by a long shot, and the outlook is bleak for all other salmon catches e...
Kreiss-Tompkins campaigns for re-election
When it comes to the low voter turnout of last week's primary election, House District 35, Democrat...
PSP detected in Shoemaker Bay clams
WRANGELL – Local shellfish gatherers are advised to steer clear of the beach near Shoemaker Bay, after specimens tested positive for paralytic s...
Water levels back to normal, crisis over
WRANGELL – Last week the City and Borough of Wrangell announced emergency measures no longer needed to be taken to conserve its treated water s...
Troopers: Bear mauls guides after group got close to cub
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A brown bear mauled two wilderness guides who were leading a hiking excursion in Alaska after the group came between the fema...
Stock picks up endorsement in battle against Murkowski
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Jeff King, a four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, is changing political teams when it comes to Alaska’s U.S...
Reports on Alaska's major gas project open to public comment
KENAI, Alaska (AP) – The public now has access to new reports detailing the work involved in creating Alaska’s proposed liquefied natural gas pro...
