Articles from the October 1, 2020 edition
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MVFS upgrades to newer delivery vehicle
Petersburg Indian Association donated an SUV to Mountain View Food Services (MVFS) to replace the...
PSD softens COVID-19 restrictions
Petersburg School District switched over to a low risk level of operations, or green level, on...
Yesterday's News
October 1, 1920 Sixty three thousand dollars was the valuation placed on a shipment of live foxes taken south on the last trip of the City of Seattle...
Candidates express opinions, positions at forum
This year's borough assembly candidates took the stage on Sept. 24 to answer questions ranging from...
Single 3-year term seat on the Petersburg School Board - Additional response
The Pilot asked Katherine (Katie) Holmlund and Craig Anderson, who are both running for a single...
New testing tent erected at airport
A new 20-ft. x 40-ft. tent has been erected at the Petersburg airport to provide shelter for...
Editorial
The Aspen Daily News in Aspen, Colorado runs a statement every day on their front page Flag that states: “If you don’t want it printed, don’t let i...
Police report
September 23— An individual reported possible harassment to authorities. Criminal mischief at a location on Skylark Way was reported to a...
Trooper report
On Sept. 21, Jared M. Bright, age 46 of Petersburg, was cited by Wildlife Troopers for unlawful storage of commercial Dungeness crab gear. The gear...
Court report
Aug. 31 – Brandon A. Burrell appeared in Felony First hearings on charges of burglary in the 1st degree, criminal mischief in the 3rd degree and sexua...
MMS receives national recognition
Mitkof Middle School was recognized as a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School by the United States...
Bears near elementary school stir up excitement
A mother bear and her three cubs were seen near Rae C. Stedman Elementary School on Tuesday, which p...
Cross country places 2nd in final meet
The Petersburg High School boys cross country team finished second in the Capital City...
Moose count at 44 halfway through season
This year's moose harvest is on track to match 2018's harvest, with a combined moose count of 44...
Human error causes blackout
A contractor at Southeast Alaska Power Agency's Tyee Lake hydroelectric facility accidentally...
Structural instability detected in Wrangell Public Safety Building
WRANGELL — The Public Safety Building has been a topic of much discussion and concern to city g...
Wrangell Wildlife Trooper and family moving south
WRANGELL - The Freeberg family moved to Wrangell in April of 2019. Kyle Freeberg moved here to take...
Wrangell responding to HAA5 levels in water
WRANGELL — In last week’s assembly meeting, Borough Manager Lisa Von Bargen reported that the cit...
Wet summer overflows Swan Lake
During Southeast Alaska's record breaking rainfall this summer, the Swan Lake hydroelectric facility...
Alaska Fish Factor
Some surprising results are revealed in the first of a series of briefing papers showing how Alaska’s seafood industry has been affected by the p...
Alaska village regains power after outage lasting a month
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska village has regained electrical power after a month-long outage during which some families lost subsistence h...
Medicaid covering more Alaskans than in past due to pandemic
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has caused a national increase in the number of people enrolling in the federal Medicaid health payment...
Trump announces he will issue permit for Alaska rail line
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump has said he will issue a permit for a rail line connecting Alaska and Canada, he said. Trump sent a tw...
Groups decry Roadless Rule rollback for the Tongass
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to exempt the country’s largest national forest from a ban on timber harvests and road building in roadless areas...
More than $17M raised among groups in Alaska oil tax fight
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The amount of donations to a fight over an Alaska oil tax ballot initiative has exceeded $17 million, with the vast m...
