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In the main bay of the former Wikan Enterprises building, Mike Corl fabricates a new fuel tank for a customer's Bayliner. On the other side of the wall, in what will soon be a retail space and front office, 19-month-old Charlotte hums happily on a rug, playing with a plastic T-rex. Her mother Ashley keeps an eye on her from her big desk where she is working on the launch of Corls Customs LLC. This is what family business looks like for the Corls, who purchased the Dock Street property last...
He's been swimming since he was seven, he became an 18x NCAA All-American during his time at Auburn University, earning the title of "Greatest Auburn Sprint Relay Swimmer of All Time," dubbed by "The Voice of Swimming," NBC announcer and analyst, Rowdy Gaines and an induction in the Alaska Swimming Hall of Fame in 2015. His name is Derek Gibb and he's embarking on a new challenge – now the new head coach of Viking Swim Club and hoping to help lead the next generation of Viking swimmers. Gibb s...
A shutdown of the federal government is beginning Wednesday after Congress failed to find agreement late Tuesday to continue funding operations. Essential services — including Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and food-stamp benefits — won’t stop while airports will continue to operate. But the impacts in Alaska, home to a large federal workforce, could be significant. Alaska has been through federal shutdowns before, said Dave Owens, the representative in Alaska for the American Federation of Government Employees, in an interview on Tuesd...
A recent geomagnetic storm sent wave upon wave of charged particles toward the planet. When they reach Earth's magnetosphere and the upper atmosphere beautiful things can happen in the northern sky, as was seen over Frederick Sound on Wednesday night, with more aurora activity in the forecast....
October 2, 1925 – The tidal wave of so-called economy now sweeping over the country is liable to wreck the present system of transporting mail to and from Alaska and outside points, if steps reported as being in contemplation are taken – that of returning to the system in vogue during the late war, when mail to and from Alaska was carried as freight instead of under special contract as at present, when mail clerks were being carried aboard the steamers and the mail handled the same as on trains. Three or four weeks ago special agents of the...
As concerns mount over the looming government shutdown which would defund the WIC program that provides food support for pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and young children, along with ongoing SNAP benefit disruptions in Alaska, Humanity in Progress in ramping up its efforts to address food insecurity in Petersburg with their Empty Bowls, Ending Hunger fundraiser this Saturday at the Sons of Norway Hall. The event, taking place October 4 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. offers community members...
On Friday, September 26, 2025, Petersburg was hit by a storm that carried high winds and several inches of rain. While this was a bad storm and caused a fair amount of damage, Petersburg has witnessed storms in the past that were more fierce and caused much more damage. Thankfully, as far as I know, nobody was hurt in this last storm. The storm I want to talk about is Petersburg’s political storm. When did our beautiful little town turn so dark and angry? I was driving around the Sandy Beach loop road on Thursday, September 25, and I saw a v...
Thank you Petersburg! I’ve appreciated your support as mayor, first when we were a City and now as a Borough. It’s been an honor to serve you these last 18 years. During that time we pursued and received over $100,000,000 for local improvements and service expansions through State and Federal funding. This allowed us to build some much-needed infrastructure and lay the foundation for more. Among these are the North Harbor, the Drive-Down Dock, Middle Harbor, the Fire Hall, Police Station and Administration Building, Library, Mountain View Man...
I appreciated Eric Rosvold’s LTE last week outlining all the reasons we must vote YES on Proposition 1. I too, a born and raised Petersburg resident working and raising my children in this wonderful community, realize the time has come to limit the senior sales tax exemption to those that truly need it. I took issue with the second letter in last week’s edition. Ms. Escola must have forgotten or is unaware that her suggestion of sunsetting the senior sales tax has already come before the voters as recently as 2014 and failed, as did lim...
In a recent KFSK interview, Donna Marsh, a candidate for reelection to the borough assembly, made the unprompted statement that neither she nor her husband had ever been a government employee. She said it smugly, as though it were a good thing. Ms. Marsh wears on her sleeve her contempt for government employees. These are the people who carry out the daily business of the government that she wants to continue leading. Antigovernment sentiment is misplaced when directed toward the people who don’t control what government does but merely e...
The senator is a hard worker who does her homework. She looks for compromises, albeit frustrating both sides of the political aisle who would prefer she not compromise on what they don’t like. She has been effective at winning support in Congress for a long list of Alaska projects and programs over her more than 22 years in the U.S. Senate. But no matter how much Sen. Lisa Murkowski has succeeded in the past, that list looks small when measured against the fights she is now waging in Washington, D.C. The senator is trying to convince her c...
September 24 – Property found on South 2nd Street was turned in to the Petersburg Police Department (PPD). A minor parking accident on North 1st street was reported to the PPD post event. An individual reported property lost on Sing Lee Alley. Brina Compton and Dustin DeLong were arrested on South Nordic Drive for alleged felony theft. September 25 – An individual reported property lost five days prior on Haugen Drive. An individual reported property lost on South Nordic Drive. An individual reported prescription glasses lost on South Nor...
The Petersburg High School Cross Country squad headed into the Region V Championships seeking to make some more history. The boys team was looking to win their first Region V title since 2019 and the girls were looking to win back-to-back titles. In their way were several other teams such as Craig, Kake, Hoonah, Skagway, Haines and Klawock but most notably, the team they've been neck and neck with all season long - Wrangell. The Wolves came out on top over the PHS boys and girls teams, with the...
Reporters and editors at the Homer News and Peninsula Clarion announced their resignations on Monday, citing a decision by the papers’ corporate owners to bow to political pressure to amend an article about a vigil for the slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk. The resignations, which include two editors and two reporters based in Homer and Kenai, were scheduled to take effect in two weeks, but managers at Carpenter Media Group fired all four immediately. Carpenter Media Group, an international chain, owns the News, Clarion and the Juneau Empir... Full story
Despite a light turnout due to threatening weather on Saturday, a handful of volunteers showed up to finish compacting gravel on the Bike Park's newest trail addition. "Today was basically putting the park to bed," said Pat Blair of Wheelhouse Bikes, a board member of Friends of the Petersburg Bike Park. "I wanted to finish that trail. That was my intent." The newly completed portion of the trail extends the ride through the woods, adding some length with "a lot of slope to it," allowing riders...
Proposition 1 Yes – 633 No – 624 Petersburg Borough Mayor (One 3-year term) Bob Lynn – 807 Scott Newman – 443 Borough Assembly (Two 3-year terms) Bob Martin – 825 Jeff Meucci – 539 Donna Marsh – 520 Raliegh H. Cook – 286 Tony Vinson – 221 School Board (Two 3-year terms) Sarah Pawuk Holmgrain – 1,042 Hospital Board (Three 3-year terms) Joni Johnson – 933 Cindi Lagoudakis – 874 Joseph Stratman – 853 Planning Commission (Two 3-year terms) Write-in: Joshua Adams – 66 Planning Commission (One 2-year term) Sarah Fine-Walsh – 833 Harbor & P... Full story
