Articles from the October 12, 2017 edition
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Hagerman no longer considering P&L job
There wasn't an oval to fill in or a write-in candidate to name, but voters helped make a decision...
Beat the Odds to host two cancer awareness events
A cancer awareness organization in Petersburg is hosting a race this weekend and a poker tournament...
Pilot staff earns top national award
The staff of the Petersburg Pilot brought home top honors from the National Newspaper Association when the paper was named first place in the General...
Yesterday's News
October 12, 1917 – Olaf Arness made a business trip the first of the week to Ketchikan, where he was called to confer with Robert B. McClary, of t...
October 2017 is principal recognition month
The Petersburg School Board on Tuesday echoed a statement by the governor of Alaska that proclaimed...
An investigation into wet paint on Haugen Drive has begun
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities started repainting white and yellow stripes Tuesday on Haugen Drive and Mitkof Highway. There...
Editorial: Public record must remain public
Some readers have suggested that this newspaper make exceptions to the public record. A retired doctor from the Virginia Mason Medical Center stated...
Larsen continues training at PMC
Ashlin Larsen from University of Washington School of Medicine will be at the Petersburg Medical...
Police Report
Oct. 4 — A patrol request was made at S. 4.5 St. Police were provided drug information. Criminal mischief was reported at the Airport Access Road. A...
Assembly certifies the election
The Borough Assembly on Friday certified results of the Petersburg Borough Municipal Election. Borough Clerk Debbie Thompson counted nine additional...
Moose season to wrap up this weekend
With one weekend to go in the 2017 moose hunting season, numbers were approaching 100 as of Tuesday. Ninety-five bull moose had been reported by...
Cross Country awarded for regional and state performance
The Petersburg Cross Country team was recognized at the high school on Tuesday for its performance a...
Correction:
The assembly approved a stipend increase last week for 13 officers of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department. Excluding the fire chief, each...
Altercation in Kake leads to drive-by shooting at SECON construction site
State troopers arrested a Kake man last week after he sat in a Chevrolet pickup truck and allegedly sprayed semi-automatic gunfire into a...
Cool ocean water doesn't promise cold temperatures
The summer months in Petersburg were cool and packed with nearly 30 inches of rain, leading into a winter season that forecasters are hard-pressed to...
Wrangell HS students earn certifications in onboard survival drills
WRANGELL — Eleven Wrangell high school students took part in a two-day workshop, enabling their certification to conduct fishing vessel drills. S...
Shoemaker Bay design moving to 100-percent stage
WRANGELL - Finalized designs to replace existing facilities at Shoemaker Bay Harbor have been...
Fish Factor: Fishing outlooks for some of Alaska's largest catches run from celebratory (salmon) to relief (Bering Sea crab) to catastrophic (cod)
First the bad news. Stakeholders were stunned to learn that surveys yielded the lowest numbers ever for Pacific cod in the federally managed waters...
Elementary students celebrate 'Harvest Soup Day'
Standing in front of nine fourth graders and a lettuce patch, Christina Sargent began her instructio...
Assembly supports Boundary Waters Treaty
An Alaskan campaign to protect fish from harmful mine runoff is not anti mining, it just wants a seat at the table, and the Petersburg Assembly...
Paper delayed by mechanical breakdown
An electrical component on the Pilot printing press failed on Thursday morning, causing a delay in delivery of the paper to our customers this week.... Full story
