Articles from the November 12, 2020 edition
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Salmon harvest down 44% from 2019
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released preliminary data on state salmon harvests for...
Election Day results show borough in favor of Trump
The Petersburg Borough, including the city of Kupreanof, saw a 23.88 percent voter turnout on...
EOC releases health alert aimed at fighting pandemic fatigue
With the hopes of encouraging residents to resist pandemic fatigue as Alaska approaches the eight...
Elementary school hires six new teachers
Rae C. Stedman Elementary School brought on board six new teachers this year as the school looks to...
New MS teachers see benefit of online tools
Sixth grade teachers Bridey Short and Casey Gates are the two newest additions to the teaching staff...
Assembly requests Kake road meeting
The Borough Assembly approved a resolution at their Nov. 2 meeting that requests a public hearing...
Pool likely to remain closed until summer
Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter had the unfortunate job of delivering bad news to the Petersburg...
Police report
((Last week’s police report ended halfway through the Nov. 4 report. This weeks police report picks off where it left off)) November 4— Sus...
Sanitation rate increase expected over five years
The Borough Assembly heard a detailed presentation on a recent rate study of the Sanitation...
Kake turns to biomass heating for cheaper energy
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska island village plans to use an advanced version of an ancient renewable energy system to lower its high energy costs. T...
Fisherman dies in Alaska after fall from boat, police say
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A man has died after falling off his 75-foot (23-meter) fishing boat and into an Alaska harbor. Ronald Cameron, 65, d...
Alaska Tlingits hold memorial ceremony online amid pandemic
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When a Tlingit elder dies, leaders from the Alaska Native tribe’s two houses, the Raven and Eagle clans, typically come tog...
Alaska governor announces new emergency virus declaration
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s governor has announced a new COVID-19 disaster declaration for the state that will take effect Nov. 16 and last 30 days...
Alaska elections officials prepare for absentee ballot count
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska election officials plan to begin counting more than 155,000 absentee and other ballots Tuesday, a week after Election D...
Dan Sullivan takes Senate race
Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has won reelection in Alaska, defeating independent Al Gross in a race that attracted outside attention with...
House race called for Don Young
ANCHORAGE — Don Young, often referred to as Alaska’s third U.S. senator because of his long tenure as the state’s sole representative in the U.S....
Alaska Fish Factor
The number of boots on deck in Alaska has declined and most fisheries have lost jobs over the past five years. Overall, Alaska’s harvesting sector t...
Obituary: Kathryn (Kay) Crozer, 85
Kathryn (Kay) Crozer, 85, passed away on Oct. 5, 2020. She was born on April 16, 1935 in Boston,... Full story
Wolf trapping extended on Alaska's Prince of Wales Island
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Federal and state wildlife managers have announced an extension of the wolf trapping season on Alaska’s Prince of Wales Isl...
Yesterday's News
November 12, 1920 Active preparations to engage in the shrimp and crab fishing business out of Petersburg are now being made by the Ness Fish Company...
