Articles from the December 25, 2014 edition
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Public comment opening for Kake-Petersburg Intertie
The U.S. Forest Service will soon be accepting comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement... Full story
Manor residents judge annual light contest
Residents from the Mountain View Manor and PMC Long Term care served as judges for this year's... Full story
Survey says? Recycling users satisfied, but more needed to cover program costs
Though 97 percent of respondents said they are satisfied with Petersburg’s commingled recycling program, Public Works staff have also been alerted t... Full story
Yesterday's News
December 26, 1914 – ALASKA – Wrangell Strait – Petersburg Float Light and Middle Grand Buoy 17 reported displaced on December 15, 1914, were repla...
Nearly $1 million dedicated to Municipal remodel
Borough Assembly members moved speedily through the agenda at Monday’s regular meeting, approving a resolution to dedicate $950,730 of Property Develo...
ADF&G releases fall crab harvest estimates
This fall’s Dungeness crab fishery preliminary harvest estimate is totaled at 975,000 pounds with 137 recorded permit holders fishing. According to A...
Editorial: Petersburg is old Norway
Petersburg's Fedrelandet #23 Sons of Norway membership should take a bow. According to Rikke...
Police reports
December 17 A caller reported a civil matter. The fraudulent use of a credit card was reported. December 18 A caller reported a dump truck left on...
Lady Vikings place first in Little Norway tourney
The Lady Vikings took first place in last weekend's Little Norway Tournament. Petersburg's girls...
Vikings win two games at home
The Petersburg Vikings placed third in last weekend's Little Norway Tournament. Petersburg hosted...
Finfish proposals reviewed by ADFG committee
On Dec. 18 Wrangell’s advisory committee to Alaska Department of Fish and Game held the last and lengthiest of its public meetings to discuss Board o...
Borough Manager's report
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report to the Assembly at Monday’s regular meeting: Power and Light is proposing the addition of a...
Obituary, Walter Dawson, 85
Walter Dawson, 85, died peacefully in Juneau, Alaska on Dec. 11, 2014. He was born in Seattle,... Full story
Fish Factor: Commercial uses for seafood byproducts continue to increase
Alaska seafood innovators are getting serious about ‘head to tail/inside and out’ usages of fish parts, and they see gold in all that gurry that end...
Robert G. Kinnear, 86
Robert G. Kinnear, 86 died December 10, 2014 in Tacoma, Wash. with family at his side. Bob was born... Full story