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Capitol Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors: After a lovely and restful Easter weekend the House is continuing to debate the operating budget. The House Finance...
Alaska Legislature boosts allowable payments from fund that covers fishers' crew medical costs
Maximum payouts from a fund that covers medical costs of injured seafood harvesters would be boosted under a bill that won final passage in the... Full story
Ferry ridership still not back to pre-pandemic numbers
The state ferry system carried 181,000 passengers in 2023, still short of the pre-COVID numbers in 2019 and down substantially from almost 340,000 in...
Fire! Bistro opens for business in downtown Petersburg
The customer line was out the door on opening day at Fire! Bistro - Petersburg's newest restaurant...
Flat state funding complicates ongoing teacher negotiations
The Associated Teachers of Petersburg (ATP) and Petersburg School District are negotiating the next...
Haines loses appeal of Census which showed 500 resident drop
The U.S. Census Bureau rejected Haines' appeal over the 2020 population count, which showed Haines’ population dropping by around 500 residents. ...
State ferry system in 3rd year of crew shortages
Crew shortages continue to plague the Alaska Marine Highway, the ferry system’s director told a gathering of Southeast officials last week. “Our big...
Alaska's courts are mired in cases, with gradual progress on pandemic backlog
Alaska’s courts have had a backlog of cases since courts shut down for months during the COVID-19 pandemic. The backlog has persisted, in part because... Full story
Walk-in barber shop Spruce Frisør opens downtown
In January, a newly-installed barbershop pole light turned on outside of Spruce Frisør, a walk-in...
Petersburg woman and fiance finish epic bike trek from North Slope to Patagonia
Just before Christmas this year, Mori Hays, of Haines, and Petersburg's Julia Murph found...
Robyn Taylor hired as Petersburg's next superintendent
Robyn Taylor spent the first six years of her career in the Alaska education system teaching in...
Year in Review
In January The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously voted to award the construction contract for...
To the Editor
Correcting the wrongs of the past To the Editor: As the Landless Native bill works through Congress and many Alaskans eagerly await its passage and...
To the Editor
Clear Answers to our Petersburg Medical Center, Part 1 To the Editor: Like many in Petersburg, I didn’t understand specifically why we needed a new f...
Petersburg's roller derby team Ragnarok Rollers returns to the rink
Roller derby took a knee when COVID-19 hit, and it's been slow to get back up to speed, not only in...
Alaska retirement board recommends closure of widely used plan after analysis finds flaws The 'managed accounts' program covers more than 10,000 of the 122,000-plus retirement accounts managed by the state
The board in charge of Alaska’s retirement system for public employees has recommended the closure of its commonly used managed accounts program a... Full story
Mitkof Mummers muster for upcoming play
The Mitkof Mummers are setting the stage for their upcoming play, "McQuadle: A Dragon's Tale." With...
Alaska flu cases increased last year, spiking in early winter, while vaccine rates lagged
After a period when COVID-19 restrictions halted the spread of other respiratory diseases, Alaska had a big increase in influenza cases, state data sh... Full story
AK Seaplanes will end service to Wrangell and Petersburg
Alaska Seaplanes has decided to shut down its Wrangell and Petersburg operations, citing poor econom...
Long Term Care staff awarded for excellent quality of care
At the Alaska Hospital and Health Care Association (AHHA) conference in Girdwood last month,... Full story
State pauses cancellation of Medicaid due to missing paperwork
The Alaska Division of Public Assistance has temporarily stopped dropping people from Medicaid for paperwork-related reasons after thousands of...
Alaskans could see $500 bonus payment next year
High oil prices could provide an additional $500 for Alaskans a year from now. As part of the end-of-session budget deal put together by legislative...
Record number of Anan Observatory permits used this year
A record number of people visited Anan Wildlife Observatory this season - the largest amount since 2...
To the Editor
Negative stereotype To the Editor: In the spirit of free enterprise, Sig and Ambre Burrell are trying to address the demand for affordable housing in...
Public forums conducted for assembly and hospital board candidates
Candidates for the hotly contested seats on Petersburg Borough Assembly came together last Thursday for a live candidate forum where they responded to...
