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Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
September 28, 1923 – Testifying in her action for divorce in Judge Hall’s court, Mrs. Otto Burkhardt branded her husband, Frederick Otto...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
August 31, 1923 – The cannery of the Petersburg Packing Company, this year will set a new high mark for number of cases of salmon packed, having...
Firefighters report more progress against Canadian wildfires and wait for rain
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Petersburg’s continually hazy sky hints at the wildfire conditions being battled by our neighbor to the South...
Southeast wolves are not threatened or endangered, federal agency concludes
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again rejected a request to list Southeast Alaska's... Full story
Yesterday's News
August 17, 1923 – Word has been received from Juneau that a force of men will arrive here soon to finish the Petersburg Scow Bay road this fall....
Bursting ice dam in Juneau highlights risks of destructive glacial flooding around the globe
JUNEAU - The gray, two-story home with white trim toppled and slid, crashing into the river below...
Guest Commentary: Powerful interests should stop targeting Alaska hook and line fishing
Nine years ago on Aug. 4, the mine waste dam at Mount Polley mine in British Columbia’s Fraser River watershed failed, releasing 6.6 billion... Full story
Guest Editorial: About time the pipeline dream ran out of gas
Elected officials who say the proposed Alaska North Slope natural gas project is closer than ever to putting steel pipe in the ground and money in...
To the Editor
Join the Volunteer Fire Department To the Editor: Now that we have seen the ugly damage to the church that a structure fire does so quickly, it...
Limited southbound ferry service to Petersburg for six weeks in draft winter ferry schedule
Petersburg will go without any southbound ferry service in alternating weeks from Oct. 1 to...
State sets commercial troll harvest limit at 74,800 kings
The Department of Fish and Game has announced that 74,800 "treaty" king salmon (non-hatchery fish)...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
June 29, 1923 – Leonard Martins suffered a cracked bone in one of his legs and Leif Mathieson suffered a severely bruised foot last Thursday night,...
State ferry Columbia expected back at sea this week
The state ferry Columbia, after a week in the shop to repair leaky pipes and its bow thrusters, was expected back at work starting Wednesday, June...
State ferry system says it is unable to provide hiring numbers
The Alaska Marine Highway System, which five months ago embarked on improving its hiring process to address chronic crew shortages, is unable to say...
In "major victory" for SE Alaska trollers, federal appeals panel reverses king fishery closure
A federal appeals panel issued a last-second ruling Wednesday that will allow this summer’s Southeast Alaska troll Chinook salmon fishery to open...
Columbia cancels sailings for at least a week due to repairs
The Columbia state ferry has cancelled its sailings for at least a week due to a mechanical issue, a...
Lower 48 group plans to seek endangered species listing for SE kings
A Washington state-based conservation group whose actions have already caused the closure of the Southeast Alaska king salmon commercial troll...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
May 18, 1923 – Assistant Forester E.A. Sherman has presented seventy-one volumes as a nucleus for a marine library to the Forest Service boats...
Fishermen, state respond to judge's SE troll ruling
Tom Fisher, a commercial troll fisherman and the president of the board of the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, has been catching...
To protect orcas, federal judge orders closure of iconic Southeast Alaska troll fishery
A federal judge issued an order Tuesday that appears to close an iconic Southeast Alaska salmon... Full story
Guest Commentary: The pollution continues at Tulsequah Chief mine
The Taku River is usually the most productive wild salmon river in Southeast Alaska and one of the most prolific on the west coast of North America...
Alaska Legislature passes bills boosting mothers' health care and renewable energy fund
Thousands of new mothers will receive extended Medicaid coverage under legislation proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and passed by the Alaska... Full story
Meet one of Petersburg's new secondary school principal candidates
Brad King, the current principal at the K-12 school in Gustavus, visited Petersburg over the weekend...
Fishery expert says he is optimistic about long-term prospects for Bristol Bay sockeye salmon
The long-term outlook is bright for Bristol Bay sockeye runs, source of a thriving commercial... Full story
The big problem for endangered orcas? Inbreeding
SEATTLE (AP) — People have taken many steps in recent decades to help the Pacific Northwest’s endangered killer whales, which have long suffered...