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Residents express contempt for emergency provisions
The community had the opportunity to speak out in support or against a permanent civil emergency... Full story
Most Alaska wildland fire crews fighting blazes beyond state
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Most of Alaska’s wildland fire crews are helping fight fires in the continental U.S., including western blazes that have tri...
Borough releases $565,000 in CARES Act funding
The borough assembly approved $565,000 from its Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act...
$608,348 set aside for Medical Center
The Petersburg Borough Assembly agreed to set aside $608,345 at their meeting on Tuesday from its...
AK Legislature hears opposition to fisheries board pick
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The choice of a director of the disputed Pebble Mine project to sit on the Alaska Board of Fisheries has drawn opposition f...
Skagway considers mining traffic to diversify port
SKAGWAY, Alaska (AP) — A southeast Alaska community is considering how to diversify its port traffic when a significant tourism contract ends, w...
Owner of historic boat shop in dispute with Forest Service
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service issued a deadline to the operator of an Alaska island boat shop to tear down the historic complex and l...
PMC net income over $310,000
Petersburg Medical Center started off the 2021 fiscal year by exceeding financial expectations,...
Alaska tribal groups oppose state's lawsuit over hunting
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska tribal governments and organizations have asked the state to withdraw a lawsuit alleging a federal agency overstepped i...
AK student accused of having gun during online classes
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage high school student has been arrested on accusations he threatened students and staff with a gun during m...
Alaska virus contact tracing program working, officials say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s contact tracing program is working well despite undergoing a strain in recent months during the effort to track cor...
Assembly approves $778,000 to PSD
The Petersburg Borough assembly passed a resolution at their meeting on Monday that transfers $778,0...
PMC brings in $20 million this year
Petersburg Medical Center ended its 2020 fiscal year with a gross operating revenue of $20,325,510,...
Anti-Trump group ad supports Gross for Alaska US Senate seat
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An outside group focused on defeating President Donald Trump in November and “Trumpism” is running an ad in Alaska in suppo...
Alaska reports 159 new virus cases, with 111 in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska health officials reported that there were 159 new COVID-19 cases in the state Sunday, including 111 within the M...
56 workers positive for COVID-19 at Anchorage seafood plant
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A seafood processing plant in Anchorage has found 56 employees tested positive for COVID-19, marking the latest outbreak i...
Assembly approves in-person voting
The borough assembly voted in favor of having an in-person municipal election this fall at their...
Some AK cities decline to mandate masks amid virus
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The largest city in Alaska has mandated residents wear masks in public to limit the spread of COVID-19, but several other c...
Letters to the Editor
Can't afford boondoggle To the Editor: Senator Stedman's diatribe defending his second road to...
Editorial: Just lucky
2,132 Alaskans are reported infected with the Covid-19 virus along with 487 non-residents as of...
PMC to test local cannery workers
The borough assembly voted in favor of a memorandum of agreement between the Petersburg Borough and...
Alaska judge declines to block virus aid to businesses
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state court judge Friday denied a Juneau man’s request to block distribution of federal coronavirus relief aid under exp...
Future of AK SeaLife Center in jeopardy due to virus
SEWARD, Alaska (AP) — Center is in jeopardy of closing after concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have drastically reduced visitation r...
Coronavirus hurting Alaska attempt to reduce tuberculosis
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is on track to repeat last year’s mark of the nation’s highest rate of tuberculosis infections, health offic...
Fish Factor: Controversial selections to state Board of Fisheries to get legislative hearing in early fall; public comments being accepted
Governor Dunleavy’s controversial selections to the state Board of Fisheries (BOF) will get a legislative hearing in early fall and the call is out fo...
