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RAC funding at risk if South Tongass membership numbers are not met
The U.S. Forest Service is still seeking volunteers to fill out seats on the South Tongass Secure...
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 o...
Experts to monitor Sitka volcano again
Ground deformation beneath the Mt. Edgecumbe volcano continued in 2023, but no eruption is imminent, a team of experts said at a Sitka public meeting...
Petersburg's Izabelle Ith honored with Hall of Fame selection
Athletes earn awards through excellence in competition. Athletes of distinction are feted for that...
International bird-tracking project alights in Wrangell
Wrangell may not be on the road system, but that doesn’t mean it’s not connected to the rest of the world. Last month, a U.S. Forest Service project p...
Stikine birding festival about to take off for 16-day flight
WRANGELL — Every spring when the eulachon spawn, the Stikine River flats are flooded with thousands of migratory shorebirds. And each year, the t...
Stikine closed for 7th year in a row to subsistence king fishing
WRANGELL SENTINEL —For the seventh year in a row, federal managers have closed the Stikine River chinook subsistence fishery to help preserve weak r...
Visiting raptors draw rapt audience
It was standing room only at the Helmi Jenson community room of the public library last Wednesday,...
Petersburg Ranger District plans for new hires and new projects
The U.S. Forest Service is seeing a nationwide push for new employees as they expand their...
Borough officials talk new hospital, marine projects during D.C. meetings
During Monday's Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting, Mayor Mark Jensen and Borough Manager Steve...
Forest Service approves use of facility as cultural healing center
The Tongass National Forest has approved the Organized Village of Kake's request to use a U.S....
Federal Subsistence Board workshop to visit Petersburg
An interactive workshop focused on equipping community members with the skills to get involved in...
Obituary: Harper Tasche Jordan, 61
Harper Tasche Jordan, 61, died at his home in Kent, Washington on March 6, 2023. Tasche Mark Daniel... Full story
Forest Service cabin at Anan destroyed by fallen tree
WRANGELL — One of the U.S. Forest Service’s most popular recreational cabins in the area has met an untimely demise. The cabin at Anan Bay was dem...
Assembly supports commercial trollers
The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously approved a resolution supporting the Southeast...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
February 9, 1923 – The opening of the Million Dollar Club in Wrangell next Saturday night will without doubt be one of the greatest pleasure events i...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
January 26, 1923 – There is every indication that actual work will start on the big paper plant at Thomas Bay as early as this spring as weather c...
Kake seeks to use Forest Service facility as cultural healing center
The Organized Village of Kake is looking into using a U.S. Forest Service facility at Portage Bay as...
Over $13,000 raised by Salvation Army red kettles
The famous Salvation Army red kettles, manned during the holiday season by volunteers armed with...
2022: Year in Review
January Petersburg experienced record snowfall on New Year's Day with 17.5 inches of new snow on...
Yesterday's News
December 8, 1922 – A Ford passenger car arrived in town on the mail boat from Juneau this week for Ole Scarbro and will be used in a general jitney s...
Salvation Army's season of charity
The Salvation Army Petersburg Corps is getting into the season of giving this year with multiple...
9 new cabins proposed for Petersburg and Wrangell Ranger Districts
The Petersburg and Wrangell Ranger Districts are seeking comments for nine proposed cabins as the...
State sets 31-day wolf season on Prince of Wales Island
The wolf hunting and trapping season for Prince of Wales Island will be the same as last year — Nov. 15 to Dec. 15 — though a number of individuals wh...