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Assembly approves tidelands sale to Island Refrigeration for $360,000
The Petersburg Borough Assembly approved the sale of a property on borough-owned tidelands to...
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April 10 – An officer provided a courtesy transport on Dolphin Street. An officer responded to a report of suspicious activity on Excel Street and det...
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April 3 – An officer responded to a report of a vehicle parked for an extended period of time. The owner was contacted and the vehicle moved from t...
Island Refrigeration's request to purchase tidelands moves forward
The Petersburg Borough Assembly decided to move forward with Island Refrigeration's application to...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
April 4, 1924 – H.R. Thompson, fish buyer of Ketchikan, who passed through on the steamer Admiral Rogers said: “Petersburg is bound to become a lar...
Petersburg expects 104 visits in upcoming cruise ship season
The cruise ship summer season is just weeks away - and for Alaska's Little Norway, the harbor is...
Project at Scow Bay to receive $4.1 million from Congress
Petersburg is closer than ever to developing the infrastructure at Scow Bay. Congress passed an...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
March 28, 1924 – The Glacier Sea Food Company bought from the Olympic Fisheries a floating cannery on March 15. A scow which is at present located n...
Mazzella buys Ocean Beauty property
Fierce Allegiance officially bought the Ocean Beauty bunkhouse at 18 Harbor Way on Friday, March...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
March 21, 1924 – Since Petersburg has been having such splendid weather and all of the snow has gone, and the frost is out of the ground, c...
Harbor board seeks protection from lost tidelands lease revenue
When the Petersburg Borough Assembly approved the landmark property sale of borough-owned tidelands to Wikan Enterprises last year, it was said that...
Police report
February 21 – An officer responded to a report of a puppy wandering on Mitkof Highway. A protective order was served on Chief John Lott Street. An off...
Beyond the limits of Service Area One
Petersburg became the 19th organized borough in Alaska on Jan. 3, 2013 after the town’s borough vote was certified. In the early 2000s, the City of P...
Assembly decides mandatory boat insurance ordinance needs more work
Assembly members agreed that a port commission proposal to require boat owners to carry marine insurance — or pay a monthly fee in addition to t...
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February 14 – An officer conducted a welfare check on South 3rd Street. An officer responded to a parking complaint on Dolphin Street and a vehicle w...
Wrangell officials concerned about ongoing population decline
Wrangell borough officials are concerned that Wrangell continues to lose population, while those who stay in town grow older and leave the workforce....
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
February 15, 1924 – Petersburg is a real home town. Home conditions are ideal. Lots for building can be bought from $50 up. There is just the right d...
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February 7 – An officer conducted foot patrols downtown. An officer conducted a welfare check. An illegally parked vehicle was moved at the d...
State issues preliminary report of Nov. 20 landslides
WRANGELL — State geologists were able to more accurately measure the movement and damage from massive landslides that poured across roads in the m...
Alaska Volcano Observatory fully activates monitoring network over Sitka's rumbling mountain Seismic activity at Mount Edgecumbe has declined since a 2022 swarm of earthquakes, but a risk remains
Sitka's Mount Edgecumbe volcano is wired. On Jan. 26, the Alaska Volcano Observatory announced the... Full story
Proposed ordinance takes aim at illegal dumping in harbor dumpsters
The dumpsters at Wrangell’s public harbors are for boat owners only and for their household trash only — but that hasn’t stopped people from tossing i...
South Harbor dredging nears completion
Western Marine's dredging operations in South Harbor are expected to reach completion this week....
Wrangell assembly raises rates for lightering cruise passengers to shore
WRANGELL — Cruise ship operators that lighter their passengers to shore will pay higher port fees starting this summer in Wrangell. The borough assemb...
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January 10 – An officer assisted Emergency Medical Services (EMS) on North 12th Street. An officer responded to a request for a welfare check, but t...
Petersburg adventure tourism pioneer retires, but Tongass Adventures continue
When Scott Roberge was in college, he made his way to Petersburg in the late 70s and worked at the...