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Petersburg news highlights for 2016
January Public Works rolled out the borough's highly anticipated blue cart recycling program. The...
Fish Factor
The United Kingdom’s recent exit from the European Union – dubbed Brexit — has turned seafood trading on its head. For 43 years the UK has been a maj...
Yesterday's News
June 3, 1916 – The Border Line steamer Despatch was in port southbound yesterday afternoon, having made the trip north on the west coast. The o...
Plane crashes on Admiralty; three dead, one survives
WRANGELL - A passenger plane based out of Wrangell crashed on Admiralty Island April 8, during a... Full story
Fish Factor: Few fishermen are hooking into the Coast Guard direct SOS lifeline
Alaska fishermen can send an SOS call directly to the Coast Guard, but many are not hooking up to the new lifeline. Digital Selective Calling (DSC)...
2015 Year in review July - December
July Paine & Partners, LLC of San Francisco entered into agreements with two different groups to sel... Full story
2015 Year in review
January-June January Petersburg School Superintendent Lisa Stroh resigned from her position citing... Full story
Obituary, Fr. Thomas Lee Weise, Jr., 46
The Reverend Thomas Lee (Joseph) Weise, Jr., 46, a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau,... Full story
Wrangell fisherman found dead; vessel still missing
WRANGELL - At 2:18 pm on Wednesday, following a search by the United States Coast Guard and Alaska...
Fish Factor: First seagoing electric passenger vessel in the U.S. to launch in Juneau
The first seagoing electric powered passenger vessel in the U.S. is set to launch next summer in Juneau. The E/V Tongass Rain is a 50 foot, 47...
Yesterday's News
July 24, 1915 – Professor Golder, of the University of Washington, claims to have discovered, through study of the government archives in P...
Museum presentation aims to identify WWII pictures
The Wrangell and Petersburg museums are teaming up in an attempt to identify several hundred individuals in a collection of photographs that dates...
Fish Factor
Alaska claimed the nation’s top three fishing ports for seafood catches last year, and wild salmon landings – 95 percent from Alaska – topped one bill...
Plans in the works to ban Russian seafood imports
If Russia won't buy seafood from the US, we won't buy seafood from them. That's the gauntlet being...
Fishing lodge guests perish Sunday evening
Two men died Sunday evening after their 18-foot skiff capsized near Level Island 22 miles south of Petersburg According to an Alaska State Troopers... Full story
Stalled plane causes 2013 Pacific Wings crash, officials report
Last week, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators released a report of the...
Borough manager's report
The borough manager reported the following during this week’s assembly meeting: The Sales Tax Committee meetings are scheduled for February 4 and Febr...
2013 Year in review
January Petersburg residents contributed a record amount to the Salvation Army Christmas program... Full story
USCGC Elderberry undergoes change of command
Two weeks following the change of command ceremony for the USCGC Anacapa, another change of command... Full story
USCGC Anacapa has a new commanding officer
The United States Coast Guard hosted a change of command ceremony Monday afternoon to honor the... Full story
Assembly meeting time to change for July 1
The Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting time will change for the noon July 1 meeting to 1 p.m. that...
Mountan View Manor's Senior Senior Prom loads of fun
The second Annual Senior Senior Prom was a huge success Friday evening with music and dancing for...
Six survivors and one dead in LeConte Glacier plane crash
Between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon a Pacific Wings deHavilland Beaver, carrying a pilot and... Full story
Yesterday's News
June 7, 1913 – The Seattle Times says that a chain of ten hotels is intended to be built at the most interesting points throughout Alaska and the Y...
