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Cruise ships begin scheduling local port calls
Cruise ships are expected to make 85 port calls in Petersburg between May 11 and Sept. 18,...
Department of Environmental Conservation to test harbor water quality
During a discussion on the possibility of testing the water quality in the Petersburg Harbor at the...
Guest Editorial: Alaska needs to do better for ferry system
Predictability and dependability. More than anything else, that's what the communities served by...
Candidates express opinions, positions at forum
This year's borough assembly candidates took the stage on Sept. 24 to answer questions ranging from...
Harbor port of entry mandate extended
Vessels arriving in Petersburg Harbor with non-residents onboard will have to continue to seek...
Cruise ships down to 10 port calls
American Cruise Lines has cancelled their voyages through Southeast Alaska this summer leaving...
Yesterday's News
July 2, 1920 The big party of Shriners who are making the tour of Southeastern Alaska this week on the steamers Jefferson and Spokane were entertained...
EOC concerned over cruise ships arriving this season
The borough assembly approved the Emergency Operations Center to answer a survey from the Alaska...
Pandemic brings on depression among Alaskans
Petersburg Public Health Nurse Erin Michael warned the public that as people's lives change and...
American Cruise Line hopes to dock in town this summer
American Cruise Lines has 11 stops planned for Petersburg this season, with the first docking...
Wrangell Port Commission approves request to relocate submarine cable
WRANGELL — It was a relatively light meeting of the Wrangell Port Commission last Thursday evening, May 7. There was only one agenda item for the c...
Pandemic erases most of Alaska cruises, passenger bookings
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Nearly 70% of this summer’s Alaska cruise ship voyages have been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with hundreds of...
Borough approves public health mandates #5, #6
The borough assembly approved two health mandates at their assembly meeting on Monday regarding the...
Guest Commentary
Sen. Bert Stedman has been serving Southeast communities for 17 years. He is the Senate Finance... Full story
Future of this year's cruise ship season undetermined
As the first cruise ships are expected to arrive in town on May 12, it is still too early to tell...
Cruise company shifts plan to dock ship in Juneau
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — State museums and schools are temporarily closed; restaurants, bars and gyms in Anchorage are shuttered for the rest of March an...
Strong economy expected for borough
The borough's sales tax has brought in $2,362,621 for the 2020 fiscal year so far, which is about...
Ship turned away by Asia ports carrying new crew
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A cruise ship turned away from ports in Asia over fears of a new virus will be cleaned to federal standards and carry a d...
Governor seeks to assert calm over virus concerns
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, seeking to assert calm concerning the new coronavirus threat, said Monday he sees the fall in oil p...
Guest Commentary: AMHS can be saved
I am almost a lifetime SE Alaskan and my wife and I are current residents of Wrangell. I moved to Ketchikan in 1943 when I was ten years old and have...
To the Editor
Vital role of AMHS not addressed To the Editor: Recently I traveled to Juneau to meet with Legislators to discuss the importance of the Alaska Marine...
AK cruise ship dock permit issued; construction to begin
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) _ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for a cruise ship dock in southeast Alaska, but the dock's opening date...
2019: Year in Review
January Following the shutdown of the U.S. government on Dec. 22, 2018, the U.S. Coast Guard stated...
Free to a good home: 1 newspaper
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Free to a good home: One newspaper. Not a single edition of a paper but...
Nolan Center opens new shipwreck exhibit
WRANGELL - The Nolan Center opened its newest exhibit on shipwrecks with much fanfare on Friday,...