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Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
September 28, 1923 – Testifying in her action for divorce in Judge Hall’s court, Mrs. Otto Burkhardt branded her husband, Frederick Otto...
Petersburg woman, 35, breaks back after fall from Anchorage apartment
Angele McDonald Jones suffered a devastating fall on Saturday at her apartment in Anchorage when...
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PMC patient navigator Brandy Boggs moves to telehealth
After 23 years, Brandy Boggs moved away from Petersburg. Although she may no longer be here in...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
September 21, 1923 – Earl N. Ohmer this week received a sea sled which was designed and built for him by S.V.B. Miller of Seattle and Gregory...
Rainforest mushrooms
After sharing a presentation about Southeast's species of mushrooms on Thursday night at the public...
Artifact Archive
Shipwrights of the past, as part of their apprenticeships, built a tool chest for the storage of...
Study: Alaska is failing to keep most Alaska-born residents
More than half of Alaskans born within the state have moved away, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data published by the Federal...
Yesterday's News
September 14, 1923 – Abe Brackney is in the Petersburg Hospital suffering from a fractured skull and is hovering between life and death, Paul Lund...
Community Emergency Response Team training postponed
The Community Emergency Response Team training scheduled for September 14 – 17 has been postponed due to instructor injury. This class will be...
Skoggies helping Humanity
Kinder Skog kids filled 100 food bags for Humanity in Progress last week to distribute to food...
Master carver refreshes Petersburg totem poles
Tlingit master carver Tommy Joseph / Naal xák'w, of Sitka, visited last week to clean the Eagle...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
September 7, 1923 – The Petersburg schools, with the exception of the first and second grades, opened for the winter term on Tuesday. The two lower...
Artifact Archive
In 1935 Dick Estelle’s parents worked in the Matanuska Colony, part of the New Deal resettlement...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
August 31, 1923 – The cannery of the Petersburg Packing Company, this year will set a new high mark for number of cases of salmon packed, having...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
August 24, 1923 – Pioneering the way for direct shipment of canned salmon from Alaskan ports to the eastern coast of the United States via the Panam...
Brad King attends first Petersburg School Board meeting as Principal
"I'm very happy to be here - it's pretty exciting for me," said Petersburg's new Middle and High...
Stedman Elementary Class List for 2023-2024
*To register a new student, please stop by the office at 303 Dolphin Street by August 25th *You will need to bring current immunization record and...
Wedding announcement
Anna Thompson and Ian Andrews were married on August 18, 2023 by the Reverend Doctor Joyce...
Artifact Archive
This photo of Max Haube with a 492 lb. halibut in front of Petersburg Cold Storage appears to have...
Strand renovation preserves history for generations to come
Looking to the narrows on North Nordic Drive, the home of Floyd and Barbara Strand stands as a...
Petersburg's groundskeeper grows into his new position
For many, the beginning of May is exactly the moment when Petersburg truly blossoms into life each...
