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Rick Fish was already in line shortly after 1 P.M. on Monday waiting for the Petersburg Post Office to open its front window at 2 P.M....
Lightning could be seen over Petersburg during the thunderstorm over the weekend....
Doris Ann Baldwin stands with the 265 pound halibut she caught on Saturday. The halibut measured in at 79 inches long....
The waters in the Wrangell Narrows were calm Sunday morning after Friday night's storm....
Sun shines through the trees just south of Papke's Landing last Wednesday morning....
A young moose makes its way along the waterfront on Kupreanof Island near Reinarts' Cabin....
Twenty-one Petersburg residents pitched in to a GoFundMe to provide flowers for the cookhouse/breakroom tables at OBI Seafoods, Trident Seafoods and Tonka Seafoods, thanking the visiting processors for their extra hard work this summer....
On a freezing cold December evening in 1919, the fishermen's buyers cooperative in the Sons of Norway building became engulfed in flame, presumably from an electrical fire that had started upstairs. Nearby buildings were saved due to a lack of wind and owing to a protective layer of winter snow and ice. The building was too smokey for firemen to enter, and the engine used to pump water initially failed. Unfortunately, the building and contents were a total loss. Soon after, the community...
Jimmy Jones' 100 meter yacht heads north up the Wrangell Narrows Sunday morning. Jones owns the Dallas Cowboys....
Margaret Agner dresses a halibut onboard the F/V Vena Lee on July 16....
July 30, 1920 A post of the American Legion was recently organized in Petersburg with 16 charter members. The organization of the Post has placed Petersburg in line with other Alaska towns that contributed toward Victory by sending her boys to the war and it is hoped that the local post will prosper and thrive as it deserves. Every person who served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps between the dates of April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918 are eligible for membership. July 27, 1945 Because of the recent increase in motorboat explosions and...
Liam Jackson shows off the cigarette butts he collected on July 16 as part of Petersburg Indian Association's Cigarette Butt Litter Cleanup. Jackson and other members of the community searched the downtown area, Petersburg Harbors, ball field and around the Petersburg Public Library for discarded cigarette butts....
A buck on a Wrangell Narrows beach grooms itself on July 18, while a second buck pretends not to notice....
A family of bears forage for seaweed near Portage Bay on Kupreanof Island on July 17....
A lone wolf was seen chasing two deer at Blind Slough earlier this month. The deer were able to get away, but the wolf wandered around for a bit and stopped 35 feet in front of photographer Matt Gerrits to pose for some photos. It eventually walked away, slowly, and howled at Gerrits when it left....
The muskeg hole at the end of the Raven Trail is one of the highest points of the trail....
The end of the Raven Trail loops around a giant muskeg hole. To the right of the muskeg hole is a newly renovated section of the trail that features fresh gravel and concrete stairs....
July 23, 1920 The Petersburg City Council has decided to increase the present capacity of the light plant before the coming winter, the details to be decided at a later meeting when figures have been received from machinery houses. It was brought to the attention of the council that the present light plant is much too small to supply the present demand and that the engines are carrying a 25% overload at the present time, which will be greatly increased with the coming of winter. The finance committee reported that after going over the finances...
Winston, a rescue dog from Texas, spending time onboard the F/V Deam Maid. He came to Alaska after his owner's college campus in Idaho closed down due to COVID-19....
July 16, 1920 The health board was instructed to pick out a site and prepare plans for a pest house and present data at the next meeting. It was represented that smallpox has been raging in Wrangell for the past six months and that at any time it is liable to be brought to Petersburg. Health officer Carothers offered to vaccinate all who desired free of charge if the city will pay for the vaccine. The council voted to supply the vaccine for all free vaccinations as a precautionary measure and passed a resolution urging everyone to be...
Over the course of a week in early June, Teresa Stolpe did some landscaping work in front of the Petersburg Fire Department. She laid down wood chips on top of landscaping fabric to prevent the weeds from growing back and she also placed rocks around the border. As a decoration, she connected a fire hose to an old fire hydrant from Wrangell Ave. and laid it across the ground. Fire and EMS Director Sandy Dixson said the department doesn't have a landscaper, so either she or one of the volunteers...
Thomas Pfundt fishes in Wrangell Narrows Saturday afternoon with Kiska by his side....
Adalynn Elizabeth Kowalski was born on July 5, 2020 in Ketchikan to parents Vincent Kowalski and Allie Zarate-Kowalski. She weighed 8 lbs and is 20 " long....
In 1957, the Civic Improvement Council (CIC) was formed, initiating a campaign to clean up the town and fix up "gray, drab" Harbor Drive. Eighteen organizations attended the first meeting, and Anti-Litter, Swimming Pool at Sandy Beach, School and Hospital Landscaping, and the Garbage Dump were targeted. Officers were Mrs. Oscar Sandvik, Mrs. Gordon Parr, Mrs. Eldor Lee, and Mrs. Adolph Mathisen. Civic Pride Week cleanups enlisted students, the public and other organizations to help clean up the...
