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  • Home and Garden Edition, 2019

    Brian Varela|Aug 1, 2019

    From June through early July, visitors to Jean and Clyde Curry's house at 209 Sandy Beach Rd. are greeted by a garden in full bloom and a treasure trove of items that have washed ashore. In the front yard are planters built by the Curry's when they purchased the home in 1974. They line the front of the house and are filled with mostly perennial flowers or flowers that survive for multiple seasons. Jean has planted phlox, clematis, old-fashioned bleeding hearts, lilies and stargazers. Tucked in a...

  • Home and Garden Edition, 2019

    Brian Varela|Aug 1, 2019

    Tucked away behind Jeigh Stanton Gregor's house on N. 7th St. is a green, futuristic dome that his mother-in-law, Liz Lorraine, calls home. After doing research into the dome several years ago, Stanton Gregor decided to purchase one as a place for Lorraine to be closer to her two grandkids. A self-described "dome dweller," Lorraine said she's happy with her living quarters. "The biggest thing is she's happy, and I'm glad she likes it," said Stanton Gregor. The dome was built by a company called...

  • Fast food

    Jul 25, 2019

    A rufous hummingbird was attracted to a scarlet bee balm plant on Tuesday....

  • Family picnic

    Jul 25, 2019

    Whales bubble net feed in the haze near Big Creek in Frederick Sound on July 10....

  • Sitting pretty

    Jul 25, 2019

    A rufous hummingbird takes a break on local resident John Havrilek's porch. Havrilek believes it to be a female because he saw a darker one the day after that could be its mate...

  • Breaching the surface

    Jul 18, 2019

    A humpback whale breaches the surface of Frederick Sound on Saturday, July 13....

  • A sign of the times

    Jul 18, 2019

    The Muskeg Maleriers donated a sign to the Petersburg School District's garden that sits next to the high school track. Founded in 1974, the group tries to make one donation a year. The members spent about a week and a half painting the aluminum sign, which comes just in time for the summer garden program that will begin later this month. According to garden coordinator Chris Sargent, the produce grown in the garden is used by the school cafeteria. Back row from left to right: Rhoda Gilbert,...

  • Kinder Skog celebrates International Mud Day

    Jul 18, 2019

    Tuesday, July 2nd...

  • Museum features collected artifacts

    Jul 18, 2019

    The Clausen Memorial Museum has a collection of prehistoric stone tools on display that were found on Mitkof and Kupreanof islands. The collection includes t-shaped mauls, hand mauls, and adzes. Some pieces were donated to the Alaska State Museum and then once Petersburg established its own museum a long term loan between the Clausen Memorial Museum and the State Museum was established, allowing us to share these artifacts with the community and our visitors....

  • Chow time

    Jul 18, 2019

    A Robin feeding her offspring who remain nestbound....

  • Stork report

    Jul 18, 2019

    Gunnar Franklin Lee Seale was born on July 1 in Ketchikan to Rosa and Sam Seale. He weighed 8 lbs, 2 oz, and was 20 3/4 inches long....

  • "Rock Your Freedom"

    Jul 11, 2019

    Britton Erickson marches in the Fourth of July parade holding up one of the famous rocks for the Festive Family Rocks Your Freedom group....

  • Yesterday's News

    Jul 11, 2019

    July 11, 1919 Three local boys, are in jail charged with having robbed the United States Post office, the Sons of Norway store, and the Wheeler Drug and Jewelry Company store.. All of the boys have pleaded guilty to most of the charges and have been bound over to the Grand Jury at Ketchikan under heavy bonds. Most of the stolen property has been recovered by the local officers. July 7, 1944 Plans are complete for opening of the child care center on Tuesday morning, July 11. Parents must accompany children for registration. In order to accommoda...

  • Patterson River

    Jul 11, 2019

    Dan Sullivan stands between the Patterson River and the exposed rock face near the Patterson Glacier terminus. Less than 20 years ago, this location was buried in ice....

  • Setting up the Fireworks show

    Jul 11, 2019

  • Surf & Turf

    Jul 11, 2019

    A Sitka blacktail deer runs through the water on July 2nd....

  • Celebrating America

    Jul 11, 2019

    July 3rd Winners Scrapfish Derby - Alicia Kittams with a three pound flounder BBQ Wing Challenge Ages 4-8 - Thomas Slaven Ages 9-12 - Blaze Cowan Ages 13-17 - Jozef Myrick Ages 18 & Up - Andy Krause Cup Challenge - Matthew Birch Bail-A-Boat - Ellexis Tracy Survival Suit Challenge - Harley Ethelbah Herring Challenge - Ellexis Tracy Watermelon Eating Contest Ages 4-8 - Wesley Durst Ages 9-12 - LeLe Rucker Ages 13-17 - Matthew Birch Ages 18 & Up - Janine Gibbons The Arena Ages 4-8 - Zeus Damm Ages...

  • Racing the ducks

    Jul 11, 2019

    During the Rotary Duck Race on the Fourth of July, Soren Eddy, Cedar Littleton and Hakon Eddy (front to back) race the ducks down Excel St.....

  • Looking for shade

    Jul 11, 2019

    A wild goat and a couple of her kids were seen near the LeConte Glacier on Sunday....

  • Happy 4th of July

    Jul 11, 2019

    About 900 pounds of shells were shot during this year's Fourth of July fireworks show on Wednesday evening, according to Assistant Fire Chief Dave Berg....

  • Yesterday's News

    Jul 4, 2019

    July 4, 1919 On the night of July 4 at the Sons of Norway a regular vaudeville entertainment and dance will be given by H. L. Toysen and several of the local boys. A show of two hours duration is promised to be followed by a dance lasting until the early hours of the morning. The main feature is a vaudeville sketch entitled, “The Ghost in a Pawn Shop” and was produced at Camp Lewis and other places before the soldier audiences. June 30, 1944 The Press wishes to extend a hand of congratulation to Lew Williams, Wrangell editor and pos...

  • A fun day at the Bay

    Jul 4, 2019

    A group of jet skiers exits LeConte Bay this week. The group is a part of Jetski tours provided by Steven Mall with Dangerous Waters, which features excursions throughout S.E. Alaska....

  • Wild Lupine

    Jul 4, 2019

    The lupine were in bloom on Saturday at Baird Glacier. The purple flower can grow up to three to four feet tall....

  • Twin sunbathing

    Jul 4, 2019

    Two arctic tern eggs were spotted on Sunday near Baird Glacier. According to the United States Forest Service, arctic terns have the farthest migration distance of any bird, traveling from pole to pole....

  • Set over the mountain

    Jul 4, 2019

    The sun sets on Friday as viewed from Wood Point at the entrance to Thomas Bay....

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