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Volunteers make impressive progress working on Petersburg Bike Park
Entering its second year, the Petersburg Bike Park is off to a good start of 2024 with volunteers...
Artifact Archive
Like starfish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis, or basket stars, are...
Yesterday's News
January 4, 1924 – Announcement has been made from the office of Territorial Treasurer Smith that the Territory has paid the bounty on 4,500 eagles k...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
December 28, 1923 – Work on the new Petersburg school building has been completed and the desks and equipment from the old building were moved this w...
Artifact Archive
George Henderson founded Dorchester Pottery in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1895. The pottery made...
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By Jingle & Mingle at Sandy Beach on Saturday
Sandy Beach will be fired up for the holidays this Saturday, Dec. 16, when the first ever Jingle & Mingle event —facilitated through the Parks & Recre...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
December 14, 1923 – “Alaska is destined for ultimate statehood,” said Harding after seeing Alaska. “In a very few years we can set off the panhand...
Changing of the guard
Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department decommissioned one of its fire engines on Thursday evening....
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
December 7, 1923 – It has been often said that the mineral bearing rock of Southeastern Alaska carries many industrial values other than gold, copper...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
November 30, 1923 – The Thanksgiving Eve masquerade this year was a most enjoyable and successful affair. The hall was crowded and the costumes w...
Artist Suzanne Fuqua featured in first-ever solo show
After helping her friend Kerry Kirkpatrick set up a solo exhibition at Juneau Douglas City Museum...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
November 23, 1923 – the local Post American Legion has been busy getting its new club rooms in shape for opening. These rooms will also be used as S...
Yesterday's News
November 16, 1923 – What for a time looked like a serious accident occurred to the steamer Northwestern as she was pulling away from the Petersburg d...
