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Assembly considers transient room tax increase
Assembly members voted on the proposed FY25 borough budget for the first time on Monday, as well as two additional ordinances related to revenue — u...
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Captain Dan Bird earns statewide Fire Service Leadership Award
On Monday, Assistant State Fire Marshal Mark Brauneis traveled to Petersburg to announce that Captai...
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa decommissioned after 34 years
"I want to thank the crew serving today, and all who served aboard Anacapa over these many years,...
Forest Service wants to hear community priorities for Tongass management
The USDA Forest Service is starting the process of revising the Tongass National Forest Land...
Mud Dump fee waived for new PMC facility project
All mud dump fees for the new hospital project will be waived. Although the fees would have...
Blind Slough hydroelectric powerhouse turns 100
Petersburg Municipal Power and Light invites the public to celebrate 100 years of hydropower in...
Dozens in Petersburg cooperate to assemble 'world's largest puzzle'
In January, Petersburg resident Sondra Hurst learned that seniors at a retirement home in her hometo...
Forest Service seeks public comment on fees for new cabins
The U.S. Forest Service plans to build six new cabins and a new campground in Southeast Alaska and...
Petersburg residents march for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Day
Around 20 Petersburg residents marched downtown on May 5 in observance of Missing and Murdered Indig...
Hospital site work
"Progress on the new facility site is steady and going well," PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter reported to...
Pole fire knocks out power in Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan
A brief regionwide blackout across Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg last week started with a...
Local colon cancer survivor shares her story to raise awareness and normalize the conversation
"...Don't say the C word..." Cris Morrison remembers telling her husband "...It's a blockage..." It...
School district drafts budget; teachers' union contract still in negotiations
There were more attendees than usual at the Petersburg School District Board meeting last week as... Full story
A rezoning ordinance could help develop 'desperately' needed child care facility
To free up preschool classroom space, Petersburg Children's Center (PCC) hopes to build a parking lo...
Chili cook-off will raise money for rescue equipment
This Friday, the Petersburg Police Department and the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department are turni...
Petersburg hosts Region V Art Fest
Last weekend art students and teachers from nine Southeast Alaska high schools arrived in...
Assembly approves tidelands sale to Island Refrigeration for $360,000
The Petersburg Borough Assembly approved the sale of a property on borough-owned tidelands to...
School Board votes to join coalition likely to sue state
The Petersburg School District Board unanimously agreed to join the Coalition for Education Equity...
Catholic Church update
Last July, Petersburg was covered in smoke when the St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church caught fi...
PHS bring crowds to their feet at Music Fest
Petersburg High School's musical ensembles traveled to Stika last weekend for 2024's Southeast Alask...
Conn selected as Alaska Elementary Principal of the Year
Children and staff lined the halls of Stedman Elementary School Friday morning to celebrate...
Petersburg sends proposals to Board of Fish to change the Blind Slough King Salmon management plan
The Petersburg Fish and Game Advisory Committee(AC) met on April 8 to generate proposals to the...
Mental Health Trust Land Office might move on from subdivision plan
The Mental Health Trust Land Office (TLO) informed the Petersburg Borough that it will look into a feasibility study for constructing a road in the...
New 3D mammography machine at PMC
Last month, a new 3D mammography machine —expected to be up to 60% more effective at detecting tumors— began serving patients in the radiology departm...
