I am writing to urge you to take steps to avoid destroying the fire department training structures at Scow Bay with no replacements. First, let me introduce myself. I served as the chief of Fire and ...

Recent advices from Ketchikan state that while Coast Guard Cutter Cygan was en route to Cape Chacon to render aid to a vessel in distress, the vessel’s machinery became disabled and it was forced to ...

Petersburg experienced a power outage on Monday, Oct. 19, after a regional hydropower supplier’s system went offline. The town ran on diesel generation until around 8:00 p.m. once the supplier’s feed ...

Petersburg audiences will get a sampling of four centuries of Western drama later this month, when a cast of local adults and high school students stages a theater revue built from six scenes from six ...

Christopher Miller was arrested for alleged DUI, reckless endangerment and reckless driving on S Nordic Dr. Found property was turned in to the Police Department (PD). An officer provided after hours ...

The Oktoberfest Art Share returns to the Petersburg Community Gym on Saturday, Oct. 24, for its 50th year, with a full slate ...

Petersburg's newest musical group held its first rehearsal Oct. 14 in the Petersburg High School band room. Matt Lenhard, the ...

Students in Petersburg High School's new Emergency Trauma Technician course spent two days this month learning to cut into ...

The Viking Swim Club’s annual auction returns this Saturday. This year’s theme is “The Price Is Right.” “It’s something we’ve been wanting to do for a few years,” said organizer Marlena Newman. “So it ...

A fire damaged part of a Petersburg apartment complex about two miles south of town on Friday, Oct. 16. No occupants were in ...

A Petersburg student biking to school was injured in a collision with a car on Oct. 15. The student is with their family and ...

Alaska Day, celebrating the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, will be observed here Saturday night when the local Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska will stage a dance and entertainment in Pioneers ...