While meeting in Ketchikan in late January and early February, members of the Alaska Board of Fisheries will hear 11 proposals that request changes to state regulations for the commercial dive harvest ...

After winning back-to-back regional titles, the Petersburg High School cheer squad enters the 2024-25 season aiming to do it again and bring home another regional title. This season comes with some ...

An advertiser-sponsored article in the Seattle Times gushed “Wild Alaska pollock’s fishing fleet is based right here in Seattle although all of the fish are caught in U.S. waters off of the coast of ...

This northern pygmy owl was recently seen perched in a tree along Frederick Point Drive. Native to the Northwest these compact, charismatic raptors are known to nest and forage in near streams in ...

Petersburg high school wrestling seniors Angus Olsen and Kaden Duke played their final high school wrestling matches at the ASAA DII Championships. While neither of them reached their ultimate goal of ...

Late last year, when I went to sign up for my 2024 health insurance on the federal Obamacare marketplace, the options all seemed expensive — more expensive than what I paid in 2023. A perk of being an ...

The Petersburg School District plans to restore several cut positions and provide a one-time staff bonus, thanks to higher-than-expected state funding and enrollment numbers for the 2024-25 school ...

Alliana Sipper and Harlan McKay perfect their puppy dog eyes during the Toto dance, choreographed by Alice Williams as part of the Mitkof Dance Troupe's Wizard of Oz winter recital.

Petersburg's high school drama program is heading to Scotland. The group has been accepted to perform in August 2026 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe -the world's largest performing arts festival. For ...

December 26, 1924 – Petersburg is to celebrate the completion of the Hydro Electric project. A committee of which Harold Dawes is the chairman was named at the Commercial Club meeting Monday evening ...

The Petersburg High School had its yearly winter music concert on Tuesday, Dec. 17, in front of an energetic audience to help end 2024 and ring in the new year. The show highlighted all the hard work ...

After starting the season with a loss, 51-39 against the Sitka Wolves, on Friday, Dec. 20, the Petersburg High School boys varsity team rebounded with a 43-36 win – improving to 1-1 in front of their ...