There are several contested races in the Oct. 7 borough election. Check out the sample ballots published in this week’s paper to review who is running and to read the ballot proposition asking voters ...

New season, new personal bests for the Petersburg High School Swim and Dive team this past weekend — with several swimmers attaining new PRs — in their first meet of the season in Craig. “I didn’t ...

As I recall, about 60% of Petersburg residents voted for Trump and Begich in the last election. Thanks to those two and the GOP mega bill dozens, if not many more, local residents may lose access to ...

The 2025 Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Fishery closed in early September with just under 20 million pink salmon landed - well ...

The Petersburg High School Cross Country team continued to surge through the season, with the latest stop being the ...

Each Southeast troll fisherman can harvest another 15 Chinook salmon during a “limited harvest fishery” opening that’s set to begin Thursday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Monday.

Whether it's online strangers sending kids messages in Roblox, scammers phishing for passwords, or artificial intelligence ...

On a cold, cloudy Friday at Petersburg's Sandy Beach Park, Vivian Yéilk' Mork poured locally picked red huckleberries and ...

On the Three Lakes trail system south of Petersburg, hikers can follow miles of mostly boardwalk pathways around lakes and trees that lead deep into the Tongass National Forest on Mitkof Island. Some ...

Petersburg Medical Center is launching a new cohort of its on-the-job training Certified Nursing Assistant program next ...

Southeast Alaska's commercial red king crab fishery will open Nov. 1 after stock assessments revealed the highest red crab populations in decades. Last week, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game ...

September 11, 1925 – The Petersburg schools show a large increase in enrollment this year. The elementary school’s enrollment has grown by 27 per cent and the high school will be the largest ...