Sep 26, 2024 · One of the original investors in a troubled Alaska seafood company has narrowly outbid competitor Silver Bay Seafoods in an auction for the firm’s assets — including a major processing plant in the Alaska Peninsula village of King Cove. Rodger May, an entrepreneur and fish trader, bid $37.3 million for the assets of Peter Pan Seafood, including...

Dec 12, 2024 · This is the final week of operations for Papa Bear's Pizza - downtown Petersburg's iconic pizza shop which has been family operated for the past twenty-two years. The business and the building have been purchased by Tom Westoff, owner and operator of Coastal Cold Storage - a custom seafood processor and popular breakfast and lunch restaurant which...

Dec 26, 2024 · December 18 – An officer provided lockout assistance on Howkan Street. An officer assisted a citizen. December 19 – An officer assisted the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) with a fall. The Petersburg Police Department received a report of a missing dog. An officer assisted an individual who had fallen on Ira II Street. December 20 – PPD recei...

Nov 28, 2024 · November 20 – An officer responding to a report of a dog at large on North Nordic Drive found the canine had departed the area. An officer assisted Emergency Medical Services (EMS) on Haugen Drive. Isaiah Etcher was cited on Charles W Street for driving in violation of provisional license requirements. An officer responded to a reported disturban...

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

Jan 9, 2025 · Petersburg started the year nearly snowless, even at high elevations - and that's rare, according to long-term data records. Snowpack data is collected at hundreds of sites in Alaska every winter month for the National Resource Conservation Service's snow survey program, which monitors snow depth and water content measurements to use for environmen...

5 days ago · Yesterday's News:News from 25-50-75-100 years ago Jan 30, 2025. January 23, 1925 – The Petersburg Hydro-Electric project is complete. The plant is the very best that could be bought for the money and we feel sure very few small …

Jan 9, 2025 · Around 60 Petersburg residents lined the frosty finger at South Harbor's boat launch at noon on New Year's Day. They counted down and took the plunge.

Sep 26, 2024 · Federal managers shut down a major Alaska fishery Wednesday after two Kodiak-based boats targeting whitefish caught some 2,000 king salmon — an unintentional harvest that drew near-instant condemnation from advocates who want better protections for the struggling species. The Kodiak-based trawl fleet has caught just over one-fourth of its seasona...

Dec 5, 2024 · The five men lost in the sinking of a commercial fishing boat near Hoonah early Sunday had just delivered a load in Juneau and were making a last run before the fishing season ended. The Sitka-based Wind Walker was transiting out to North Pacific fishing grounds when the boat capsized about 25 miles southwest of Juneau, according to several fishing...