Petersburg, AK

Skagway will be indefinitely without state ferry service after cracks were discovered in its ferry terminal last month. Engineers first discovered cracks in concrete supports under the vehicle and passenger transfer bridges Thursday before last. The dock was closed two days later, after the M/V Hubbard completed its Saturday docking at the facility, the state’s Department of Transportation said in...

August 26 – An officer responded to a fire alarm activation on N 12th St. A trailer was impounded and released after its owner paid fines/fees. Papers were served. A vehicle on Wesley St. was impounded. An officer responding to a report of suspicious activity on Cornelius Rd. determined it was a civil issue. Two vehicles on N 2nd St, determined to be impediments to snow removal, are to be removed...

Petersburg homeowners who are tribal citizens may be able to get help paying their mortgage, property taxes, home insurance or utility bills through a federal program that closes at the end of September — but completed applications are due Wednesday, Sept. 10. The Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority is working to fully spend the money remaining in its Homeowner Assistance Fund, a U.S. Treasur...

The Alaska Department of Revenue announced on Monday that Alaska’s K-12 public schools will receive an additional $115 million in state funding this year, prompted by a boost in oil revenues driven by the U.S. war on Iran. Legislators earmarked the additional oil revenue for schools as part of the state budget approved by Gov. Mike Dunleavy in June. The additional funding is a relief to school dis...

September 3, 1926 – With the opening of the fall term of school, transportation in Petersburg becomes a vital question. Many children in Scow Bay are enrolled in the Petersburg schools but are regularly unable to attend through no fault of their own. More often than not they are unable to reach the school because of bad roads. In order that children residing in Scow Bay and the vicinity may be abl...

On 10-year-old Carmela Ford's first day of work selling the local newspaper, she left the Pilot with 25 hot-off-the-press newspapers, walked across the street to Lee's clothing, entered the store with her bag of papers and the sight of her thrilled Heidi Lee. Lee, who was a newspaper girl in 1969, said, "I loved seeing Carmella come into the store with her newspaper bag and her...

A retrospective of paintings, carvings and jewelry by Petersburg artist Karen Cornelius closed at the Petersburg Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 1, and on its last day the artist walked through the exhibition with the Pilot, reflecting on her lifetime of art making. Cornelius kept returning to one idea: that she makes art to get people to look harder at the world around them. "I am so in...

Delays at Petersburg's only post office have been a common occurrence in recent weeks. The post office had been limiting its front desk operations to four and a half hours per day. Petersburg has no mail delivery service, so at times the wait for packages stretched through the building and out the door. Now, those hours are nearly back to normal. The post office is now open 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m....

Former state Senate Majority Leader Tom Begich, who finished second in the primary election for governor, said Friday night he is suspending his campaign and endorsing fellow Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who got the most votes in an unofficial tally released earlier during the evening. “What matters most is making sure Alaska gets a governor who will move us forward,” Begich said in a prepare...

Fourth-place finisher Democrat David Leslie withdraws, putting third a Republican — Gerald Heikes — on the November ballot.