Living in a small town like Petersburg often means traveling to Anchorage or Juneau for specialized healthcare. Medical ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the state of Alaska’s latest attempt to alter Alaska’s decades-old system of subsistence fishing management. In a one-sentence order Monday, the court said it will ...

A comment period is open until Feb. 13 as part of a program review that could change the way subsistence hunting and fishing is managed on federal lands in Alaska. On May 5, 2025, Safari Club ...

Leo Juel Kernin made his arrival on January 5 at 1:53 p.m., claiming the title of Petersburg's first baby of 2026 and earning his family a bounty of gifts from local businesses. Each year, Petersburg ...

Former U.S. House Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, has announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, challenging Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. Republicans control the U.S. Senate by a 53-47 margin, ...

Wrangell’s economic development board, which advises the assembly, has raised several questions about a possible borough land lease for a California-based company to build and operate a small-scale ...

A Petersburg man arrested in 2024 for felony charges related to child sexual abuse material has pleaded guilty. Over a year ago, Alejandro “Alex” Melendez Aguilar, age 46, was indicted on 10 felony ...

Petersburg Medical Center's long-awaited MRI project has reached its final regulatory hurdle, with the state accepting the facility's Certificate of Need application and scheduling a public hearing ...

Some Petersburg residents spent the day in single-digit temperatures and several feet of fresh snow Dec. 20 to participate in ...

Though the state will have two ferries that could operate next summer on the popular route between Bellingham, Washington, and Alaska, it will park the Kennicott at the dock in Ketchikan, keeping it ...

The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously approved prioritized lists of capital projects for state and federal funding requests at its Jan. 5 meeting. The priority list is topped by two projects ...

The Petersburg Borough Assembly has approved having temporary sales tax exemption cards available for seniors with pending eligibility. Petersburg voters passed a proposition this fall that limits the ...