Petersburg
web-posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010
SITKA - September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, and the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is partnering with community programs to host special events in Sitka, Haines and Prince of Wales Island during this month.
web-posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Alaska's salmon catch has blown past pre-season predictions and there is still a lot of fishing left to go. The 2010 statewide harvest was pegged at 137 million salmon, down by 15 percent from last year due to anticipated low returns of pinks.
web-posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010
"It takes a village to raise a child" goes without saying in Tenakee. The town's only problem is that it needs a few more children to raise.
web-posted Wednesday, August 18, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, August 11, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Surprise! It turns out that salmon fishing is the most dangerous fishery in Alaska and crabbing in the Bering Sea is the safest.
web-posted Wednesday, August 4, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A rare fish was brought into Petersburg in early September 1954. The strange critter was taken by a Petersburg fisherman, Ernest Enge, who was fishing in Chatham Strait. Harold Gifford identified it as a prowfish. Gifford, a Canadian, happened to be in the Petersburg area on business for the International Halibut Commission.
web-posted Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Fishermen are happy as they wrap up the world's biggest red salmon fishery at Bristol Bay. Even though the catch of 28 million sockeye salmon came up a bit short, they will get a better payday than they've had in over two decades.
web-posted Wednesday, July 28, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, July 21, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, July 21, 2010
PETERSBURG - During the Little Norway Festival in May, Ed Rasmuson announced a challenge to the Petersburg community: build the Petersburg Community Foundation Fund up to $50,000 by July 4 and the Rasmuson Foundation will match it dollar-for-dollar.
web-posted Wednesday, July 21, 2010
JUNEAU - The Rasmuson Foundation Board of Directors recently awarded $1.86 million to nine Alaska organizations. Projects in Southeast receiving support including the following:
web-posted Wednesday, July 14, 2010
PETERSBURG - Petersburg's first ever Farmer's Market took place Saturday, June 5. For months it was the talk around town, as board members worked diligently behind the scenes and excited residents wondered what was in store. Turns out it was worth the wait.
web-posted Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Would you or someone you care about like to receive a free home survey to find out about assistive living equipment or home modifications that might make living at home easier and safer?
web-posted Wednesday, July 14, 2010
JUNEAU - New York University professor Michelle Dent will be in Juneau this week offering a local history workshop for writers, artists and historians.
web-posted Wednesday, July 14, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, July 7, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010
For many years Dolly Varden, a species of char, was considered by many to be a trout because they only saw it in freshwater streams. Early fishermen found it especially abundant throughout Southeast Alaska, so in 1907 several fishermen in Wrangell Narrows began catching and shipping Dolly Varden. It took no investment other than a boat and a net.
web-posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Fourth is coming, the Fourth is coming! Independence Day comes on a Sunday this year, which is perfect for a weekend getaway to Alaska's Little Norway. Petersburg is holding a year-long anniversary celebration as it turns 100 years old. That means special centennial festivities on July 3-4.
web-posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010
JUNEAU - The United Way of Southeast Alaska recently announced Community Impact Grant awards totaling $24,000 to six partner agencies. The projects were selected by a volunteer committee of the board of directors chaired by Katherine Eldemar, from a pool of proposals. The Community Impact Grants were divided into two groups this year. One focused on early literacy and the second set was focused on matching grant funds to help on any issue of need.
web-posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, June 23, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, June 16, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, June 16, 2010
North Pacific fishing groups are leading an ambitious effort to save a South Pacific fishing town named Robinson Crusoe.
web-posted Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Canned halibut has never been accepted by consumers. Attempts were made to preserve halibut in a can several times over the past 132 years.
web-posted Wednesday, June 9, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, June 9, 2010
The Capital City Weekly's list of 2010 Southeast high school graduates was missing a name of a Petersburg graduate. Gina Ressler also graduated from Petersburg High School this year. We apologize for the omission.
web-posted Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Did you make it to any of the wonderful events on Memorial Day in sunny Juneau? No, I'm not talking about the scrumptious family barbecue or the liquor-infused beach party. Nope, not even talking about the equally important graduation ceremonies scheduled precariously close to the military-run services.
web-posted Wednesday, June 2, 2010
A water passage from Frederick Sound to Summer Strait separates Mitkof Island from Kupreanof Island. Like the town of Wrangell, the passage was named for Ferdinand von Wrangell of the Russian American Company. At some time one of its boats took a shortcut frequently used by the Natives in their canoes, and the passage became Wrangell Narrows and appears on a Russian map of 1838.
web-posted Wednesday, June 2, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Listed below are the names of the 2010 high school graduates from Southeast Alaska that were available at presstime.
web-posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010
JUNEAU - Like exercising regularly or learning how to speak fluent Spanish, gardening is one of those resolutions I make every January and sometimes actually start, but never wind up finishing.
web-posted Wednesday, May 19, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, May 12, 2010
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11am-Noon, Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, May 12, 2010
PETERSBURG - Children at Summer Baxter's daycare and homeschool in Petersburg, hopped for "Jerry's Kids" by participating in the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual Hop-a-Thon on April 29.
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