The 43-year-old started work as an officer with the Petersburg Police Department at the end of last June.
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Board of Fish Southeast meeting moved to Anchorage in March
The decision is a loss for Ketchikan’s winter economy and is leaving some feeling cut out of the decision-making process.
ATVs are now street legal in Petersburg
Local governments are allowed to opt out, but Petersburg’s assembly hasn’t made that decision.
Petersburg COVID cases drop to single digits for the first time since October
Petersburg’s total number of cases since the start of the pandemic is now at 570, with three deaths.
In Petersburg, home health care nurses are crucial to keep people out of hospitals
More than 7% of Petersburg’s 3,000 residents got infected in November alone. On the front lines of this outbreak is a team of home health nurses going door-to-door treating patients.
Petersburg’s tribal administrator takes job leading United Fishermen of Alaska
Tracy Welch grew up in Petersburg and has a background in commercial fishing, gillnetting and long-lining.
Senators reintroduce bill that would grant land to Alaska Native communities in Southeast
The bill would grant just 23,040 acres of land that’s now national forest to each of the five new corporations.
Petersburg teen receives homecoming after nearly one year of cancer treatment
Joseph Tagaban first learned he had a rare form of cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, last year.
Forest Service proposes restoring young-growth stands in central Southeast Alaska
Eventually, the forests evolve into old growth with a healthy ecosystem that is better for wildlife. But it takes a very, very long time.
Petersburg outbreak leads to short staffing at hospital, schools and borough
Health officials say the spread of the virus is not decreasing.