Passengers on the MS Amundsen described Petersburg as “the coziest of places.”
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Per capita, Alaskans are the country’s most-scammed people
Although seniors lose the most money to fraud, people aged 18-30 get scammed the most often.
Resident describes narrow escape from fire that destroyed Whale Pass cabins
“My little dog woke me up and my whole cabin was on fire,” Douglas Browand said. “One cabin went off after another until all of them were lit up.”
Petersburg high school students calculate a glacier’s advance
The LeConte Glacier student survey was started in 1983 by Petersburg High School teacher Paul Bowen and has happened almost every year since then.
Citizen science program uses artificial intelligence to track thousands of humpback whales
Through photographs shared by whale watchers, Happy Whale has recorded thousands of whales that travel to and from Alaska.
As tourists arrive for whale watching in Southeast Alaska, officials remind visitors to keep their distance
Tourist season is beginning in Southeast Alaska, which likely means around a half million people will be hoping to see whales.
Petersburg assembly will send letter opposing Alaska Native lands bill
The Petersburg assembly voted to send a letter opposing a bill that would create five new urban Native corporations in Southeast Alaska and transfer land from the Tongass National Forest to those corporations.
Coast Guard cutter Anacapa leaves Petersburg after 32 years
Over the years the Anacapa has responded to natural disasters, freed entangled whales, and searched for missing aircraft and hunters.
Proposed timber sale targets young growth in Southeast Alaska
It’s one of the first sales to focus on second growth logging, following a federal plan to stop cutting down old growth trees.
Ocean Ranger repeal moves out of Senate committee
Written public testimony has been overwhelmingly in support of keeping or even expanding independent oversight by the marine engineers.