"Petersburg High School"

The LeConte Glacier student survey was started in 1983 by Petersburg High School teacher Paul Bowen and has happened almost every year since then.

The teams timed their own 5K races at home and then shared them. The girls’ and boys’ teams from Juneau-Douglas: Yadaa.at Kalé both finished first.

Esports, or competitive video gaming, has been steadily growing in Alaska schools for the past few years. The new activity is helping foster community within schools.

Budget cuts to Alaska’s state ferry system have made it harder for high school basketball teams to travel this season, school officials say.

Esports is growing in many high schools across Alaska. The sport was sanctioned by the the Alaska School Activities Association in April, and more and more students are getting involved.

Petersburg High School student Elisa Larson took first place and will advance to the National Finals in April, held in Washington, D.C. Jania Tumey of West Anchorage High School was runner up. 

Some Petersburg teenagers have been spending one night a week this fall learning many of the skills needed to become a volunteer fire fighter.

The driver of a van that crashed July 4, 2016, in Petersburg has been charged with murder and manslaughter for the deaths of two of young women in that accident.

A Juneau grand jury returned a five-count indictment Thursday against William Christopher “Chris” Allen, 24.

Petersburg High School students completed their annual survey of the position of the LeConte Glacier on the mainland near Petersburg last month. The southern-most tidewater glacier in the northern hemisphere has shown a little change since last year.

Ten Alaska teens competed in 2017 Poetry Out Loud state competition in Juneau.