Petersburg

Petersburg hospital sets out to become a state trauma center, a decade-old goal

Petersburg's hospital board voted to chase a state trauma designation that Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and Wrangell already have. Staff hope to get it in a year.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Petersburg Assembly advances pause on some data centers, rejects a wider one

Petersburg's Assembly advanced a pause on some data centers through September 2027. A push to pause all of them, closed-loop or not, failed on a 3-3 tie.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Petersburg Assembly awards $13.5 million Scow Bay haul-out contract to lone bidder

Petersburg Assembly awarded Rock-n-Road Construction up to $13.5 million to build the Scow Bay boat haul-out. Work starts Dec. 7, funded mainly by an $8.9 million federal grant.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Petersburg spent $1,122 in public money promoting its sales tax cap proposition

Petersburg spent $1,122 in public money on ads for its own sales tax hike, which lost by 14 votes. State law sets a specific bar for that spending.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Petersburg Assembly advances union wage money before members vote, rejecting a delay 3-3

Petersburg's Assembly advanced money for its final offer to the borough workers' union, 5-1, before the union votes on it. A delay failed 3-3.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Petersburg voters approve up to $3.3 million to finish a backup diesel generator

Petersburg voters OK'd up to $3.3 million, 709 to 366, for a backup diesel generator the borough says it needs before standby power falls short.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 6

Sitka Planning Commission takes testimony on requiring permits for data centers

Sitka's zoning code covers tanneries and log storage but says nothing about data centers. A city proposal would require a permit for one in five districts.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago3 min read

Fairbanks borough mayor proposes pause on large data center permits through 2027

Fairbanks' mayor wants no big new data centers permitted through 2027. Houston already hit pause, and Petersburg is drafting a pause of its own.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Peltola takes in $14.1 million in two months, nearly 7 times Sullivan's haul

Peltola took in about seven times what Sullivan did in the latest two-month reports. Both spent more than they took in, and Sullivan still has more cash.

by Alaska News4w ago4 min read

Flood watches and gusts to 55 mph hit southern Southeast as an atmospheric river arrives

Southern Southeast faces up to 6 inches of rain and gusts to 55 mph Thursday into Friday, with flood watches from Ketchikan up to Petersburg.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Progressive group behind Alaska Voter Guide went by 907 Action until August

Alaska Voter Guide isn't the state's pamphlet. It's a progressive political group that went by 907 Action until August. Steven Spielberg gave it $5,000 in 2024.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Trump endorses Wilson

Trump endorsed Bernadette Wilson for governor, attacked two Republican rivals and urged the GOP field to unite behind her.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Oct 8

Weather service lifts Petersburg dense fog advisory early; more fog possible Wednesday

Petersburg's fog lifted hours early Tuesday. It could be back by Wednesday morning, and a flood watch starts Thursday. Southeast doesn't do quiet weeks.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Petersburg asks the state for two more tsunami sirens and an updated inundation study

Petersburg wants two more tsunami sirens for its harbors and Papke's Landing. The state would supply them; the borough just pays shipping and upkeep.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Oct 9

Petersburg Assembly overturns denial of land division for tribe's wireless tower

Petersburg's assembly overturned the planning commission's denial of a land division Tlingit & Haida needs for a wireless tower beside the borough's fire hall.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Oct 9

Wildlife trooper rescues two Petersburg boaters stranded overnight on the Stikine River

Two Petersburg boaters spent a rainy night stuck on the Stikine River after their jet boat wouldn't go back in the water. A wildlife trooper brought them home.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Petersburg voters decide three fiscal propositions and eight local boards

Petersburg voters decide Tuesday on three tax and borrowing measures and eight board races, with polls open 8 am to 8 pm.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Super PAC 'Protecting Alaska Fishermen' commits $1.4M against Sullivan

A brand-new super PAC called Protecting Alaska Fishermen has put $1.4 million against Sen. Dan Sullivan. Who's paying for it isn't public yet.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Trump calls Alaska's second Dan Sullivan a 'fraud' at gas line event

Trump called a Petersburg man running as Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race a fraud, but courts upheld his ballot eligibility.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly sets Oct. 5 work session on school activities funding

Ketchikan students, coaches and parents told the borough school activities are turning pay-to-play. The Assembly takes up whether it can help Oct. 5.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 21

Petersburg Medical Center weighs $10 million apartment building to house its staff

Petersburg Medical Center needs somewhere for its staff to live. A 20-unit apartment building would do it, at about $500,000 a unit. The board is thinking.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Petersburg hospital CEO and board member differ on how federal budget law will affect Medicaid

Petersburg's hospital CEO told his board the federal budget law mostly adds paperwork for the state. A board member called it major Medicaid cuts.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Petersburg assembly deadlocks 3-3, rejecting one-year data center moratorium

Petersburg's assembly split 3-3 on pausing data center permits, so there's no pause. The utility says the power grid comes with its own off switch.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Petersburg planning commission recommends one-year data center moratorium; developer threatens suit

Petersburg paid to advertise one of its two sales tax ballot questions, finance director says

Petersburg is voting on two sales tax questions and bought ads for one. The senior exemption initiative will have to get by on word of mouth.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

The line that powers Petersburg would leave federal license oversight

Petersburg gets its power over an 80-mile line from Tyee Lake. The agency running it wants that line out of its federal license, the second this year.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

A federal rule would ease buying Alaska seafood for school meals

More than half of Alaska's districts already serve local seafood, mostly through donations and grants. A federal rule would let them just buy it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Petersburg planning commission recommends one-year data center moratorium; developer threatens suit

Petersburg may pause data center permits for a year. The developer says a year would kill the project, and has threatened to sue the borough.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Petersburg rejects a wireless tower next to its only fire hall over collapse fears

Petersburg's planning commission rejected a wireless tower next to the borough's only fire hall over fears it could collapse onto the station.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Trump says he will campaign in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan

Trump says he is coming to Alaska to campaign for Dan Sullivan. Mary Peltola outpolled Sullivan by more than 13,000 votes in the August primary.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

Fourteen states weighed in on whether an Alaskan belonged on Alaska's ballot

Fourteen states, the Alaska GOP and a national election law group filed briefs against a Petersburg man's candidacy. Two Alaskans filed for him, on their own.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Southeast Alaska's king crab fishery will open, barely clearing the bar

Southeast Alaska's commercial red king crab season opens Nov. 1 with a 213,076-pound quota, the fourth opening since 2006 and the second in a row after years of closures.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Petersburg hospital rejects shared-kitchen lease for traveling staff

Petersburg Medical Center dropped plans to lease shared housing for traveling staff after two assistants clashed over kitchen supplies, and is now exploring building its own duplexes on tundra land.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Petersburg hospital board weighs buying housing to address staffing gaps

Petersburg hospital gets preliminary nod for behavioral health grant

Petersburg Medical Center has preliminary approval for about $400,000 in behavioral health money, but cannot hire or buy anything until the state signs off.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Resident king salmon limit near Petersburg is three a day in state waters

Anglers around Petersburg can keep more king salmon now after a low harvest and strong hatchery return — but the fish are few and far between.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Petersburg-area gillnetters get one more day before the fishery closes

Drift gillnet fishermen near Petersburg get one more day before Districts 6 and 8 close Thursday — the second short extension this month for the fishery.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Dan Sullivan endorsed Dan Sullivan over Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race

Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan endorsed Sen. Dan Sullivan in a race that also features Daniel Sullivan Jr. He signed it "the OG Dan Sullivan."

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A Tlingit infant, held for years in a Seattle museum, is coming home to Petersburg

A Tlingit infant girl whose remains were held for years in a Seattle museum is returning home to Petersburg, where her tribe will welcome her Sept. 4.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska primary: who advanced and what passed, in unofficial results

Peltola and Sullivan head to November, Begich leads the House field, four of 17 governor tickets advance, and donation caps passed with 71%

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Petersburg ships most of its trash to Washington; its unlined landfill is up for renewal

Petersburg's household trash gets barged to Washington state. What stays behind goes into an unlined landfill where groundwater monitoring was waived.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Southeast gillnetters ride a strong pink run, with the season about to turn toward coho

Southeast gillnetters are working a strong pink salmon season, with several areas open into Thursday and the focus set to turn toward coho later this month.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read