The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the state of Alaska’s latest attempt to alter Alaska’s decades-old system of subsistence fishing management. In a one-sentence order Monday, the court said it will ...

A comment period is open until Feb. 13 as part of a program review that could change the way subsistence hunting and fishing is managed on federal lands in Alaska. On May 5, 2025, Safari Club ...

Former U.S. House Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, has announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, challenging Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. Republicans control the U.S. Senate by a 53-47 margin, ...

A Petersburg man arrested in 2024 for felony charges related to child sexual abuse material has pleaded guilty. Over a year ago, Alejandro “Alex” Melendez Aguilar, age 46, was indicted on 10 felony ...

Wrangell’s economic development board, which advises the assembly, has raised several questions about a possible borough land lease for a California-based company to build and operate a small-scale ...

Petersburg Medical Center's long-awaited MRI project has reached its final regulatory hurdle, with the state accepting the facility's Certificate of Need application and scheduling a public hearing ...

Suspicious activity on Kings Row. A vehicle was blocking a garage on N 3rd Street. The owner was notified and moved the car immediately. An officer helped a juvenile with a concern on S 3rd Street. A ...

Planning Commission Drafting Zoning Code re: Towers To the Editor: We the Planning Commission are drafting a zoning code update to propose to the Borough Assembly to regulate communication towers ...

Mrs. Grover Cleary, whose husband is a fox farmer in Southeastern Alaska, has sworn to a warrant for the arrest of Robert Bryant, radio expert. Mrs. Cleary is well known in Petersburg, where she has ...

As if a record 82 inches of snow in December wasn't enough to bury Juneau, more snow arrived this week. The National Weather ...

Petersburg area mountain snowpack has rebounded dramatically from near-record lows in early December to above-average depths ...

The second of two men arrested in Petersburg last summer for scamming an elderly resident has been sentenced to a year in ...