Week of December 11, 2025
Week of December 11, 2025
Petersburg set a daily snowfall record Monday with 7.8 inches, but the early snowfall appears to be an outlier from expectations of a drier and colder winter to come, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau. The snowstorm continued through Tuesday, accumulating 15 inches of snow across the two days. No flights landed at the airport on Tuesday, and roads in town were somewhat treacherous until snow abated and plowing caught up by Wednesday morning. Tuesday would have been a snowfall...
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The Alaska Marine Highway System has put the Columbia back to work through Dec. 17 to cover for the Kennicott, which is delayed leaving a Puget Sound shipyard. The Kennicott was scheduled to start running the first week of December between Bellingham, Washington, and Southeast Alaska, but the state reported last month that the ship would be delayed two weeks coming out of the shipyard where it has been for a new generator and other repairs. The Kennicott is now scheduled to leave Ketchikan on...
The Petersburg Rotary Club will distribute over 200 pounds of moose burger to the community on Saturday morning, through a unique local program that turns hunting violations into a food security resource. Petersburg's Moose Burger Bank, now in its eighth year, processes meat from illegally harvested moose and distributes it to local nonprofits and community organizations and, when supplies allow, directly to community members. A public distribution will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday outside...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly approved a handful of changes to the borough's budget earlier this month, including spending $11,000 to repair damage at the town's ball field. An intense wind storm in September caused one dugout to completely collapse and the adjacent structure covering the bleachers to lean significantly. At the Dec. 1 Borough Assembly meeting, Little League President Becky Turland said the ball field is important to many in the community. "Little League uses the ball fields.... Full story
A program run by a pair of Alaska nonprofits has started paying out grants for new electric heat pump installations in homes from Metlakatla to Kodiak. The grants range from $4,000 to $8,500 per household, depending on income, and are intended to reduce home heating costs while also reducing pollution from burning fossil fuels. The coastal Alaska program is just starting up, with funds paid out or pending for about 15 installations as of Dec. 2, said Jessie Huff, energy program manager for the Southeast Conference. "We have at least 300...
The number of elk hunt permits issued for Zarembo Island will be doubled next year, from one elk bull available for harvest to two. It’s a slow climb after the state shut down elk hunting on the island from 2006 to 2023, then allowing just one permit per year in 2024 and 2025. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has been able to develop a better understanding of Zarembo’s elk population, and believes the herd can handle the additional harvest, said Frank Robbins, the Petersburg-based game biologist for the Wrangell-Petersburg area. The...
In their final tournament before regionals, the Petersburg High School Wrestling team had an opportunity to finish the regular season at Wrangell's Tom Sims Invitational on a high with momentum heading into regionals - and they did just that. The team put out their best performance of the season, said head coach James Valentine. Coach Valentine praised the growth they showed in the meet and to get to this point despite having a younger team. "Overall, I thought this was a great weekend for...
Last season, the Petersburg High School Vikings fell just short of a state berth, losing to the Metlakatla Chiefs. Despite the loss, throughout the season, the team was able to improve deploying their motion offense, despite the struggles for the majority of the season. This year, the team hopes to be able to limit mistakes from the get go when running their offense. "For a lot of those guys last year, it was their first varsity experience of having extended minutes – I'm hoping that...
Heading into the 2025-26 season, the Petersburg High School Girls Varsity Basketball team will be looking to dictate the pace of their opponents and not the other way around. Too many times last season, the Vikings would get off to slow starts, in part because teams just took the fight to them. "Sometimes we would take the floor and it took us a little while to get in the flow of things because other teams would come out and be physical right of the get go and we weren't ready to respond to...
Donald Dean Anderson was born on March 7, 1944, in Miami, a classic western boom-town in the heart of Arizona's Copper Corridor, to Earnest and Nellie Anderson. The family soon moved to California where Don and his older brothers, Bob and Vernon, grew up in the Central Valley and Sierra Foothills. After graduating from Morro Bay High School in 1962, Don enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served in engine room #2, aboard the USS Alamo, LSD 33. He met and fell in love with D. Charlene Bass and they... Full story
Paula Jeanne McCormick was born on October 10, 1934, in San Francisco, California, and passed away on November 23, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska, at the age of 91. She was the beloved daughter of Paul Raymond Siberts and Lucella Belle Siberts (née Weaver). Paula is survived by her daughters, Debi (George) Cole and Shelly (James) Mabry, and sons, John (Mary Lou) McCormick and Timothy (Renee) McCormick, grandchildren, Tami Lewis, Steve Lewis, Derek Strickland, Hannah McCormick, Krystal Strand and...
December 3 - An officer conducted a welfare check on Mitkof Hwy. It was reported that a vehicle had knocked over a movable sign on Dolphin Street. Officers executed a search warrant on Excel Street. Officers responded to an accident involving two vehicles on Mitkof Hwy. An officer conducted a welfare check on Skylark Way. December 4 - A citizen spoke with Dispatch concerning a civil issue that was later resolved. Officers responded and conducted a civil standby on Excel Street. An officer responded to a report of possible fireworks or firearm...
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