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The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority recently sold a prized lot at the mouth of Blind Slough near Blind River Rapids in the Trust's Fall Land Sale Auction. The Lot 37 parcel is located at a popular recreation site for sport fishing about 14 miles south of downtown Petersburg. It is one of the many properties on Mitkof Island that the Trust Land Office plans to sell by 2025. In response to what the Trust's plans are for selling the dozens of lots near the mouth of Blind Slough, Allison...
On Tuesday the borough assembly reviewed capital projects needs in Petersburg. Out of 81 requested capital projects across the borough, new and continued, 11 ranked top priority for state funding. The top two priorities are continuing projects for the Petersburg Medical Center replacement. The first is for Phase 4, Main Hospital Construction, seeking $37 million in funding to cover the cost in full. The second is for Phase 5, Main Hospital Interior Build out, seeking $30 million. Hospital project Phases 1 through 3, in the amount of $29...
December 27 – Gabriel Volk was arrested for allegedly violating conditions of release. An officer spoke with individuals regarding a civil issue. A protective order was served. Petersburg Police Department (PPD) received a report of icy road conditions at 3.9 mile Mitkof Highway. The Department of Transportation (DOT) was notified. An officer responded to a reported disturbance on South 2nd Street but was unable to locate the noise. Officers responded to a report of a vehicle in the ditch along Mitkof Highway. An officer provided lockout assist...
Trekking up the harbor ramp as the sun set at North Harbor, scores of film production crew members geared up to their chins and strapped with various pieces of equipment made their way back to the Tides Inn after a long day at Little Duncan Bay. A Netflix reality television show called "Outlast" recently filmed its second season on National Forest System lands in the Petersburg Ranger District, around Little Duncan Bay on Kupreanof Island. The series follows 16 individuals as they "survive off...
January 4, 1924 – Announcement has been made from the office of Territorial Treasurer Smith that the Territory has paid the bounty on 4,500 eagles killed within her confines during the past year and that since the legislature increased the bounty to one dollar there has been a noted increase in the number of eagle claws presented and on which the bounty is paid. One resident of the Rocky Pass section, near Kake, is the banner eagle exterminator, having collected the bounty on 400 pair of claws during the year. December 31, 1948 – Fire, of an...
