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October was Fire Prevention Month for Alaska, following a decree from Gov. Sean Parnell, and Petersburg has stayed on track, with the police department reporting no stray fires, aside from a campfire in the wrong location, during October. The total number of structure fires can vary dramatically, year to year, ranging from about two to more than ten in his experience, Fire Marshal Ryan Welde said. “Sometimes, I’m sure, there were years we had more, but there are fewer nowadays.” Last year was ab...
Throughout history, arguments over land and water usages have run the gamut from tussles over fences with next door neighbors to shoot outs over inter-state grazing rights in the old west, but when land and water rights pit one country against another, that’s when things really get tricky. That is the situation in Southeast Alaska, where residents find themselves downstream from several massive open pit gold/copper mines being developed in bordering British Columbia. The mines are located in the headwaters of some of Southeast’s largest and...
Bruce Kent Williams, 61 died October 19, 2014 in Anchorage. He was born in Petersburg Alaska, July 31, 1953, to Noble and Sarah Williams. He attended school in Petersburg. In his younger years he worked at Whitney Fidalgo with Benji Lucas, his lifelong friend and partner in crime. He also worked in Kake as an electrician, a welder's helper on the pipeline, in Sitka at the Pulp Mill and numerous other jobs. He spent the majority of his life in Petersburg, which he considered home. He loved life,... Full story
