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The Petersburg Ranger District will be cutting, falling and hauling wood in support of the East Ohmer Creek Stream Restoration project, beginning Monday, June 13, 2022. The work is anticipated to take up to two weeks and short delays can be expected. Cut logs and logs with rootwads attached will be taken on Woodpecker Road at Mile Post 3.0 and Mile Post 11.0, and near the junction of the Snake Ridge Road and FS 40006. The contractor will place signs near the work sites but expect log truck traffic from approximately June 13 – 24th. For more i...
June 2, 1922 One hundred and fifty salmon canneries are planning operations in Alaska this season, an increase of more than thirty over last year. Two crab canneries and three clam canneries will operate in the territory. May 30, 1947 New Cab Company Formed by Veterans. A new cab company was formed in Petersburg this week, starting operation on Wednesday morning. The two World War II veterans who have formed the organization are Jim Miller and Neil McDonald. They will take their calls at the Pastime, phone 76, and operate under the name...
May 26, 1922 The inauguration of a weekly mail service between Petersburg and Juneau including Cape Fanshaw and other way points beginning July 1st has been announced by postmaster Jacob Otness. The contract for the service has been awarded to George Remstead, of Fanshaw. The contract covers a period of four years. It calls for weekly trips between Juneau and Petersburg with calls at Gambier Bay, Pybus Bay, Brothers Island, Five Finger Light, and Cape Fanshaw. Under certain conditions on each second trip between October 1 and March 31 calls...
Julia Susan Murph earned a Bachelor of Science Engineering and graduated cum laude from the University of Alaska Fairbanks on April 30, 2022....
5 students in the Class of 2022 will graduate next Tuesday in a ceremony which will run similar to those before the pandemic. It will be held at 7 p.m. in the high school gym and will be open to everyone with no assigned seating. It will also be livestreamed for those who cannot attend in person and the link has been posted on the school's website. PHS Principal Rick Dormer said staff and seniors will organize around the community center and will be welcomed into the gym as the band plays Pomp...
Abigail Anderson Who are your parents? Julie and Jason Anderson Number of years in Petersburg schools? 10 Please describe something you are most proud of from your time at PHS: Going on exchange. What are your plans following graduation? Right now it is up in the air, but mainly work throughout the summer then maybe go to college. What was your favorite class or activity during school and why? Art, for the most part I can just plug in my headphones and block out the world and focus at the task...
May 19, 1922 Never before did as many visitors come to Alaska as are scheduled to make the trip this year. The steamship companies report heavy bookings for the summer months which are to start about the first of June a month hence, or soon thereafter. These visitors, this year will include many distinguished persons, possibly the President of the United States. Therefore it behooves the people of Petersburg to start cleaning up for them. All over town there is a chance for improvement in yards, along the streets, and about the buildings. If...
The Stedman Elementary foursquare club ended on May 3 with a large tournament, music, and excited spectators. The first-time club met every Tuesday after school to play foursquare and ninesquare since September. Amy Wilkes wrote that the kids also want to thank the Stedman PIE (Partners in Education) for the donated jerseys. Back row, from left: Rebel McGrath, Declan Olsen, Coach Kowalski, Thomas Slaven, Derek Allison, Jamari Tate, Evin Olsen, and Coach Wilkes. Middle row: Gillian O'Soup,...
Julia Niemi received distinction at Washington State University for Spring 2022 with placement on the President’s Honor Roll. Rebecca Lee has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Winter 2022 President’s List....
May 12, 1922 Keep your pocket books open Wednesday. The members of the Petersburg Fire Department and the school children will be holding a tag sale on Wednesday, May 17th for the benefit of the playground fund. Tag sellers will be on the streets all day and every one will be expected to pungle up a little old two bit piece for a tag. No one dare refuse to buy not only one…but as many as their pocket book will stand. The money will be used in putting the playgrounds on the hill in shape for this season for the use of the children and the b...
