Yesterday's News

January 2, 2025 – It was said that as far as the contractors were concerned, they had completed the hydro-electric project for the Town of Petersburg and were ready to have the juice from the Blind Slough plant turned on and hooked up with the town transmission line. Some small electrical appliances are said to be needed, and it is said these are coming via mail. None of the city officials could definitively say as to when the power may be turned on, but thought it would be accomplished in another two or three days.

January 6, 1950 – The U.S. Commissioner Dale H. Hirt has been a busy man since...