Caitlyn and Brandon Ware welcomed Elizabeth Christine Ware into the world at 5:52 p.m. on February 26, 2026. She was born at ...

The Petersburg School District is wrapping up a lengthy roof replacement project and moving into the security upgrade phase of campus improvements funded through a 2024 voter-approved bond. CBC ...

Get ready to bump, set and spike this spring with the adult volleyball league. The adult volleyball league has been going on since last fall and was only supposed to run through December, but things ...

The executive director of Petersburg’s domestic violence prevention nonprofit will be leaving her position this summer. Rikki McKay was hired to lead Working Against Violence for Everyone last May.

Two state lawmakers introduced legislation this month that aims to crack down on a major source of water pollution from cruise ships in Alaska waters. Sen. Jesse Kiehl and Rep. Sara Hannan, both ...

Petersburg, like many small towns, has increasingly been under attack by scammers. One of the newer schemes showing up locally is the rental scam, in which fraudsters create fake listings and ...

The sport, personal use, and subsistence shrimp fishery in Southeast Alaska will close to the harvest of shrimp from 12:01 a.m., Sunday, March 1, through Thursday, April 30, 2026. The Alaska Board of ...

Just as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 drove oil prices higher — over $100 a barrel for several months — so too are the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s counterattacks, sending ...

18 – Dear Readers: In last week’s edition of Yesterday’s News we learned that Mr. Sidney Charles, editor of the Petersburg Herald, turned over his interest in the paper to local backers and that there ...

The Kinder Skog squad cleared snow from ten hydrants on Monday afternoon after more than two feet of fresh snow fell on Petersburg over the weekend. "Clearing hydrants is important so we can stop ...

Petersburg homeowners who heat their homes with oil, propane, or wood may soon have an increased financial incentive to make the switch to electric heat pumps. Alaska Heat Smart’s Accelerating Clean ...

A lost dog was reported. Suspicious behavior was reported on N. Nordic Dr. Papers were served. A disturbance reported on S. 3rd St was unfounded. February 26 – An officer assisted Emergency Medical ...