Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

Families, friends and faculty wished well to the graduating class of 2019 at Petersburg High School Tuesday night. 30 seniors received diplomas and marked the end of their journey in the local school system.

A Petersburg jury this month returned one guilty verdict and one not guilty verdict for two local residents. The two were charged with sending methamphetamine in the mail with the intent of selling it in the community. Now the attorney for the woman found guilty in the case is asking for a new trial.

State and federal law enforcement officers killed a brown bear Sunday May 26 on the mainland southeast of Wrangell. They believe it was the same bear that was threatening some campers in the area.

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan took part in Petersburg’s Little Norway Festival this month, riding in the parade, running in the Lop the Loop and visiting with local residents and officials.