Joe Viechnicki, KFSK, Author at KFSK

Sitka tops Petersburg in roller derby

The Sitka Sound Slayers beat the Petersburg Ragnarok Rollers in a close roller derby bout Friday night during Petersburg’s Little Norway Festival.

Petersburg assembly green lights land swap with Petro Marine

By a 4-3 vote Monday, Petersburg’s borough assembly gave the green light to a land swap with fuel company Petro Marine, for property along South Nordic Drive. The borough’s harbor department wants the Petro property for a maintenance building. But the proposed deal is not without its critics.

PHS baseball team wins first game in three years

It’s been a long losing streak for Petersburg High School’s varsity baseball team but that came to an end at the ball fields in Petersburg Friday evening. The Vikings beat the Thunder Mountain Falcons 6-5 to break into the win column for the first time since May of 2016.

Fireworks allowable days back in proposed law

Reversing course from the meeting before, Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday added back two days a year when people would be allowed to shoot off fireworks within the old city limits.

Ice berg harvest a new tradition for Little Norway Festival

For the past half dozen years, locals and visitors attending Petersburg’s Little Norway Festival may have noticed those ice bergs slowing melting in the sun on main street, a center piece for the week-long celebration of the town’s Norwegian culture. Gathering those bergs from the chilly waters of Frederick Sound is a relatively new part of the festival and honors the founding of the town.