60-year-old handyman Michael Sheldon of Petersburg is pushing his message of protecting the annual Permanent Fund Dividend check for Alaskans as he campaigns in the final week to unseat a long-time incumbent in the state senate. Sheldon is running a write-in campaign against fellow Republican Bert Stedman of Sitka, who has held the seat since 2003.
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The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Land Office held an informational meeting in Petersburg to give an update on the land exchange process which would trade their Petersburg land with some U.S. Forest Service land on Prince of Wales Island and other areas.
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A Petersburg man facing charges of kidnapping and sexual assault is scheduled to go on trial in December. 29-year-old Joshua Hall Blewett is charged with assault, sexual assault and kidnapping for allegedly threatening another person with a utility knife, tying her up, hitting her and sexually assaulting her in early September at an Excel Street apartment.
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Petersburg High School’s swimming teams both took fifth place at the region meet in Ketchikan last weekend and three PHS swimmers qualified for the state championships. Juneau-Douglas won the region title for the girls’ team and Thunder Mountain won the boys’ team title.
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Do dissolved metals from an old Canadian mine threaten Taku River fish? A new state study says “no,” but critics aren’t so sure of the results.
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