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Photos: Community holds candlelight vigil for crash victims

Hundreds of Petersburg residents came together Monday night for a candlelight vigil for two teenagers killed in a car wreck that morning.

Two die in Petersburg car wreck; parade and carnival canceled

Dead are 18-year-old Molly Parks and 19-year-old Marie Giesbrecht both of Petersburg.

Library celebrates new outdoor space, public art

This weekend the public library will celebrate its recent landscaping, public art, and the opening of a new park for Petersburg that sits on land with deep roots in the town’s history. Abbey Collins reports.

Meetings planned on Tongass wilderness near Wrangell, Petersburg

The Sitka Conservation Society and U.S. Forest Service are holding meetings this week on two wilderness areas near Wrangell and Petersburg.
The conservation group is hoping to hear observations on use and conditions in the Stikine-Leconte wilderness near Wrangell and the Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck wilderness on Kupreanof Island near Petersburg.

SE Dungeness crabbers see full-length summer, fall seasons

Commercial Dungeness crabbers have a full two-month summer and two-month fall season for most of Southeast Alaska again this year. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced this week the summer season would continue through August 15 and a fall season is planned for October and November. The season length is set based on the catch from the first week of fishing. Crabbing opened on June 15th.