In late fall and into the winter, thousands of humpback whales that have been fattening up on krill and herring in the waters of Southeast Alaska head south for warmer waters. Researchers from Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute are trying to find out more about the timing and nature of the whales’ annual three-thousand-mile migration from Alaska to Hawaii.
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The holiday season is a time of joy and coming together but for some families it can be a struggle to make it a time of cheer. The Salvation Army Church in Petersburg has been busy this holiday season raising money for Petersburg’s needy families.
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Five Petersburg High School students participated in the All State Music Festival in Anchorage. They were chosen through auditions that their teacher, Matt Lenhard, recorded in the school’s band room.
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It was a relatively quick season for Southeast Alaska sea cucumber divers. The season closed in mid-November after the fleet landed a little more than a million pounds of the seafood delicacy. Meanwhile, it looks like diving for geoduck clams might not be over so quickly.
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If you think mustaches are out of fashion….well, you could be right. But that hasn’t stopped several men in Petersburg from donning them to bring awareness to men’s health issues.
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