Author: kfskadmin

A state grand jury has charged the former executive director of a non-profit day care organization in Petersburg with theft, falsifying business records and forgery.

The Petersburg City Council agreed on preliminary plans for two major port improvements Monday night. The vote allows the city to move forward with the north harbor and commercial drive-down dock projects.

The Chief Justice of Alaska’s Supreme Court joined many other state judges and more than a hundred Petersburg-area residents who turned out Friday to honor the town’s retiring magistrate during the Little Norway Festival. The party was a tribute to Darlene Whitethorn, one of the longest-serving officers in the Alaska courts. But as Matt Lichtenstein reports, the event also served to highlight the key role that magistrates play in Alaska.

Petersburg is abuzz with celebration of Norwegian culture and local color as the 2011 Little Norway Festival is well underway. There’s plenty of food, drink, music and dancing, and this weekend promises plenty more. Matt Lichtenstein sat down with festival committee co-chairs Holli Flint and Katie Corrao to talk about many of the events planned for Saturday and Sunday.

A new show of watercolor paintings by local artist Pia Reilly opens tonight at Miele Gallery as part of the Little Norway Festival in Petersburg. There are still life portraits of flowers and forests of colorful, complex trees with flowing branches contrasted and complimented by the images of more simple, strait-backed chairs. It’s called “Enchanted” and Matt Lichtenstein stopped by Reilly’s studio for a preview.: