Olivia Rose, Author at KFSK

Author: Olivia Rose

Petersburg’s high schoolers volunteer for a Day of Giving

Petersburg High School students spent their last day before winter break serving the community as part of the school’s Day of Giving. From handing out food bags and organizing donations for a local nonprofit, to baking and delivering cookie boxes with cards and ornaments to businesses, to babysitting, caroling, visiting elderly folks, shoveling snow, deep cleaning the school, handing out free soup and more — whatever the task, students said they were doing it to give back to the community that supports them.

Petersburg High School wrestling season ends at state championship

Three Petersburg High School wrestlers competed at the state championship in Anchorage last weekend, Dec. 19-20. Head coach James Valentine said they wrestled hard against tough competition. Reflecting on the season, Valentine shared about his vision for the wrestling program moving forward.

Snowy tree takes out power in Petersburg for nearly 2 hours

Petersburg lost power Tuesday night for almost two hours after a tree fell into a major powerline five miles south of town. Petersburg Municipal Power & Light crew cut the tree out, freed the line and restored power for all of town around 9:20.

Petersburg got more snow in a week than all of last winter

People who have been shoveling snow in central Southeast Alaska might feel a bit like Sisyphus, rolling his boulder uphill. But the heavy snowfall that buried many panhandle communities this past week is no myth.

Sunday snowfall in Petersburg sets daily record, causes closures and cancellations

Over 40 inches of snow has fallen in Petersburg in the past week. The town got 16 inches of snow on Sunday, and a couple more inches on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The heavy snow led to a number of closures and cancellations in town, including at the school district and the borough.