Taylor Heckart, Author at KFSK

Author: Taylor Heckart

Petersburg’s Northern Nights Theater will get a new sign, with help from a local nonprofit

Petersburg’s only movie theater has received a $30,000 grant from Petersburg Mental Health Services, a local private nonprofit. Much of that will go toward replacing the digital sign on Haugen Drive, which the theater shares with the school district.

High school homecoming basketball games celebrate Petersburg’s seniors

The Petersburg High School gym was packed as community members – and a small group of Wrangellites – cheered for their home teams. Petersburg’s varsity teams and the boys’ JV team played over two days on Feb. 27-28.

Tidal Network and Petersburg Borough officials face challenges in search for alternative tower sites

Petersburg Borough assembly members and Tidal Network officials struggled to find strong alternative locations for two planned communications towers during a late February work session. The group met in response to community pushback over the broadband company’s towers, which some residents say are too close to homes.

Petersburg varsity girls basketball team sweeps in Haines; boys win 1 in overtime

The teams are now looking forward to homecoming games against Wrangell.

Petersburg WAVE executive director to step down this summer

Rikki McKay was hired to lead Working Against Violence for Everyone last May. She plans to step down from the position in July after just over a year in the role.