Local leaders unveiled a new mural July 4th in Petersburg, honoring Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich. It was one of only a few in-person events for Petersburg’s Independence Day.
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Petersburg’s emergency operations center announced another positive COVID-19 case in the community on July 4.
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Petersburg health officials have announced another positive COVID-19 test – this time for an out-of-state resident at a nearby sport fishing lodge.
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Commercial crabbers in Southeast Alaska will have a full two-month summer season for Dungeness crab again this year, based on another strong start to the season.
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At a time when monuments of colonizers and enslavers are being debated and removed across the country, a mural is going up this July 4th in the birth place and on the birthday of a Native civil rights leader. The new mural in the Southeast Alaska community of Petersburg celebrates Elizabeth Peratrovich, her legacy as a Native Tlingit woman, and voice for equal rights.
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The commercial troll season for king salmon in Southeast Alaska opens Wednesday, July 1. The first summer opening might be a little longer this year with a boost in the catch allowed under the Pacific Salmon Treaty with Canada. The new month also signals the end of spring trolling that targets hatchery kings.
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The second year of reconstruction for a popular hiking trail near Petersburg is starting up this summer and is on schedule to be finished later this year. In addition, the U.S. Forest Service’s Ravens Roost cabin at the end of that trail has funding secured to be replaced next year.
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The list of Republican candidates seeking to represent island communities of Southeast Alaska in the state house is down to two. A Sitka man has withdrawn his name from the August primary, leaving challengers on Prince of Wales Island and Hoonah. The winner of that primary race will take on the Sitka incumbent democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins in the fall.
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