The Petersburg Borough is being sued by a resident over a request for documents related to a harassment claim the local police chief filed against the borough two years ago. A superior court judge has decided mostly in favor of the resident.
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Alaska State Troopers have identified the person who died in a boating accident near Petersburg last week as Susan Paul, age 73 of California. She was in a 20-foot Hewescraft skiff that sank after a collision with a larger seine boat.
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A Petersburg jury has found residents Julie Ruhle and Jim Vick liable for defaming a former police officer. Two years ago, the couple pled guilty in a criminal court for falsely accusing Louis Waechter of sexually assaulting Ruhle during a traffic stop. Now, the couple is obligated to pay Waechter over $1 million in damages
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Some groups in Petersburg have redoubled their efforts to distribute Narcan kits. But local police leadership has questions about how much it’s actually helping.
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man stranded in the Keku Strait near Kuiu Island. The man called Petersburg’s police department after an inflatable kayak containing all of his supplies washed away.
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The Petersburg Police Department’s annual report indicates that many categories of violent crime in the community are down from previous years.
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly is in for a long meeting tonight, with eight new items of business on the agenda. They’ll look at signing letters of support for fisheries across the state, in the face of years of hardship.
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A suspect is in custody after a month-long string of burglaries at Petersburg businesses. The Petersburg Police Department arrested 27-year-old Zachary Bray November 22 on several burglary and drug-related charges.
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