Playwright, actor reflects on legacy of Elizabeth Peratrovich
Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Feb 16, 2021
Diane Benson (Photo courtesy of Diane Benson)
Today, February 16 is Elizabeth Peratrovich Day in Alaska, marking the anniversary of the signing of an anti-discrimination bill passed by Alaska’s territorial legislature in 1945. The holiday honors the civil rights leader born Elizabeth Wannamaker in Petersburg July 4, 1911. She was instrumental in the passage of that law during a time when women were rarely a part of the political world and decades before the national movement for African American civil rights.
Lately Peratrovich has gained more national recognition with her face on a dollar coin issued by the U.S. Mint last year. She was also the subject of a Google doodle at the end of 2020 and a biography written for teens published in 2019. Long before that she was the focus of research for Petersburg resident, playwright and actor Diane Benson.
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Alaska Seaplanes to begin twice daily flights between Petersburg and Juneau
Posted by Angela Denning | Jan 20, 2021
Alaska Seaplanes’ Pilatus PC-12 will be used for routes between Petersburg and Juneau. It is a pressurized aircraft that can fly above the cloud level. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Seaplanes)
A new airline service is coming to Petersburg. Alaska Seaplanes has plans for daily round trip flights between Petersburg and Juneau starting April 5.
People can already book the flights, which include two daily round trip options between Petersburg and Juneau.
“We’ve had Petersburg in a long term plan for quite a while,” said Carl Ramseth, General Manager for
Independent doctors and nurses in Ketchikan say state’s vaccine distribution plan left them out at first
Posted by Eric Stone | Jan 14, 2021
Syringes and vials lay atop a table at a pop-up clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations at the downtown fire station in Juneau on Dec. 17, 2020. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
Vaccine clinics run by the state’s Division of Public Health kicked off this week in Ketchikan. They’re open to people over 65 along with doctors and nurses who aren’t affiliated with the local hospital.
Those doctors and nurses only started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month, weeks
Sealaska Corp. plans to “transition out of logging operations” in Southeast Alaska during 2021, citing a preference to now focus on a range of its other businesses that revolve around