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The Petersburg Borough Assembly advanced a funding plan for the $9.9 million police and municipal building remodel, and put the project out to bid. The remodel has been in the works for several years and architects have spent more than a year designing the facility. MRV Architect Corey Wall gave a tour to interested residents and borough staff Monday morning before the January 4 assembly meeting. He detailed the sinking concrete slab, which visibly affects the structure of the police station... Full story
July Paine & Partners, LLC of San Francisco entered into agreements with two different groups to sell Icicle Seafoods. The Petersburg Public Library expanded its collection by 1.7 million titles after it joined a consortium of libraries across the state called the Joint Library Catalogue. U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Peter Vermeer took command of the USCGG Anacapa, replacing Lt. Kathryn Cry. The Alaska Department of Transportation cancelled the scheduled summer sailings of the M/V LeConte that would hav... Full story
Work on the Petersburg Children's Center expansion is continuing smoothly as volunteers from around the community are donating sweat and supplies. Volunteers from Rocky's Marine helped install a new roof on the expansion that will allow the Children's Center to enroll around 20 more students from an already staggering waitlist. "Right now my waitlist is about 40, maybe 50 kids," Children's Center director Brandi Heppe said. The new expansion will enlarge one classroom and add another. A crew... Full story
January 8, 1916 – The army department has been trying for some years to switch the lines over to the postoffice officials, who heretofore have been reluctant to take charge, as they have always been operated at a loss. Postmaster General Burleson has been won over to the proposition, and will soon ask congress to turn the cable military telegraph over to him. Burleson recommends that the cable and telegraph and telephone wires be appraised by the interstate commerce commission and turned over to him before July, 1916. Congress will be asked t...
Petersburg’s Local Marijuana Regulation Advisory Committee was disbanded earlier this week. Petersburg Borough Assembly Member and Committee Chair Jeigh Stanton Gregor recommended last Monday to the assembly during a committee update that the marijuana advisory committee should disband due to its ineffectiveness. Stanton Gregor said a majority of committee members didn’t read the state’s retail marijuana regulations, which had been available for review and public comment throughout the summe...
The public was not well served by the Borough’s marijuana advisory committee. At least not the 58-percent of Petersburg voters who favored legalized marijuana sales within Alaska. Many, like myself, feel the commercial sale of marijuana in Alaska is an abomination for which we will pay a significant price in both human capital and health care costs. But nonetheless, voters approved it and those citizens deserve due process. Chair Jeigh Stanton Gregor told the assembly the committee should be disbanded because of their ineffectiveness. M...
December 30 A citizen informed an officer of a syringe floating in the harbor. A caller reported an individual attempting to gain entry to vehicles on 3rd Street. A caller reported a vehicle parked in overnight parking. December 31 A caller reported a blood trail in the woods believed to be from a deer near Neptune Street. A caller reported a male wearing a mask and flipping people off at Ira and 6th Street. A caller reported a suspicious male yelling and screaming. A caller reported lots of suspicious activity going on in the woods near...
January 5 Jase Payne appeared before Superior Court Judge Carey for a petition to revoke probation. The court entered a denial on the petition. January 6 Phillip Wallen appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell on a charge of Criminal Trespass in the first degree and theft in the fourth degree. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty. The court set conditions of release....
Brooklyn based singer-songwriter Lijie will perform in the Wright Auditorium Thursday, January 7 where she'll play original and cover songs on guitar and piano. Although Lijie describes her music as "dirty rock pop" she is a classically trained pianist. She moved to the United States from China at a young age. Her parents soon after enrolled her in piano lessons and she's been playing ever since. Lijie has performed from Los Angeles to Brooklyn and this evening's show will be her first trip to...
Local poet Lee Ribich and visiting poet Anna DeWitt will be reading their work Monday, January 11 at the Petersburg Public Library. DeWitt, a writer and photographer from North Carolina, holds an MFA in Creative Writing from American University. Her work has been published in national literary journals. Her current project, "How You Got Here", explores maternity care, childbearing and childhood around the world through writing, photography, and participant observation. Ribich has published...
The Petersburg boys' basketball team went 1-2 and claimed sixth place at the annual Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic in Ketchikan, however valuable experience was gained. This experience began early in the tournament, as PHS matched up with Auburn Mountainview, Wash., which has two players committed to play Division 2 at Western Oregon. Coach Rick Brock says it was important for the Vikings to increase their level of intensity playing against a solid team, and he thought the boys rose to the...
PETERSBURG (AP) — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is predicting a return of about 34,000 king salmon to the Stikine River next year in southeast Alaska. The estimated return is large enough to allow commercial fishing in the area and a catch up of to 1,000 Chinook. Catches of Stikine kings are managed under the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the U.S. and Canada, KFSK-FM reported. The department's announcement means trollers and gillnetters could have the opportunity to fish for the kings in early May, which would be a first since 201...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A federal agency has concluded that a southeast Alaska wolf affected by logging and hunting does not merit placement on the endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that Alexander Archipelago wolves on Prince of Wales Island and neighboring islands do not warrant additional protections. “Although the Alexander Archipelago wolf faces several stressors throughout its range related to wolf harvest, timber harvest, road development, and climate-related events in Southeast Alaska and coastal Brit...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's minimum wage will be among the highest in the country, increasing by a dollar an hour, to $9.75, starting Friday. The state labor department estimates 12,000 jobs in Alaska currently pay less than $9.75 an hour. For those working full-time at minimum wage, the department says the increase will mean about $2,000 in additional annual earnings. Voters in November 2014 approved increasing the minimum wage from $7.75 an hour. The first increase, to $8.75 an hour, took effect in February. The minimum wage is to be a...
JUNEAU (AP) — Federal, state and local agencies haven't found any major obstacles to a plan to build a hydroelectric dam on Sweetheart Creek southeast of Juneau. The Juneau Empire reports that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released a draft environment impact for the project in October. Tuesday was the last day for officials and the public to give feedback on the document. Juneau Hydropower Inc. Director Duff Mitchell said by phone Wednesday that the comments only found minor problems with the project. He says there seems to be a l...
9 marks a quarter of a century for this weekly column that targets Alaska’s seafood industry. At the end of every year, I proffer my ‘no holds barred’ look back at the best and worst fish stories, and select the biggest story of the year. The list is in no particular order and I’m sure to be missing a few, but here are the Fishing Picks and Pans for 2015: • Most eco-friendly fish feat: The massive airlift/barge project led by the Dept. of Environmental Conservation that removed more than 800,000 pounds of marine debris from remote Alaska be...
State representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins will be here January 14 – 15. On Thurs. Jan. 14, he will hold public office hours from 3 – 4 pm at Glacier Express and from 4 – 5 pm at Java Hus, no appointment necessary. If you have any questions or can’t make it to office hours, email rep.jonathan.kreiss-tomkins@akleg.gov or call the Representative’s office at 747.4665....
