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The Organized Village of Kake is looking into using a U.S. Forest Service facility at Portage Bay as a cultural healing and rehabilitation center. The overall goal of the program would be to reconnect people with their cultural identity, improve their mental health, and counsel those recovering from alcohol and substance abuse and other issues. The cultural healing center has been a dream of Joel Jackson's, the president of the OVK, for years. "What I had in mind was getting people to teach them...
The halibut charter boat fleet in Southeast and the Gulf of Alaska will be able to collectively buy quota shares from commercial fishermen under a provision in the federal omnibus budget bill passed at the end of December. The program would be funded by a fee charged for every angler aboard a halibut charter. Seward’s Andy Mezirow is on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and has been a champion of the program for a while. He said it’s a long time coming. The program was vetoed by President Donald Trump in his final weeks in office and...
The Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire near 4.7 Mile Mitkof Highway on Wednesday, which destroyed the interior of the building. The fire was in an older two-story home constructed with logs at 471 Mitkof Highway on property owned by Michael Boggs. Though the investigation is ongoing, the fire is believed to have been caused by a wood stove according to Assistant Fire Chief Dave Berg. No persons were in the building when the fire broke out. The smoke from the building...
January 12, 1923 – Last Sunday afternoon the Ladies Glee Club, assisted by the Kjerulf Male Chorus, appeared in a concert of song at the Sons of Norway Hall. The program was well rendered and showed the result of hard and long training. Mrs. John Flint, the director is entitled to a great deal of praise for the hard work she has done in training the members of the chorus. Mrs. Johannsen rendered two solo numbers and was the surprise of the program as this was the first time she had appeared in public. Her voice is rich and sweet and her s...
The Petersburg Indian Association held its annual election on Monday, which saw Tribal Council President Cris Morrison and Tribal Council Members Jaclyn Mae Eide and Joe Stewart reelected according to the unofficial results. Morrison, Eide, and Stewart all ran unopposed for the seats they will be retaining on the council. Morrison, who joined the council in 2017 and has served as council president since 2019, was reelected to a one-year term with 15 votes. "I am looking forward to working with...
During its Jan. 3 meeting, the Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously approved an ordinance in its first reading that would tie the service rates for self-pay residents at Mountain View Manor Assisted Living to the maximum service rates allowed for the facility under Medicaid. Medicaid raises per day services rates for Medicaid Residential Supported Living annually, but those increases have not been adopted by the borough. That is because the service rates charged for Medicaid RSL cannot...
It’s past time for the Southeast and coastal Alaska communities to be heard regarding the collapse of our ferry system. It’s time to more forcefully make our Alaska Marine Highway needs known by energizing the Southeast Conference, the Southeast Conference of Mayors, and other organizations. Southeastern and coastal Alaska are entitled to have a highway functioning just like our roaded neighbors to the north. The newly passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill provides the federal funding to make this happen if we don’t let it slip away The AMHS...
Vikings: take a closer look To the Editor: I enjoy living in a community with a strong sense of tradition and heritage, sadly lacking in many places today. I find the culture of this “Little Norway” largely wholesome and endearing, from krumkake to rosemaling. When the furs and horned helmets come out at Mayfest, I’m glad to see that someone remembers that there once existed people who went a-Viking, long, long ago. But I think that pop culture imagery of the Vikings falls far short of what we now actually know about these people, who were...
AP KETCHIKAN — A police chief in Alaska pleaded not guilty on Dec. 29 to charges that he assaulted an intoxicated man while he was off-duty at a resort restaurant, including allegedly shoving the man head-first into a wall and putting him in a chokehold. A grand jury returned an indictment Thursday for Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Harrison Walls for felony third-degree assault. He is also charged with three counts of fourth-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment, which are misdemeanors. During an arraignment Friday, defense a...
January 4 – A quarterly sex offender registration was completed. A driver on South Nordic Drive was issued a warning for an expired registration. Duane Bell was cited on Scow Bay Loop Road for an expired vehicle registration. Petersburg Police Department (PPD) received a report of property lost on Sandy Beach Road. January 5 – An officer responded to a report of suspicious activity on North Nordic Drive and determined it was unfounded. An officer responded to a boat alarm and found all okay. January 6 – An officer assisted a citizen on Hunge...
Petersburg High School graduate Brooklyn Dormer was one of the singers in the third annual PBS New Year's Concert, "United in Song: Ringing in the New Year Together." A celebration of the diversity of American music, the concert was a nationwide musical journey highlighting well-known performers singing in unique and historic theaters across the country, including the Egyptian Theater in Boise, Idaho, where Dormer is a junior majoring in biochemistry with a minor in music. The PBS special...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team opened conference play in style last week with two wins against the Haines Glacier Bears. Haines put up a tough fight both nights, but the Vikings reigned supreme on their home court in front of a packed house. Petersburg took the first game 54-35 last Wednesday, led by Kieran Cabral with 12 points and Kyle Biggers and Jack Engell with 11 each. The Vikings opened the game with a solid first quarter, going up 15-9, but struggled to maintain their...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team took two losses at home last week against the Haines Lady Glacier Bears. Though the Lady Vikings fell on the court both days, they did show improvement between the losses, which they hope to build on as they progress in conference play. Petersburg lost the first game last Wednesday 58-18 as the team struggled against the pressure put on by the Lady Glacier Bears. The Lady Vikings were only down by three at the end of the first quarter, but Haines...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game—Division of Sport Fish, is accepting public comment from now through January 31, 2023 on its 2023 Statewide Stocking Plan for Sport Fisheries. The Division, with assistance from private nonprofit hatchery operators, plans to release approximately seven million fish annually into the waters of Alaska over the next five years to benefit anglers. The plan outlines the locations, numbers, and size or life stage for each species of fish that are planned for stocking. “Public input is important to the Div...
F. Klevenhusen & Company operated out of their headquarters in Altoona, Washington, a town which flourished from the 1890s to the 1940s. The letterhead notes in German that the company deals in salmon, fish and crustaceans. This exchange between Klevenhusen and Mr. Sonsthagen of Petersburg is regarding the fish desired – preferably salmon of eleven to twelve pounds per side. Due to a perceived glut, the letter says customers will have enough fish to last until the next winter. It goes on to p...
Mike A. Davis, a resident of Sitka, died December 31, 2022 at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center. He was 70. Mike was born January 19, 1952 in Grants Pass, Oregon to Ronald E. Davis and Lillian E. Shotridge. The family moved to Anchorage in 1964, then to Juneau in 1966 where Mike graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 1971. He attended a computer programming school in Lake Oswego, Oregon. After graduating he returned to Juneau to work for the State of Alaska. Later he moved to Petersburg, where... Full story
