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The assembly unanimously denied a request by the Petersburg Housing Coalition that asked borough departments for data and solutions to the homeless population in town. Assembly Member Jeff Meucci asked for the coalition’s request to be on the agenda, not because he supports it, but rather that he wants the public to be represented. “I kind of feel strongly that people come up here and speak at the podium, and in the past, their letters or their requests -- it seems like they fall on deaf ears,” Meucci said. “I just wanted to make sure that when...
Soon after Rachel Kvernvik's dad died at sea in 2002, she wrote him a letter, sealed it in a bottle and threw it in the ocean, never thinking it would be opened. She was 16 and looking for closure. About 15 years later, on Halloween day 2017, a man told Kvernvik that he and a group of campers had found the bottle in 2003. The campers hadn't contacted Kvernvik for 15 years. They had broken the bottle, read the letter and returned it to the ocean, where they said it belonged. Afterward, they could...
November 9, 1917 – Telegraphic instructions were received from Juneau to arrest the skipper and crew of the halibut schooner Manhattan, should the vessel put in at this port. The men are charged with looting the wrecked steamer Al-Ki which ran ashore at Point Augusta, Chicagoff Island during a gale and blinding snowstorm. All of the passengers and crew were taken off by the halibut schooner San Juan. Captain McGregor returned to the stranded vessel to arrange for salving. It was believed that the steamer would go to pieces. November 13, 1942 ...
Winter is fast approaching but that doesn’t mean you should hang up the fishing rod yet. This will be the last Petersburg/Wrangell fishing report for the 2017 season, fishing reports will resume in the spring of 2018. King Salmon Opportunity for king salmon can be found in local waters throughout the winter, although catch rates are much lower than the peak season. The following king salmon regulations are now in effect through March 31, 2018. Residents: • Bag and possession limit is two king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length. • Resid...
Rain Country Quilters showcased about 40 quilts at its annual quilt show at the recent Oktoberfest event. Also included were antique quilts dating back to the Civil War. Rita Byrer, who's with Rain Country Quilters, estimated the group raised more than $700 through a silent auction in the high school library. That number will be confirmed at a meeting next year, at which they will decide what Petersburg organization a portion of the money should be donated to. Marcy Gelhaus was given the...
Earned not won To the Editor: Your reporter stated that the Girl Scout gold award is a prize to be “won.” It is not. It is earned through hard work. It takes many hours to complete the task. I have 2 daughters who are both recipients of the award, and both worked very hard to meet the requirements. You should not trivialize the effort put in by these young ladies..it’s not a participation trophy given to everyone. James Dreisbach Trashy eyesore To the Editor: Now while Arnold is cleaning up that boat mess it would be nice if he cleaned up hi...
Firefighters on Tuesday responded to a distress call from a woman whose front lawn had caught fire, which burned her arm and nearly ignited the front porch, until a man who noticed the escalating blaze stopped to help. At about noon on Tuesday, the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire on Philbin Lane, where the homeowner had been injured, said David Berg, the assistant chief. The owner later said she was cooking when a grease fire ignited in her kitchen. She rushed the...
Mayor Mark Jensen reported on Monday that Gov. Bill Walker is scheduled to visit Petersburg next week to sign a borough land bill. Senate Bill 28, Petersburg Municipal Land Selection Bill, will entitle the borough to 14,666 acres of state land after it is signed by Walker. The Deputy Press Secretary to the governor, Jonathon Taylor, confirmed that the visit is scheduled. Walker is slated to sign the bill and give remarks on Thursday afternoon at the Sons of Norway Hall....
Nov. 1 — A hit and run was reported on 12th St. Police assisted with a lock-out at a Mitkof Hwy. location. Police responded to a disturbance on N. Nordic Dr. Nov. 2 — Elizabeth B. McGrath, 41, was cited for speed limit violation on Mitkof Hwy. On Nov. 7 she was cited again, at the same location, for Liability Insurance Required. Police responded to a report of wildlife activity on 12th St. Police served three subpoenas. Police were summoned concerning a civil matter. A theft was reported at a Lumber St. location. Nov. 3 — Police respo...
Hearings before Magistrate Judge Burrell: Oct. 26 — Matthew Ashenfelter, charged with taking moose out of season. The defendant entered a No Contest Plea and was fined $300 with a $10 surcharge and the meat was forfeited to a Kake charity. Raliegh Harlan Cook was charged with taking a sub-legal moose. The defendant entered a No Contest Plea and was fined $300 with a $10 surcharge and forfeited the meat. Michael Bell was charged with taking a sub-legal moose. The defendant entered a Guilty Plea and was fined $300 and a $10 surcharge. The meat wa...
The Petersburg Volleyball team continued its regular season winning streak in Metlakatla last weekend where they went 5-0 in conference play. The varsity volleyball team played its second and final conference seeding tournament last weekend. The winning streak has reached 12 in conference play for the Vikings and places them as the number one seed heading into the Region V 2A Volleyball Championships to take place in Peterburg next weekend. The Petersburg streak began in September after...
Four Petersburg High School swimmers went up against about 30 teams at the state championship in Anchorage last weekend, where two finished in the top 10 and nearly all swam personal record times. “We did really well,” said Andy Carlisle, the coach. “All the swimmers were either right at their best time or a little faster.” The state meet is separated into two days. On Friday, 16 swimmers race in each event, and eight move on to the finals. Senior Van Abbott was the only Petersburg swimmer to advance to the finals on Saturday. He finished seven...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Horizon Air and its Bombardier turboprop Q400 aircraft will be phased out of Alaska in March and replaced with Boeing 737s, an Alaska Air Group official said. Horizon Air is a component of the group, which includes Alaska Airlines. Horizon’s Anchorage base will close March 10, 2018, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. Alaska Airlines Regional Vice President Marilyn Romano said on Tuesday that Horizon “has struggled to operate cost-effectively in such a remote environment with limited resources.” Horizon started...
A wide-ranging recall of fire extinguishers produced by Kidde has been issued, after a device failure led to a death and multiple injuries. Announced last week by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission in conjunction with its Canadian counterpart, the recall involves 134 different models of extinguisher manufactured domestically and in Mexico between January 1, 1973, and August 15, 2017. The extinguishers were sold in red, white and silver, and are either ABC- or BC-rated. In all,...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A policy change in China has officials in the Alaska panhandle city of Sitka anticipating a major change in the city’s recycling program. China is the top purchaser of Sitka’s recyclables and advised the World Trade Organization in July that it planned to ban imports of 24 types of recyclables. The city’s recycling contractor, Republic Services, has now put Sitka on notice that it might have to stop accepting mixed paper, plastics and cardboard as of Nov. 1, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reported last week. Mayor Matt Hunter...
Alaskans pull home packs of fish from their freezers all year round and know it will cook up nutritious and delicious. Yet there is still a perception that fresh seafood is always better than frozen. A Sitka fishermen’s group has set a course to counteract that stereotype, and prove that properly frozen fish has clear advantages over the ‘fresh’ fish sold to consumers. More than 80 percent of the fresh fish/shellfish enjoyed by Americans are imports and can sit for a week or more before being purchased at retail counters. And most people don’t...
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities reported that the M/V Kennicott has been temporarily taken out of service. After completing its southern run to Ketchikan on November 4 it entered dry dock for repairs. "It's got a leaky seal on its port-side propeller," explained Aurah Landau, public information officer for Alaska Marine Highway System's South Coast office. She estimated repairs should take until mid-month to complete, and the ferry may return to service later next week....
