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  • Free drill conductor workshop offered

    Jan 22, 2015

    AMSEA will offer a two-day Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshop in Petersburg on Fri. Feb. 6, 6:00-9:00 p.m. and Sat., Feb. 7, 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Tides Inn. There will be an in-the-water practice session. The workshop meets the training requirements for documented commercial fishing vessels operating beyond the federal boundary line. To register or learn about this workshop, contact at (907) 747-3287 or www.amsea.org....

  • Borough Manager's Report

    Jan 22, 2015

    Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht’s report was read by Borough Clerk Kathy O’Rear at Tuesday’s Assembly meeting. The first reading of the budget ordinance is tentatively scheduled for March. Assembly members will see the Borough budget for 2015-16 by Feb. 2 with review meeting scheduled for later that week. A special meeting to give an overview of the budget to the Assembly and community is being recommended, with the opportunity for additional meetings by formal request of the Assembly is needed. After reviewing sampling and testing infor...

  • Wrangell man dies of injuries suffered in Ketchikan jail

    Jan 22, 2015

    KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — An autopsy has been ordered for a 20-year-old Wrangell man who died of injuries suffered in a Ketchikan jail. Alaska State Troopers say Brendon Sample on Thursday attempted to hang himself with a bed sheet while alone in a cell at Ketchikan Correctional Center. Corrections staff found him unresponsive. He was taken to Peace Health Ketchikan Medical. He stayed in the intensive care unit until 1 a.m. Friday, when he was flown to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. Sample was pronounced dead Saturday in Anchorage. O...

  • School News

    Jan 22, 2015

    Montana State University. Hugh Fleming was named to the 2014 fall semester honor roll at Montana State University....

  • Petersburg processor upgrades equipment, infrastructure

    Kyle Clayton|Jan 22, 2015

    Local Trident Seafood’s infrastructure is undergoing a small remodel over the coming months. Trident Southeast Manager John Webby said the mess hall, which was originally constructed in the 1920s, needs several repairs and freezing capacity in the plant is being expanded. “We’re adding a little more ice making capacity and we’re streamlining, upgrading and remodeling the plant inside to slightly modernize it a little bit,” Webby said. Trident staff is doing most of the work and the company is bringing in a contractor from down south to work o...

  • Foley artist and voice actors bring comic book to life

    Jan 22, 2015