Sorted by date Results 1 - 22 of 22
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska Tuesday spurred an early morning tsunami warning in Petersburg, scrambling a borough response team and causing some residents to evacuate. A tsunami warning had been issued to the entire Gulf of Alaska at about 12:32 a.m. Tuesday after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake registered about 170 miles southeast of Kodiak. "It's unlikely that we're gonna get a large wave or something that's gonna destroy downtown," said Sandy Dixson, emergency manager for the...
The Petersburg School District is in the midst of drafting its calendar for the 2018-2019 year, and the superintendent at a recent school board meeting discussed the difficulties of settling on a resolution that a majority would support. “Twenty six years of doing calendars,” said Erica Kludt-Painter, superintendent of schools, addressing the school board at a recent meeting. “... If you put out three calendars, you’re going to get a third, third, third of the people who like them. If you put out two, you’re gonna get 50-50. I’m just saying...
The borough manager hosted a second public meeting last Thursday to hear ideas on how to decrease costs and increase revenue for Petersburg. The manager, Steve Giesbrecht, recommends the assembly take the public's suggestions, review them, and make a list of the top five or 10, he said. "The Assembly could then instruct us which ideas they want implemented," Giesbrecht said. "Using this process, the Assembly could work through the entire list." At the meeting, people filtered in for two hours...
January 25, 1918 Councilmen Israelsen, Jorgenson, Otness, Steberg, Stoft, and Swanson were in attendance at the regular council meeting Monday evening. On motion, the clerk was instructed to write to the clerk of the district court setting forth the necessity that the city receive the 1917 cannery-tax money, which was paid to the court in December, to-wit: That the city is entirely out of funds and has an indebtedness at the bank of about $3,500, upon which it is paying ten per cent interest. January 23, 1943 Our recent little cold snap, which...
Due to a reporting error, Assembly member Jeigh Stanton Gregor was misquoted in last week’s story. The mistake gave Stanton Gregor reason to believe his position was distorted. Last week, a majority of the assembly supported hiring Karl Hagerman as Utility Director, coming after six months of being interim superintendent. Here is last week’s published comment on Hagerman from Stanton Gregor, who supported the electrical department reorganization. “We’ve got somebody in some situation where we’re like, ‘oh well he’s here this will work,” Stanto... Full story
To the Editor: With tough economic times come difficult decisions. Some services may be reduced, we must stretch the dollars that we have, and in some cases, we might have to pay a little more to keep things going. That being said, the last group of people who should bear this increase in burden are the members of our elder community. The proposed $100 fee assessed to seniors who want a tax exempt card is, for lack of better words, wrong. While there are those in the community who can afford to maintain a residence in town and a winter home...
Nels P. Evens and Kristian Kjell Wittstock have earned placement on the Gonzaga University Dean’s List for fall semester 2017. Kayleigh Eddy and Abigail Taylor were named to Montana State University’s 2017 fall semester Dean’s Honor Roll....
Was last year’s election for naught? We thought voters made their feelings well known by voting Brandi Thynes Marohl and Mark Jensen into their respective positions on the Assembly. Last week’s decision to revisit the Power and Light management plan in a continued attempt to save money is ill advised. Cut corners somewhere else. Many have said, “Everything is going well. We don’t need a high salaried superintendent.” One assembly member even suggested that everyone at Power and Light was getting along well and singing Kumbaya together....
On January 10 the Department of Law reported a Prince of Wales fisherman had been sentenced for a number of misdemeanor counts related to fishing violations. Commercial salmon seine captain Curtis Demmert was sentenced to multiple misdemeanor counts, including commercial fishing in closed waters, fishing too close to a salmon spawning stream and falsifying his commercial fish ticket. On September 13, 2017 Alaska Wildlife Troopers had received a report that the F/V Tlingit Lady, a 58-foot commercial seine vessel captained by Demmert, had been...
Jan. 17 — Police were notified of a vehicle parked on private property. A caller reported a phone scam. A complainant spoke to police about suspicious activity and related civil issues. Police issued a verbal warning for speed. PPD notified the fire marshal of an outdoor burn at Mile 4 Mitkof Hwy. that created heavy smoke. An officer spoke with a child on S. 3rd St. about the importance of going to school. A female was transported to the hospital by EMS. Jan. 18 — An altercation was reported at the high school. Jan. 19 — Illegal parking was rep...
Jan. 9 — Dustin Delong entered a guilty plea before Judge Carey to two charges of theft in the 3rd degree. The court entered a composite sentence of 360 days in jail with 201 suspended, 1 year probation, pay restitution; pay $200 in surcharges with $100 suspended, 18 months with 18 suspended and two years probation. In the case against Matthew Boseman, Judge Carey accepted a guilty plea to a charge of unlawful contact. The defendant was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 30 suspended and a $50 surcharge, which was also suspended. Two other c...
The PHS boys basketball team lost two this weekend in Metlakatla, where scoring lulls continue to hurt the Vikings, but a full court defense kept double-digit margins into one possession fourth quarters. The Vikings lost 39-33 to Metlakatla on Friday, and 41-39 Saturday, making their record 1-7 on the season. Friday’s game started fast for Petersburg as it jumped to an 11-8 lead in the first quarter. But the team would only score five in the second quarter and four in the third, giving Metlakatla the lead 27-20 heading into the fourth. The d...
The Viking girls basketball team lost two games against Metlakatla last weekend, dropping its record to 2-6 on the season. On Friday, Metlakatla beat Petersburg 36-20, and then again on Saturday, 42-24. “To kind of summarize the game,” said Petersburg Coach Dino Brock, commenting on Saturday’s matchup. “[Metlakatla] put in their subs part way through the fourth quarter, and their subs went out and made like four out of five shots in a row.” In the first half, Metlakatla had four three-point field goals and added another in the second half. “I w...
The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) will offer a Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor Refresher workshop in Petersburg Mon, Feb. 5 from 8 am - 6 pm at the Tides Inn, 307 1st Street. Instructor Neil Nickerson will cover emergency procedures drills; EPIRBs, signal flares, and mayday calls; man-overboard recovery and firefighting; flooding, damage control, and dewatering pumps; immersion suits and PFDs; helicopter rescue, life rafts, abandon ship procedures, and cold-water survival skills. AMSEA’s Drill Conductor workshops meet the U...
WRANGELL — Following a clean bill of health from contaminants testing of dredge material at Shoemaker Bay, the harbor restoration project looks to be continuing on schedule. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities match grant funding in the amount of $5,000,000 was approved for the project in this year’s budget, enabling replacement of the harbor’s aging float network. The wooden float structure is in a deteriorated state, with one of its five finger piers currently unusable. Wrangell Harbor Department’s plan will be to replace...
Sea otters and their devastating impacts on Southeast Alaska shellfish were among the many emotionally-charged topics at the state Board of Fisheries marathon meeting running from January 11-23 in Sitka. The Board was set to address 153 proposals for state subsistence, commercial, sport, guided sport, and personal use fisheries for the Southeast and Yakutat regions. Crabbers and fishermen who dive for lucrative sea cucumbers, geoduck clams and urchins again pleaded for changes to regulations to help protect their livelihoods from the voracious...
Jacob Benjamin Crain, 33 of Walla Walla Washington, passed away on January 11, 2018. He was born on November 7, 1984 in Fairbanks Alaska to Pearl and Ed Crain. Jacob grew up in Fairbanks Alaska in their family built log cabin. He enjoyed life in the interior of Alaska with his sister and friends. The family moved to Petersburg in 1995 where Jacob attended middle school and high school. He accompanied his father on many hunting and fishing adventures in the Petersburg area. He moved with his...
USCG commercial fishing vessel examiners will be conducting free dockside exams in Petersburg Feb. 2-9. They take about an hour. The examiners will make a scale available at the crane dock to weigh your crab pots. During similar crab pot weighing operations our data has shown weight discrepancies between old and replacement crab pots. Please check out our new vessel specific checklist generator located at www.fishsafewest.info. This tool will allow you to print out a list of safety requirements for your vessel prior to your exam. Mandatory...
