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A proposal to establish a Petersburg police K9 unit was rejected by the borough assembly Monday in a 4-2 vote, with members citing budget uncertainties despite strong support for the program's anti-drug objectives. The Petersburg Police Department had requested approval for a dual-purpose police service dog that would be trained in both patrol work and narcotics detection. The department highlighted an urgent need, pointing to "multiple search warrants for illegal narcotics" executed over the...
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While many economic indicators in Alaska draw concern, outdoor recreation stands as a bright spot, generating $3.1 billion in economic output in 2023. That's according to Mariyam Medovaya, who is coming to Petersburg next week to discuss the growing potential of adventure tourism as the guest speaker at the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet on Feb. 15. "Outdoor recreation is kind of an underappreciated giant of American economy," says Medovaya, noting that Alaska ranked first among...
Alaska nonprofits face immense uncertainty due to the Trump administration’s pause on federal grants and loans. That’s the message state lawmakers heard during a House Judiciary meeting Monday afternoon. Laurie Wolf is executive director of the Foraker Group, a state nonprofit association that advocates for the sector. She said nonprofits in the state receive about $1.2 billion from the federal government yearly, and that funding impacts every Alaskan. “Every Alaskan is a nonprofit beneficiary, because nonprofits are woven into the fabric of ou...
Skoggies pull their sled up a hill in the alderwood to join their group building a snow cave on Friday. The eight inches of snow that accumulated last week marked the first substantial snowfall in two months in Petersburg, where there has been no snow on the ground since Dec. 4, 2024....
February 6, 1925 – The eight ton seiner Hilda, of the Hetta Packing Company, located on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, drifted at sea for thirty-one days then made Pillar Bay on January 15th, where she became stranded. Of the three men on board when she left Ketchikan on the night of December 14th, two remain alive, although in weakened condition. Those on board were Albert Johnson, Charles Richardson (better known as Port Wine Charlie), and Edward Thornton (who is known as Copper Mountain Shorty). The latter is reported to have b...
Stephanie Hayes and Josef Quitslund cross country skiing on the Woodpecker road, near Ohmer Creek recreation area, cross paths with winter walkers out with their dogs enjoying some frosty sunshine....
Bait and switch To the Editor: Remember back in high school when the teacher would want to talk about current events? In my day it was usually about what was going on in Vietnam. We were a captive audience so we had to pay attention, sort of. There was usually a test. If nothing else, maybe we learned to be interested in what went on in the world. I looked away for a while when I was kind of busy making a life. That happens to most of us. The last few years, and in particular the last couple weeks, I couldn’t look away and I have to say what I...
January 29 – Petersburg Police Department (PPD) received a report of snow plows driving at excessive speeds. An officer assisted a citizen with a civil issue. PPD received a parking complaint. Owner was contacted and the was vehicle moved from roadway. An officer responded to a report of harassment. Officers responded to a disturbance on S. 3rd St. Officers responded to a report of suspicious behavior on N. 3rd St. An individual reported losing a key. January 30 – A parking issue was reported. An officer assisted an individual who was stu...
No matter what any crowd-pleasing elected official says, Alaska cannot afford a long-deserved increase in state funding for schools and a large Permanent Fund dividend. There just isn’t enough money in the state checkbook to do both this year — not unless Alaskans want to start paying an income tax or a state sales tax, which are both even less popular than a middle seat in the last row of a six-hour flight. More than 90% of the spendable dollars in the state budget comes from two sources: An annual draw on Permanent Fund investment ear...
WRANGELL — The Wrangell Police Department successfully executed a dual search warrant on Jan. 28 after a month-long investigation into a local drug ring. Cooper Seimears, 39, Jacob Marshall, 29, and McKenna Harding, 29, were charged and arrested following the 8 a.m. search warrant execution. Seimears and Marshall face eight drug-related felony charges and one misdemeanor. Harding faces drug-related charges of one felony and one misdemeanor, though she and Marshall, her fiancée, each face two additional misdemeanors for keeping drugs near th...
HIP Volunteers Courtney Martin and Ashley Kawashima stock the table of travel-sized hygiene products during Project Connect last week. 138 community members participated in the event. Of those, 19 reported currently experiencing homelessness in Petersburg and 23 reported experiencing homelessness at least once during the past three years. The volunteers at Project Connect distributed a lot of good resources to those who need them in the community. And through the donation drive HIP was able to...
Information about Petersburg students and school staff may have been compromised after hackers got into a software system on December 28. The company behind the system, PowerSchool, said the data breach was worldwide. Robyn Taylor is superintendent of the Petersburg School District. She said the system keeps school information organized. "If you think old school, pre-computers, we all had filing cabinets," she said. "And that's where we would store all the information about a student, about...
Mitkof Middle School students put their engineering skills to the test Tuesday in an underwater robotics competition, marking the culmination of a project that brought together students, parents, and community volunteers. Science teacher Hannah Smith's sixth and seventh-grade students assembled remote operated vehicles (ROVs) nearly from scratch before competing in events including speed races, obstacle challenges, and debris cleanup at the Petersburg Community Pool. "Everyone had three class pe...
Jake Slaven, president of the Petersburg Rod and Gun Club, presented a report to the Petersburg Borough Assembly on Feb. 3 to provide updates on the activities of the club and improvements at the Petersburg Shooting range. The club has installed new security cameras at the range through $8,000 in funding contributed by club members and a matching grant from Petersburg Mental Health Services. The facility has also added a new shelter at the pistol range, funded by an NRA Foundation grant, and the...
Looking to continue to build confidence, the Petersburg Vikings did exactly that against the Lumen Christi Archangels, at the 2A Conference Clash, in Anchorage. The Vikings held a 10-2 lead after the first, limiting the Archangels to only two points. "Our help defense was very good – we've been trying to work on our one-on-one defense and not letting the guy that you're guarding penetrate [and] get into the key," head coach Rick Brock said. While the Vikings dominated the majority of the g...
Returning to games after a small break in the action, the Peterburg Lady Vikings sought to start faster with their first attempt against the Hooper Bay Warriors, during the 2A Conference Clash in Anchorage. Unfortunately, turnovers plagued the Lady Vikings as they got down 17-2 midway through the second quarter. In the first half, the Lady Warriors hit three threes. “It’s been a common theme for us this year unfortunately is getting off to a slow start. Offensively, we’ve struggled a little bit playing against zone defenses this year, so I thin...
The state of Alaska is bringing in less money than it is spending, and is on pace to finish the current fiscal year with a deficit of $171 million, according to figures presented Tuesday. Lacey Sanders, Gov. Mike Dunleavy's top budget official, told the Senate Finance Committee that spending from the Constitutional Budget Reserve likely will be needed to close the gap. To do this would require support from three-quarters of the House and three-quarters of the Senate. That's a critical... Full story
Facing steep growth in demand, constant turnover and employee retirements, Alaska’s health care industry has a staggering need for new workers, a new report says. “To meet those variables, we have to find over 9,400 new health care workers every single year,” Jared Kosin, executive director of the Alaska Hospital and Healthcare Association, said on Monday. Kosin, who presented the information to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, characterized the workforce situation as a good news-bad news story. “I’m like, ‘Hey, we have these opportuniti... Full story
Southeast Alaska fishermen filled the Ted Ferry Civic Center in Ketchikan on Tuesday to ask the seven-member Alaska Board of Fisheries to grant them opportunities in state-managed fisheries for all "finfish" species, namely Chinook salmon and herring, that sustain communities, industries and cultural traditions regionwide. The Board on Tuesday heard more than seven hours of public testimony regarding fisheries for salmon and trout species, as well as herring, that are the subject of 87...
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