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Phil Hofstetter, CEO of the Petersburg Medical Center, spoke about the future of the hospital as this year’s keynote speaker at the chamber of commerce banquet. Over the years, the hospital has been remodeled and received facelifts, and Hofstetter said the hospital is due for another update because of its aging infrastructure. Before arriving in Petersburg, Hofstetter was an administrator at the Norton Sound Health Corporation in Nome where he assisted with the process of bringing a new hospital building to the community. “This building, it...
A bevy of Swans graze in an open patch of water at Blind Slough on Feb. 5....
A $100 counterfeit bill was turned over to authorities on Feb. 10 after it was found discarded on the ground. In July 2018, six counterfeit bills were given to the Petersburg Police Department in a one month time span. Since then, counterfeit bills have continued to be found within Petersburg. “We’re not seeing them being passed around the same businesses,” said Captain Randal Holmgrain of the Petersburg Police Department. “A number of the bills that have been found since last year have been found discarded. Some have been passed at busines...
February 21, 1919 Although Petersburg is the youngest town in the First Division it has already moved to third place in the Division in the amount of goods imported from the United States, according to the report of the Collector of Customs for the year 1918, which has just been issued. Ketchikan is in the first place. The value of the imports at the place was $3,581,906. Juneau and Thane combined imported $2,881,926 worth of merchandise and Petersburg bought $987,891 worth. Petersburg stands sixth in the entire Territory, Juneau, Ketchikan,...
Sen. Bert Stedman addressed Gov. Mike Dunleavy's proposed budget for Alaska's 2020 fiscal year at the annual Petersburg Chamber of Commerce banquet on Saturday. Dunleavy released his proposed budget on Feb. 13. Determined to not raise taxes and to distribute a $3,000 permanent dividend check to every Alaskan, Dunleavy's proposed budget will solve Alaska's $1.6 billion deficit by having expenditures equal to the amount of the state's revenue. As a result, state departments and programs face...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The state has signed a $2.1 million contract with ALCAN Timber Inc. for a timber sale on state and federal forest land in southeast Alaska. The timber sale includes about 481 acres (195 hectares) within the Southeast State Forest and Tongass National Forest on the northwest end of Gravina Island, the Ketchikan Daily News reported Saturday. State Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige signed the three-year contract Wednesday. The Vallenar Bay sale involves about 16 million board feet (38,000 cubic m...
In his letter to last week’s paper, John Murgas was entirely justified in being upset over lack of notification by letter of the Borough’s proposed zoning changes. Over the last year, as the development code revision has been underway, news stories which have appeared in this paper and on the radio have all pointed toward streamlining and simplification of the permitting process and more allowable uses for properties and making more industrial zoned land available. The Borough website page about the revision lists some of the key obj...
Devren Bennett's Homeport Electronics was named 2019's business of the year by the Petersburg Chamber Commerce at their annual banquet last Saturday night. Bennett has been in the computer, marine navigation software and marine electronics business for 20 years. Homeport Electronics was founded in 2009 and was simply named 'Devren' at the time....
Zoning carry over To the Editor: Last week I complained about surprise multiple and problematic zoning districts for a single lot that showed on the most recent draft zoning map from the Planning Commission and staff. I wrongly assumed it was a proposed zoning change by the Commission. It was not. Although the Planning staff is still researching the history, it appears to be a carryover from zoning maps many years back, unrelated to the current rezoning. As property owner, it was my...
After being accepted into the FBI National Academy in April 2018, Capt. Randal Holmgrain of the Petersburg Police Department said he will be entering the 10-week program in October of this year. During the professional education course at the FBI training facility in Quantico, Virginia, Holmgrain will be learning skills that he’ll be able to bring back to Petersburg, such as new methods of investigations and management. Holmgrain will receive a course catalog in the coming weeks for the program that will give him a better idea of the c...
The Petersburg Fire Department responded to an apartment on Sing Lee Alley that was filled with smoke after a tenant left food cooking on the stove unattended. The call was placed shortly after 12:00 A.M. on Saturday morning. Residents of the apartment building first became aware of a fire when smoke began filling the upstairs apartments. First responders began taking action immediately upon arriving on the scene. It was determined that the smoke was coming from a pan that was left cooking on...
February 13 — Chellsey Musewski, 27, was arrested on charges of probation violation warrant. Authorities responded to suspicious activity near the Parks and Rec. center. Authorities issued three traffic offense warnings for vehicles with extinguished head lights. February 14 — An abandoned vehicle at a location on S. Nordic Dr. was moved. February 15 — Authorities separated a couple that was arguing outside of the Petersburg Library. Amber Manly was issued a citation for a dog at large. A deceased deer was reported at a location on Wrang...
The Vikings lost their first basketball game of the weekend against Haines on Friday, but were able to win Saturday's game. Friday's game saw a solid first half for the Vikings. Petersburg was down by two points at the end of the first quarter, but went into half time up by one point, 24-23. At the start of the third quarter, Haines went on a 10-point run with Petersburg unable to stop it or score. Although the Vikings played even for the rest of the game, they weren't able to lessen Haines'...
In their second weekend playing Haines this season, the girls varsity basketball team defeated Haines in their home court during both their games over the weekend. “We played the way we were supposed to in terms of intensity level and effort,” said Coach Dino Brock. “We did a nice job running the floor and had good effort. We did a nice job communicating.” Friday’s game started out with Petersburg scoring twice as many points as Haines in the first quarter. Haines was able to prevent the Lady Vikings from scoring as many points in the second qu...
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says one of the nation’s biggest seafood companies has agreed to spend up to $23 million to fix serious air pollution issues with its vessels and land-based facilities. Seattle-based Trident Seafoods will also pay a $900,000 fine for Clean Air Act violations under a settlement agreement filed Tuesday in federal court in Alaska. The company uses ozone-depleting coolants in its refrigerators. While the law requires any leaks to be fixed within 30 days, the government said Trident all...
The Southeast Alaska Power Agency held a teleconference last week, on Feb. 15, to discuss the ongoing power issues in the region. The SEAPA Board of Directors is made up of community members from the three cities: Two directors from Ketchikan, one from Petersburg, one from Wrangell, and a fifth seat that alternates between the cities (which belongs to Ketchikan this year.) The lights are usually kept on in the cities of Wrangell and Petersburg via hydropower from Tyee Lake. However, sometimes power from the lake is sold to Ketchikan, when the...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – Ketchikan’s power utility is asking customers to throttle back their electrical usage. Freezing temperatures and low water levels in lakes, the source of hydropower for Ketchikan Public Utilities’ electric division, has maxed out power production, the Ketchikan Daily News reported. A 30-megawatt demand is putting stress on the system during peak hours. The utility is also juggling repairs, sending power to northern communities and dealing with Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation permit limitations, said...
Joe Verulo Herrera, 90 went home to be with Jesus on January 15, 2019 peacefully, with all of his family by his side in Portland, Oregon. He was born in Apaseo El Alto, Guanajuato Mexico on February 21, 1928 to Antonio Herrera and Salustia Medina Herrera. He was born the seventh of 15 children. Growing up in Apaseo till the age of 17, he came to the United States and worked his way up to Washington where he started his logging career working for the local logging companies. In the early 1950s... Full story
Mary Ann Phillips, 65 and a lifelong Wrangell resident, passed away February 5, 2019 in Zihuatanejo, Mexico while on vacation with her family. She was born on November 18, 1953 in Bishop Rowe Hospital to Maurice and Mary Buness. She attended Wrangell Public Schools until her family moved to the Tacoma area in 1964. She returned to Wrangell with them in January 1970 and made her home here since. After graduating from Wrangell High School, she attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She... Full story
Next week Kelly Bakos will be screening her award-winning documentary film, A HERD OF ORPHANS, which looks at the lives of young elephants who were abandoned when adult elephants in their herds fell victim to poachers in the African ivory trade. The 90-minute documentary has been shown in film festivals across the world, including Estonia, Finland, Malaysia and China. Bakos has attended several of the festivals and won four Awards of Excellence from The Accolade Global Film Competition. A HERD...
