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The Petersburg Borough will send out a request for proposals for a new baler, after the assembly approved the decision on Monday. In January, the borough assembly passed Ordinance 2018-21, which allocates $600,000 towards the replacement of the borough’s baler. The request for proposals, or RFP, has a deadline of April 4, and gives a description of what is needed from the baler and the bidder. At Monday’s assembly meeting, assembly member Bob Lynn was concerned with how similar in scope the potential new baler, as laid out in the RFP, is to...
A view of Thomas Bay from a flight to Juneau on Feb. 20. Snow covers the mountain tops near Baird Glacier....
United States Coast Guard members throughout Southeast Alaska will be in Petersburg this week performing active shooter drills led by Officer Louis Waechter of the Petersburg Police Department. The curriculum will follow Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or FLETC, guidelines for active shooter and threat responses. The drills began yesterday and will continue through Friday. At the end of the three days, the 15 or so Coast Guard members will be certified FLETC active shooter responders....
March 7, 1919 The mail boat Trygve returned from the Kake run on Tuesday night and those operating the boat report an exceptionally rough trip. She sailed again on Thursday morning. The Trygve is taking the run for the Americ while the latter boat is being overhauled. March 3, 1944 Soon the people of Petersburg will again be asked to give to the Red Cross War Fund. This giving is not a favor, it is not even a duty. This year it is a privilege. The quota for Petersburg and vicinity is $2,000. The money you give provides for blood donations to th...
The borough assembly amended ordinance #2019-01 on Monday in its second reading, which would put the decision to designate assembly seats on the ballot in October’s municipal elections. If the voters were to pass the ordinance, borough election ballots would no longer allow voters to choose which candidates they want to fill the open assembly seats, but instead, the candidates would choose a specific seat to run for. Vice Mayor Jeigh Stanton Gregor, who made the motion to amend the ordinance, said that although he is in favor of designating t...
In last week’s issue of the Petersburg Pilot, the front page story reporting on the borough’s 24-hour diesel campaign used the term megawatts when describing the amount of electricity produced each day by the diesel generators while running for different amounts of time and capacities. The term should have been megawatt-hours. A megawatt is a unit of power that is created by the borough’s diesel generators. A megawatt-hour is the total amount of power that is consumed by the borough. For example, last week’s story about the 24-hour diesel...
The Southeast Alaska Power Agency board passed a motion at their regular board meeting on Thursday that would reimburse the Petersburg and Wrangell communities for most of the associated costs for burning diesel generators beginning on Feb. 15 through March 15, 2019. “This is really significant for us,” said assembly member and SEAPA vice chairman Bob Lynn at an assembly meeting on Monday. “This means Petersburg will not have to put a supplemental surcharge for diesel fuel to our rate payers.” According to utility director Karl Hagerma...
A bald eagle perches high up in a tree mid Feb....
Why a free pass? To the Editor: How is this fair? The Borough Assembly just voted to put a proposed ordinance on the ballot this fall to change the way Borough Assembly Member seats are elected. This issue was brought forward by Don Koenigs, a concerned citizen who went to a few assembly meetings and talked to a few people about his idea. How is it fair that he gets his idea on the ballot with such a minimal amount of effort? The Borough Assembly refused to help the proponents of the ATV and...
Education is too critical a part of our state's future to allow for reduced funding of that line item at the expense of a super-sized Permanent Fund check. K-12 funding should be left intact as was agreed to at the close of the legislative session last year. This week, 130 Alaskans were evenly split on the super-sized PFD as outlined in Gov. Mike Dunleavy's Senate Bills 23 and 24. In testimony last week, two-thirds of the public comments were against the super-sized PFD. From 2016 to 2018, the...
Engel Entertainment, a production company filming a reality TV show focused on law enforcement in Alaska, has begun filming in Petersburg. “You guys might see them out and about around town,” said Police Chief Jim Kerr to the borough assembly on Monday. The film crew arrived last week. On Thursday and Friday, the crew, which is based in New York City, got to know the department and had a get together Monday night to meet their families. According to Kerr, the crew will be in Petersburg for about eight weeks. Petersburg is one of three com...
February 27 — Brandon Johnson, 35, was arrested on charges of burglary in the first degree, vehicle theft in the first degree, assault in the third degree, theft in the second degree and misconduct involving weapons in the third degree. Icy road conditions on Frederick Point Dr. were reported to the Department of Transportation February 28 — A suspicious vehicle was reported at the three mile mark of Mitkof Highway. Authorities responded to a false alarm at a business on N. Nordic Dr. A domestic argument was reported at a location on S. 4th...
The boys varsity basketball team won their last two home games of the season against Wrangell before heading to Sitka to compete in the regional tournament. "I thought the kids played with positive passion," said Coach Richard Brock. "Good two hard fought battles both nights, and good games to go into Regionals with. It was a good experience for the kids to see what level to play at Regionals." During Friday's game, neither team seemed to take control of the ball. Every time the Vikings began...
The girls varsity basketball team lost their last two home games of the season against Wrangell over the weekend. "Wrangell's good," said Coach Dino Brock. "They're big. They're one of the top ranked teams in the state. I thought that we were competitive with them in the games. It's a good way to get ready for tournament." Friday's game began with Senior Appreciation Night. Seniors Holli Davis and Tayla Heppe, along with their families, were thanked for their dedication throughout the season....
Heather Conn, special education teacher with the Petersburg School District, will be replacing Teri Toland as Rae C. Stedman Elementary School's principal beginning in the fall 2019 school year. "She's going to take us forward, and I'm really excited for her," said Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter. "The feedback that I'm getting from families and parents beyond our hiring committee and staff members is people feel really positive about the choice." Conn was one of many individuals who applied...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday he wants to reach a budget agreement that would fund the state’s ferry system through mid-2020. Sen. Bert Stedman, a Sitka Republican, said that would allow time for further discussion about management of the system going forward. Stedman said he views Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget proposal as an “elimination budget” for the Alaska Marine Highway System. A spokeswoman for the ferry system has said it hasn’t scheduled sailings past Oct. 1. Stedman said he wants to...
Petersburg residents filled about two-thirds of the Wright Auditorium on Thursday to view the screening of A HEARD OF ORPHANS, a documentary by local filmmaker Kelly Bakos about the lives of young elephants living in an orphanage. After poachers in the ivory trade killed the adult elephants in their various herds, the film follows a group of elephant calves as they go about their day-to-day lives and learn skills that would otherwise be taught by their herds, before being reintroduced to the...
WRANGELL - The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, SEACC, was founded in 1970 to protect the land and wildlife of the Tongass National Forest. The SEACC board of directors is made up of people who have made this region their home, from Seattle to Yakutat. Current Board President Stephen Todd is a Wrangell resident. SEACC board members and staff all came to Wrangell this past week to hold meetings on topics they felt were of public interest. The main two topics that were brought up were the Ro...
Push that pasta aside. Noodles made from Alaska pollock are poised to become a center of the plate favorite. Alaska Pollock Protein Noodles from Trident Seafoods swept the awards at the 26th annual Alaska Symphony of Seafood new products competition in Juneau. The low carb, "flavor neutral" noodles contain 1O grams of protein per serving and can be swapped with any pasta favorites. The ready to eat item drew raves from judges and samplers from Seattle to Southeast who gave the noodles quadruple...
George Stephan Murrison, 84, passed away at his home in Petersburg on February 10 with his wife Nancy, daughter Lynda and his two dogs Rowdy and Risky by his side. He was born October 12, 1934 in San Andreas, California and was raised in the California foothills. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Army to be near his brother and both were stationed in Korea during that war. After the service he settled in Lodi, California and started his family. He worked 32 years for General... Full story
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A proposed ballot measure seeks to move Alaska legislative sessions from the state capital of Juneau to the state’s biggest city, Anchorage. Supporters say they’re not trying to move the capital and see the proposal as a way to make the Legislature more accessible. Juneau isn’t on Alaska’s road system, requiring lawmakers and constituents to fly or take ferries to reach the city. Juneau also is about 600 miles (966 kilometers) from the population centers of Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. But critics o...
Women up to age 29, with limited or no access to health care, can get exams and reproductive health services on a sliding scale at the Public Health Center’s Women’s Health Clinic March 12- March 14. Services will be provided by a nurse practitioner with Alaska Public Health Nursing. Appointments are required. Schedule an appointment by calling 772-4611....
Tom Lewis passed away March 2, 2019 at Petersburg Medical Center. An obituary and Celebration of Life will follow.... Full story
This year's homecoming court was crowned on Friday between the girls and boys varsity basketball games. From left to right: freshmen princess and prince Madelyn Gilpin and Lathum Johnson; senior princess and prince Martha Johnson and Koren Sperl; Homecoming queen and king Gillian Wittstock and Louden Sandhofer; junior princess and prince Nina McCay and Zephrie Whitethorn; sophomore princess and prince Leesa Murph and Jaime Tejera Arranz. In the front row are Rosie Lohr and Christopher Cook who...
