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A town hall meeting was called by Mayor Mark Jensen last week to hear comments and concerns from the public regarding Gov. Mike Dunleavy's proposed budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The community was overwhelmingly against the proposed budget, which would balance Alaska's $1.6 billion deficient by cutting expenditures to equal revenues without create new sources of revenue. According to a document created by the borough, Petersburg could face a total economic impact of over $3 million. It was...
After becoming five time Region champions, the Petersburg High School cheerleaders look to competing in Anchorage next week for a shot at the state title. Of the ten cheerleaders on the team, Trinity Davis, Martha Johnson, Avery Skeek, Miranda Nilsen and Sage Johnston are all returning members. Davis, Johnson and Skeek are also seniors. "We have some really good leadership on our team this year," said co-coach Sara Hadad-Dembs. "The whole five returning girls were excellent in getting these new...
Representatives from the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs held a town hall meeting on Tuesday to give local veterans an update on the VA system in Alaska and help them file any forms or documents. Timothy Ballard, director of Alaska VA Healthcare System based in Anchorage, led the meeting by explaining changes to the VA at the national and local levels. The second half of the meeting was reserved for answering questions and helping local veterans get VA healthcare ID cards, file claims,...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) —Juneau-area residents will likely continue paying more than usual for electricity because of low water levels at an Alaska utility’s hydroelectric facility. Dry conditions in southeast Alaska over the last year have caused the Alaska Electric Light & Power to temporarily increase rates, the Juneau Empire reported Saturday. The utility’s main source of power is the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project. The utility offsets power costs for customers by selling surplus energy to so-called interruptible customers — those with mu...
A photo on the right side of page 6 of last week’s edition of the Petersburg Pilot wrongly identified the varsity basketball player who was shooting the ball in the photo. The student in the photo was Aiden Luhr and not Julian Cumps as stated in the caption.... Full story
March 14, 1919 One of the progressive firms of Petersburg now making ready for the increased business of the summer is the Petersburg Meat Company. Since the return of Cato Haarberg from the south with the new red delivery car, the interior of the market has been torn out and the store part greatly extended. March 10, 1944 Information reaches us today that someone, who must be rather small, picked out a piece of glass in the Trading Union window and by the use of wire hooked several pairs of socks out through the hole. That was bad enough, but...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’s eager for the Alaska Legislature to offer alternatives for addressing the state’s ongoing deficit. Dunleavy says that while he attends an energy conference next week in Texas he hopes the legislature will “get serious” about budget proposals. House and Senate lawmakers have been working through details of Dunleavy’s budget, which was introduced last month. His plan to fill a projected $1.6 billion deficit includes sweeping cuts to areas such as education, health and social service programs an...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Airlines is not flying the type of Boeing jets involved in a deadly Ethiopian Airways crash but has orders pending for the aircraft. The Anchorage Daily News reports that the company says its fleet does not currently include the Boeing 737 Max 8 jets involved in a crash Sunday that killed all 157 people on board. A Max 8 aircraft also crashed in Indonesia in October, killing 189 people. Alaska Airlines says it placed a $5 billion order for 20 Max 8 and 17 Max 9 models in 2012 with plans to begin using them t...
Budget cuts corrected To the Editor: A possible objective look at our new governor’s budget to me looks as follows: 1. The governor only needs 16 votes to keep any of his budget cuts the legislators want to overturn. The legislature needs 46 to overturn a veto. 2. In the legislative public forum on Tuesday, March 5, over 50% of the respondents supported the governor’s cuts and wanted their $3,000. 3. The majority of Alaskans probably do not need libraries, pools, rec. centers, schools, ferries, medical facilities, senior services, Med...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A historic Alaska museum and library may be sold at the direction of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, according to a state official. The Sheldon Jackson Museum and adjacent Stratton Library building in Sitka, southwest of Juneau, are under consideration for sale or transfer. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reported . Patience Frederiksen, Alaska’s director of libraries, archives and museums, informed a legislative subcommittee about the Republican governor’s plans last Friday. The museum founded in 1897 by Presbyterian missionary Sheld...
March 6 — Anthony P. Hill, 26 was arrested on charges of two bench warrants for failure to appear. Authorities responded to a report of afterhours burning at a location on S. Nordic Dr. The individual was advised of what was permissible to burn and to keep fire down. March 7 — A sex offender registered with the Petersburg Police Department. March 8 — Authorities responded to suspicious activity at a playground on Philbin St. An intoxicated person walking around downtown was reported to authorities. Suspicious activity was reported at the Peter...
A Grand Jury indicted Brandon Johnson, 35, on three of seven counts set before them on March 7. Johnson was indicted on burglary in the first degree, theft in the second degree and assault in the third degree. The remaining counts were either withdrawn or not found to be a true bill, which included an additional two counts of assault in the third degree, misconduct involving weapons in the fourth degree and vehicle theft in the first degree. Johnson was first arrested on five charges on Feb. 27 when Officers Carl Tate and Eric Wolf were...
The girls varsity basketball team traveled to Sitka last week to compete in the Region V championship tournament where the team was eliminated after three games. The Lady Vikings were off to a good start when they beat Haines, 57-45. Petersburg scored 23 points in the first quarter and scored about 15 points in each quarter for the rest of the game. "We shot the ball really, really well, and Haines did too," said Coach Dino Brock. "It was kind of a back and forth, but it was a good way to start...
A quilt is a layer of batting or stuffing between two layers of fabric. Early American quilts were the result of patched together pieces of worn out blankets and clothing. Since fabrics had to be woven these items were purely functional. By the mid-18th century Americans were making elaborate quilts designed to be handed down, often pieced together from salvaged pieces of clothing and other bedding. Today's quilts span the spectrum from traditional to modern to being an art form. According to...
WRANGELL - Alaska Crossings has been a part of the Wrangell community since its inception in the early 2000s. The behavioral health program is designed to help troubled teens from all over the state. From April to December, according to Program Manager Jerrie Dee Harvey, Crossings attempts to help rehabilitate the teens via outdoor expeditions. By taking them on camping expeditions in the great outdoors, she said, they are attempting to teach them confidence, social skills, teamwork, stress mana...
Molly Brennan Crenshaw, 77, of Juneau, Alaska died on March 1, 2019. She was born on February 11, 1942 in Petersburg, Alaska to Richard and Helen Brennan. She married Ron Crenshaw in July 1964 and had two children: Tyler and Adam. She is survived by her husband, children; sister Judy Brakel; brother Jim Brennan; and extended and loved family and friends. No services are planned.... Full story
Carol Enge, an Iowa farm girl who left home in 1946 to teach school in the Alaska territory, married a son of one of Petersburg's pioneering families, and built a life devoted to home and community, passed away March 7 in Edmonds, Washington. She was 94. Carol Winona Anderson was born in Riceville, Iowa, on July 31, 1924, to Lewis and Elizabeth Anderson, farmers who moved frequently as land and crop prices rose and fell. She graduated from high school at 16 and attended Simpson College in... Full story
In the final championship game against Metlakatla on Friday at the regional tournament in Sitka, the Petersburg Vikings lost by one point with a final score of 63-64. Petersburg's first game of the tournament was against Wrangell. It was the Vikings' third game against the Wolves in five days, since the two teams had played each other the previous weekend. "It's always difficult to play anybody that many times in a row, especially your rival," said Coach Richard Brock. The game started out in Pe...
So how’s that trade war with China going? Up until last July, when the Trump Administration slapped a 25 percent tax on nearly all U.S. seafood imports from China, that country was Alaska’s biggest trading partner for seven years running. In 2017, China bought 54 percent of Alaska’s fish and shellfish products, valued at $800 million. That tax volley was followed by a retaliatory 10 percent tariff from China in September that included U.S. exports. U.S. tariffs against $200 billion worth of Chinese imports were set to increase to 25 perce...
Petersburg Attorney Fred Triem appeared before Juneau Superior Court Judge Daniel Schally on Feb. 12 to answer to an Order to Show Cause why he should not be held in contempt of court for his failure to render a full accounting of Hanson Class Funds being held in his trust account. Triem formerly represented a group of Kake Tribal shareholders in a lawsuit against Kake Tribal Corporation that was granted a $2.8 million judgment in 1998. In a hearing scheduled to last only an hour, Triem told...
WRANGELL — State Representative Dan Ortiz was present at Wrangell’s town hall meeting on March 6 and gave the audience some context on Alaska’s financial situation, and to go into some detail on what the proposed budget means for several state services. Adjusted for inflation and population growth, he said, Alaska’s budget is the smallest it has been in almost 40 years. Despite this, the state government has been operating with a deficit for several years. As many people are aware, Alaska’s economic fortunes are heavily tied to the oil indus...
