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The cheer team in Petersburg placed first last weekend at the regional tournament in Ketchikan, securing its fourth straight title and prompting area coaches to say the Vikings should compete against bigger schools. In the Petersburg boys basketball game against Metlakatla last Thursday, two people weren't watching the game. They were judges, tasked with observing the Petersburg cheer team. For about 20 minutes during warmups, through the second quarter and then a two-and-a-half-minute halftime...
The Petersburg boys basketball team got a bid to the state tournament after it took second place at the 2A region championship last week. After a 5-13 regular season, Petersburg, which leaned heavily on its underclassmen and dealt with off-the-court issues all year, is going to the state tournament. "Especially with all the tough losses that we had, which could have been disappointments," said head coach Rick Brock, "and a revolving door in a sense of who was playing on what weekend, shows a...
The Petersburg assembly last week ratified a collective bargaining agreement with a union that represents most borough employees. The assembly approved a three year deal with the Petersburg Municipal Employees Association last week. The deal has to be voted on by the association as well, which occurs March 20. Among the changes in the agreement, according to the borough, is a 2 percent wage increase to the Step C salary classification. Those receiving the increase have had to be represented by...
The Petersburg Medical Center has narrowed its search for a new CEO down to three applicants from Alaska and one from Missouri. CEO Liz Woodyard is closing-in on retirement after 44 years in the medical field. Her possible successors include Jennifer Bryner, of Petersburg; Philip Hofstetter, of Nome; Patrick Williams, of Sitka; and Jeff Jones, of West Plains, Missouri. There are scheduled Skype interviews in the coming days, and it’s hoped a decision could be made next week on which finalists will be invited to Petersburg, said Doran H...
A story last week said the Petersburg electrical reorganization of the public works and power and light departments would save the borough about $105,300 in salary and benefits. The precise amount is $105,103....
March 15, 1918 But meagre details have been received regarding the Admiral Evans, which was reported wrecked in Monday’s dispatches from Seattle. The steamer, which was bound for the westward, struck rocks at Hawk Inlet last Saturday night. She was beached within a few hundred feet of the cannery at that point, and is all under water except her pilothouse at high tide. March 12, 1943 Production on Jack King’s farm seems to be looking up. The newest addition to the livestock there is a family of nine pink little pigs, who arrived to gladden the...
WRANGELL — City Hall jumped a notch on its alert level Tuesday, declaring a Stage III water shortage watch. The third stage is the most severe in Wrangell’s water shortage management plan, adopted last year by the Borough Assembly. The city was previously on a Stage I alert due to dwindling supplies of raw water in the treatment plant’s two reservoirs. In its notice to the public, Public Works explained that Wrangell has received no considerable rainfall over the course of the past month. Precipitation has mainly been in the form of snow,...
A Petersburg teen was named most outstanding female wrestler at a Fairbanks middle school tournament earlier this month that hosted about 500 athletes. Amanda Worhatch, a Mitkof Middle School seventh grader, was the only Petersburg wrestler to compete in the Tanana Invitational on Feb. 2. After she went undefeated in her weight class, without allowing a single offensive point, she was named the most outstanding female wrestler among the 500 athletes there. Timber Patten, another southeast...
Forensic accounting essential To the Editor: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" We’re all familiar with this thought experiment in observation and perception. So what if an investigation by the Washington Office (WO) visits the Petersburg, and Thorne Bay Ranger Districts and concludes in a report never intended to be made public, that thousands of trees fell in our public forest illegally? Does it make a sound in local newsprint when finally revealed? Not a peep was heard from the Pet...
On March 7, Alaska Wildlife Troopers from Klawock, Petersburg, and Wrangell concluded an investigation which began in December 2017, according to a news release from Alaska State Troopers. Investigation determined Jonathan McGraw Jr., 43, from Naukati; Keith Wagner, 52, from Naukatil and Curtis Looper, 27, from Naukati were commercially harvesting sea cucumbers from closed waters including from the sea cucumber preserve in Whale Pass. McGraw’s boat the F/V Bottom Time, a 19 foot aluminum work skiff, his dive gear, and 1263 pounds of sea c...
The new exhibit at the museum in Petersburg showcases homemade skis and sleds, footage of the original ski hill and a string of literature, vintage gear and photography over a 60-year period. The exhibit, Winters Past, at the Clausen Memorial Museum celebrates the sense of fun and adventure in a Petersburg community that's often sunken in hard work, said Anne Lee, the curator. "It's a good time to do this in the winter time when people are not so busy," Lee said. "And also when people are out...
March 7 — An officer responded to assist EMS with a reported breathing problem. An officer responded to a report of suspicious activity behind a business on South Nordic Drive. The officer came in contact with four subjects, after which they agreed to leave the private property. March 8 — The pump station 8 alarm was activated. There was alleged violation of court order at the Narrows Inn. No criminal activity was found. Police found a cell phone and placed it on PSG Facebook page. There was a report of harassment on Kupreanof Island. An audibl...
The PHS girls basketball team finished its season at Regionals last week in Ketchikan, winning just one game of its three-game road trip. Seeded fourth, Petersburg, with a 7-11 regular season record, beat Haines, 33-23, in the first round of the Region V 2A Basketball Tournament. The Lady Vikings then lost to Metlakatla (20-2) in the second round, 49-20, and then again to Craig, 62-32. Metlakatla would go on to win the tournament and grab the number one seed in the state tournament. Wrangell...
The Petersburg Swim Club competed in Juneau recently, where two members had multiple top-five finishes in their age group. Hosted by the Glacier Swim Club, six Petersburg members raced in the 2018 Alaska Swimming Age Group Championships for three days, starting Feb. 16. The swimmers were Natalie Bertagnoli, 9, Brooklyn Whitethorn, 9, Lexi Tow, 8, Logan Tow, 10, Abby Worhatch, 9, and Allie Morgan, 13. Morgan was top-10 in every event she raced, including a second place finish in the 200 meter...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Alaska is among a handful of states in the West that doesn’t mandate smoke-free workplaces statewide, and one powerful lawmaker is standing in the way of that changing. State Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux chairs the House Rules Committee and decides which bills make it to the floor. She has balked at moving the bill, which overwhelmingly passed the Senate last year and enjoys widespread support in the House – half the body’s 40 members have signed as co-sponsors. But LeDoux told a news conference last month that the state should...
WRANGELL -The Federal Communications Commission last week approved the transfer of licenses from Wrangell Radio Group to CoastAlaska. A nonprofit radio and television service based in Juneau, CoastAlaska provides administrative and technical support for public broadcast stations in Wrangell, Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg and Ketchikan. Citing financial difficulties, last December Wrangell Radio Group – the entity which manages local radio station KSTK – filed a petition with the FCC to allow a tra...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate was supposed to consider a measure Wednesday saying the federal government's new enforcement policy on marijuana is an affront to Alaska voters, who voted to legalize recreational use. Instead, a member of the Republican-led Senate majority offered something quite different. The Senate refused to consider Senate Minority Leader Berta Gardner's proposal, which was a response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinding Obama-era guidance that allowed legalized marijuana to flourish by limiting f...
WRANGELL — The Forest Service held a public input session with Wrangell residents last week, as it puts together ideas for a 10- to 15-year project to benefit the Wrangell and Petersburg districts of the Tongass National Forest. The Central Tongass Landscape Level Analysis would plan for a major project on a large scale that would increase the number of activities authorized in a single analysis and decision. It reflects a larger effort nationwide to improve the USFS environmental analysis process, and the approach is hoped to allow site-specif...
More big bundles of old fishing nets will soon be on their way from Dutch Harbor to Denmark to be remade into high end plastics. It will be the second batch of nets to leave Dutch for a higher cause and more Alaska fishing towns can get on board. Last summer a community collaborative put nearly 240,000 pounds, or about 40 nets, into shipping vans that were bound for a Danish ‘clean tech’ company called Plastix. The company refines and pelletizes all types of plastics and resells them to makers of water bottles, cell phone cases and other ite...
Elmer C. (Butch) Whitethorn Jr., 75 peacefully passed away on March 7, 2018 in his one and only hometown, Petersburg, Alaska. He was born to Elmer C. Whitethorn and Margaret (Sis) Roundtree in Petersburg on December 26, 1942. He grew up at his parent's house and was part of the original Lumber Street gang. Some days you could see him zipping through town driving a little red car that his Dad built for him out of Crosley automobile parts. Butch graduated from Petersburg High School in 1961. He sp... Full story
About five weeks ago a 16-year-old South African stepped onto a tarmac in Alaska wearing flip-flops, ready to spend 11 months in Petersburg. It was the first time Clarisa Boshoff had experienced snow, and she was hooked. "I literally arrived and I'm like 'I'm not going back,'" said Boshoff, whose home city is populated with about eight million people. "I'm staying here." Boshoff, now equipped with Xtratuf boots, will stay in Petersburg through Christmas as part of the Petersburg Rotary Club...
Police this week seized items from a residence in Petersburg that are consistent with the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, according to a release from the department. On Thursday and Friday, Petersburg officers served multiple search warrants at a residence on Cornelius Road, and “another location,” according to the release. Officers seized glassware, listed chemicals, materials used to package controlled substances for distribution and other suspicious substances, which will be submitted for official identification. The sus... Full story
