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The Port and Harbor Advisory Board recommended against changing the zoning on waterfront parcels along Nordic Drive at its Friday meeting. The zoning change request is now before the Planning and Zoning Commission. The owners of five lots at 806, 804, 710, 712 and 708 Nordic Drive are making the request and told the commission in a letter dated Jan. 27 that Commercial 1 Zoning would be more appropriate to potential development of the lots. Water access to these lots is restricted due to...
The Vikings capped off their season in Southeast with a championship title, after winning two games at Region V in Juneau last week. Coming off the high of homecoming weekend wins over Wrangell, Petersburg was matched up with them again straight into the tournament. "We had two hard-fought games the week before," noted coach Rick Brock. The Vikings took an early lead in the March 8 game, with Stewart Conn scoring nine of the team's 12 points in the first quarter. Wrangell was held to four, but...
March 16, 1917 – A letter from J. L. McPherson, manager of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, gives details of the big excursion tour of Alaska being organized by the bureau-in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the territory as a United States posession. The steamers will be accompanied as far as v by boats and yachts of the Seattle Carnival Committee. “The greater interest of the visiting party,” Mr. McPherson says, “during the stop in Petersburg will undoubtedly be in sight-seeing and in viewing and learnin...
A team largely fielding Petersburg players took first in last week's Southeast Alaska's Shamrock Soccer Invitational in Juneau. The six-game tournament is part of the Capital City Soccer League schedule, and the one event the Petersburg group makes sure to attend each year. The league itself is set up for co-ed, adult play, and teams take to the pitch inside Juneau's Diamond Park Field House. Teams participating in the tourney are color-coded, and the group of Petersburgers played as Black. The...
While not a line item on the harbor advisory board agenda, sea lion activity in the harbors was a board discussion item at the March 10 meeting. "There are not a lot of issues in the winter until the bait herring shows up," Harbormaster Glo Wollen told the board. Harbor policy continues not to allow fish scraps to be dumped into the harbors, she added. Wollen referenced a story out of Sand Point at the Peter Pan Seafoods dock where a Petersburg person aboard the F/V Cape St. Elias was attacked b...
JUNEAU (AP) – Authorities escorted out the tenants of a century-old Juneau hotel and took the property’s manager into custody after identifying several public health and safety hazards. Bergmann Hotel was condemned after the owners failed to address fire and building code violations, city spokeswoman Lisa Phu said. Owners Kathleen and James Barrett had until last month to correct the violations, but city officials say recent inspections found few corrections and several more violations, the Juneau Empire reported Friday. The Salvation Army hel...
Rethink flouride To the Editor: I would like to request the Borough reevaluate its practice of adding fluoride to our water supply. It is time to investigate what the current research is on the safety of fluoride after so many years of public use. I found that fluoride in drinking water does give dental benefits to people across the board, and over and over I read, “the benefits outweigh the risks.” But that made me wonder, if there are recognized risks associated with fluoride introduced into the drinking water of municipalities, why don...
JUNEAU – The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) is selling the M/V Taku through a sealed bid sale. The minimum bid price is $1.5 million and interested bidders must have a bid bond of $5,000. The complete bid package is available on the state's Online Public Notice website. ADOT&PF is selling the vessel "As Is/Where Is" to the highest bidder. The sale process involved getting Federal Highway Administration approval since federal funding was used to maintain the v...
Mar. 8 — Suspicious activity was reported on Cabin Creek Road. Trespassing was reported on N. First St. Police are investigating a theft on Chief John Lott St. Mar. 10 — Police made a traffic stop on Skylark Way. Police cited Eric L. Cole, 30, for Liability Insurance Required. Police cited Alvin E. Quezon, 43, for Expired Registration. A theft was reported on S. Second St. Police made a traffic stop on Hungerford Hill. Mar. 12 — Police responded to an alarm on S. Nordic Dr. Police received a call of a DUI at Nordic and Fram. Police provi...
The small claims case of Feb. 28 involved Dean Roundtree and Ken Olsen of K.O. Construction. A decision is pending....
Colette Peters, 26, has been named Fleet Manager/Quality Assurance Manager at the Petersburg Trident Plant. She fills the position vacated by Nick Ohmer who is now managing the Trident Plant in Wrangell. Peters grew up in Ketchikan and is a 2009 graduate of Ketchikan High School. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a degree in Political Economics. She has worked for Trident in Seattle for 3-1/2 years monitoring environmental compliance at all Trident Plants. She visited each...
The basketball season comes to a close for the Petersburg girls, after placing third last week at the Region V Tournament in Juneau. “All of our games were definitely battles,” said girls coach Dino Brock. “All three of them, we played really good defense.” That showed in the team’s opening game against Craig on March 8. Both teams’ defenses kept scores low going into the second quarter, holding each other to a 4-4 tie. The Lady Panthers’ offense finally broke through before the half, turning the tie into an 18-11 lead over Petersburg. T...
SITKA (AP) – On a cool spring day, Sitka veterinarian Burgess Bauder went down to the harbor and stripped down to his long underwear, socks and Crocs - all in the name of charity. With little more than a quilt covering his body, Bauder became a model in the Ocean Wave Quilt Guild’s “Alaska’s Undercover Men” 2018 calendar. “I make a fool of myself many times,” Bauder said. “Why not do it for something good?” Proceeds from the calendars will fund the guild’s projects that benefit cancer survivors, senior citizens and victims of violence. The Ocea...
SITKA (AP) – A national group has honored a group of Sitka High School basketball players who last year helped pull residents from a burning building in Anchorage. The National Federation of State High School Associations announced Monday that the boys basketball team will receive the “National High School Spirit of Sport Award” for the western region, The Sitka Sentinel reported. “The basketball team members employed the skills of teamwork and quick thinking that they had developed through many years of participation and sprang into action,...
WRANGELL – For visitors this summer to Anan Wildlife Observatory, trips to the restroom will become a bit less hectic. Up to the present, the oft-visited outdoor attraction's outhouse is sited apart from the main observation area – and its protective barriers – making run-ins with Anan's bears en route to the toilet an occasional risk. At least a few people have had to wait out a passing bear from inside, which can be unpleasant in addition to an unnerving experience. The Forest Service (USFS...
Massive cuts could be in store for the agencies and people who provide the science and stewardship to preserve and protect our planet. The budget proposed by Donald Trump that starts in October puts on the chopping block the agencies and staff in charge of fisheries research and management, weather forecasting, satellite data tracking and the U.S. Coast Guard. Trump called the cuts a tradeoff to “prioritize rebuilding the military” and to help fund the border wall with Mexico. The Washington Post broke down a White House memo to the Office of...
The Petersburg Community Foundation announces that the 2017 grant cycle opened March 13. Our community foundation acts as a charitable permanent fund to support beneficial projects in Petersburg. Between $12,000 and $14,000 will be awarded to a minimum of three organizations based on eligible applications received by 5:00 pm, April 17, 2017. Qualified non-profits are encouraged to seek funding for their community programs or projects by visiting petersburgcf.org....
MATCH is a new and free program that provides college and career counseling starting in each student's hometown, followed by a week of college and career awareness training in Juneau from April 10 - 14, and the possibility of attending Juneau Construction Academy training thereafter. MATCH is free and open to Southeast Alaskans aged 18 and over who are out of high school. Diplomas are not necessary. Applications are due March 17. Contact SERRC at: www.serrc.org/careermatch, (800) 478-6660 or...
The Trust Land Office will hold a series of public informational meetings in Southeast communities to discuss the proposed land exchange between the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (Trust) and the United States Forest Service (USFS). The transaction would be a value for value land exchange of approximately 20,000 acres of USFS land for 18,000 acres of Trust land, the result of extensive negotiations between the Trust and the USFS and years of work with interested parties in Southeast Alaska. Informational meetings are scheduled starting...
JUNEAU (AP) – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says a proposed $1.3 billion cut to the Coast Guard's budget conflicts with President Donald Trump's goal of strengthening border security and rebuilding the armed services. The Alaska Republican outlined her concerns in a letter to Trump, released Monday. She says the cuts proposed by the Office of Management and Budget would have “far-reaching implications on national security” and force the Coast Guard to halt a program in which it replaces older ships with state-of-the-art vessels built in U.S. shipy...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today that the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery will be on 2-hour notice effective 8:00 a.m., Friday, March 17, 2017. This means that a fishery could be expected with a minimum of two hours notice after the effective time. One test sample was taken near Kamano Point on Kruzof Island. The results of the sample are as follows: Kamano Point: 0.5 tons, mature roe – 8.9%, immature roe – 2.7%, average weight – 133 grams. Although this set size is not very large, we believe it is repre...
Two fire trucks and the ambulance responded to a trailer fire at #11 Lumber Street shortly after 6 a.m. Monday morning. The property was in the process of being condemned by the Borough Building Department. Dave Berg, Fire Dept. spokesperson said someone may have been living in the structure that had a wood stove, but no power hook-up. Two fire extinguishers had been emptied at the scene, according to Berg. The fire marshal will investigate the origin of the fire, but Berg said it may be...
