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On March 13, Petersburg Attorney Fred Triem was ordered to provide full accounting of Hanson Class funds being held in his trust account, or face a sanction of $50 per calendar day until compliance is achieved, according to an order from Superior Court Judge Daniel Schally. The sanction begins on March 22. Triem has been ordered to provide the accounting under two orders from Superior Court Judge Menendez in May and June of 2018. Schally wrote, “Triem knew of and clearly understood Judge Menendez’s orders — the orders are brief, simple, direc...
The borough assembly requested that the planning commission look at the development code, which has already been passed by the assembly, listen to comments from the public and return to the assembly with any recommendations on changes to the code or zoning map. “Obviously there’s a lot of people that feel strongly about this,” said assembly member Brandi Marohl, who requested the action item be placed on the agenda. “I think that it was somewhat misleading as to what the purpose was and so I think that a lot of people weren't maybe paying...
March 21, 1919 Leaflets giving a list of fishing industries in Alaska, together with the Alaska and local addresses of each company, have been compiled by the Alaska bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. As in previous seasons, salmon heads the list with more than a hundred canneries, nearly as many salteries and fifty mild-cure plants. Herring ranks next in importance, with the market created by war conditions. Fifteen plants specialized in the salting and canning of codfish, with eighty plants presenting the new clam canning industry. Under the...
The borough assembly failed to pass an ordinance that would have designated borough assembly seats in its third reading on Monday. Ordinance #2019-01 was amended at the previous assembly to, if passed, be put on the municipal election ballot in October to allow voters to make the final decision to change the borough assembly election process. The ordinance would have required borough election ballots to no longer allow voters to choose which candidates they wanted to fill the open assembly seats, but instead, the candidates would choose a...
The borough assembly shot down the idea of creating a disturbing the peace ordinance at their assembly meeting on Monday. Assembly member Taylor Norheim requested the assembly entertain the idea of creating a disturbing the peace ordinance after a Petersburg resident asked him if the assembly could create such an ordinance because she has a neighbor who makes a considerable amount of noise at night. “She had an issue with apparently one of her neighbors who is a drug addict or something like that and does weird stuff in the middle of the night...
Many of the strongest and best memories from my childhood growing up in Juneau revolve around riding Alaska's ferries to swim meets to communities like Petersburg, Sitka, and Ketchikan. And later, as an adult, I have traveled across Southeast on ferries dozens of times for family trips, to deliver orthopedic clinics and surgery to remote communities, for hunting, and for basketball games. Those trips opened my eyes to the astounding beauty and breadth of our state, and they introduced me to...
Despite numerous meetings, public discussions and staff explanations the new development code and zoning map seem to have caught area residents and land owners by surprise. Dave Kensinger says it best, “People weren’t paying attention to this process,” which was two years in the making. Given the long-term ramifications of zoning, it’s important to get it right. It will be decades before any future large scale zoning proposals are taken under consideration, so it’s important that citizens understand exactly how their property is zoned and...
Get rid of the frills To the Editor: It’s nice that the people of town are willing to give more of their PFD to bail out the government's deficit. In the last 2 years, we’ve been deprived of over one-half of our PFD. Has that balanced the budget? No. The new Governor wants to do it in one clean sweep? Nope. It will take some years to rebalance the budget. What I want to see is the government itself to cut spending. Here’s a list; 1. All state employees take a 10% cut on gross income, 2. Stop limousine service, 3. 20% cut in per diem and expen...
March 13 — Wayne Collins, 58, was arrested on charges of failure to appear for a bench warrant. Authorities responded to a report of a possible hit deer at Twin Creek. Two disturbance reports were made. March 14 — Jasmin Jones, 43, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence. Authorities responded to a domestic disturbance at 103 S. 3rd St. March 15 — Littering was reported at Eagle’s Roost Park. Authorities spoke with an individual about a possible threat. Anthony Hill was told by authorities that if he was found trespassing at any...
Feb. 16 — Anthony Paul Hill was arraigned on charges of driving while license suspended or revoked. A not guilty plea was entered. Feb. 26 — Robert E. Swanson was arraigned on a charge of possession of undersize Tanner crab. The defendant entered a no contest plea and was sentenced to a $3,000 fine with $2,000 suspended, a $20 service charge and the seized crab was forfeited. The court noted that Swanson has fished a lifetime with no violations. Feb. 27 — Katie Jo Edfelt was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Burrell on a petition to revok...
With their first meet about a month away, the Petersburg High School track and field team has been practicing five times a week since late February. The team will be competing in 16 events throughout the season, including the 200 and 3200 meter sprint, 300 meter hurdle, 4x100 and 4x800 meter relays, high jump and discus. There are five meets this season, including the regional meet. The first meet will be in Ketchikan from April 19 - 20. "I'm just really excited to see what these athletes can...
The Petersburg School Board officially approved the hire of Heather Conn as Rae C. Stedman Elementary School principal on Tuesday beginning August, 2019. "I am sure as I walked through the halls today and saw the two principals together meeting already, that Heather has already hit the ground running and planning for next year," said school board president Mara Lutomski at Tuesday's school board meeting. Conn has been with the school district since 2014 when she began working on her internship...
WRANGELL — A sentencing hearing was held Monday afternoon, March 19, for Kelly Gunderson. Back in October, Gunderson was charged with selling marijuana to a minor. The incident happened on Oct. 1, 2018, according to Wrangell Police Chief Doug McCloskey. They became aware of somebody selling marijuana to underage persons when a 15-year-old boy, who will not be named as he is a minor, was caught high by his parents. The teen was brought to the police, and he informed officers where he had received the marijuana from, and helped them to catch G...
”A new lender is offering loans to young Alaska fishermen who want to buy into the halibut and sablefish fisheries, and repayment is based on their catches. The Local Fish Fund opened its doors this month to provide alternative loan structures to young fishermen as a way to help turn the tide on the trend called the “graying of the fleet.” The average age of an Alaska fisherman today is 50 and fewer recruits are choosing the fishing life. A big part of what’s turning them away is the cost to buy into fisheries that are limited through permits...
Dave Kensinger, former chairman of the Marine Transportation Advisory Board, anticipates that the Alaska Marine Highway System could face difficulties restarting services if it were to shut down in October. Under Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed 2020 fiscal year budget, cuts to the AMHS would prevent the ferry system from operating past Oct. 1. Should the ferry system shut down, Kensinger said that a ripple effect would make it increasingly hard to get it up and running again. Specialized employees would find themselves without work and have to s...
Mariah Taylor was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll for the 2018 fall semester at the University of Wyoming located in Laramie, Wyoming....
WRANGELL - A meeting was held at City Hall last Wednesday to discuss the upcoming cruise ship season, as well as some proposed projects around City Dock. In a previous meeting to discuss the city's priorities for the cruise season, held last January, it was agreed to look into the feasibility of two improvement projects at City Dock. One idea was the construction of a covered area along the dock's walkway. Having a covered area on the dock could serve as booths for vendors on one half of the w...
An aerial survey was conducted Wednesday covering Sitka Sound from Windy Pass to Krestof Sound. schools were observed in Deep Inlet, the Channel, and in the Magoun Inslands. No herring spawn was observed. The highest concentration of herring predators appeared to shift toward Inner Point and Hayward Strait. Whales were seen working the shallower waters of the Kruzof Island shoreline between Inner Point and Hayward Strait. Sea lions were scattered between Inner Point, Bieli Rock, and Hayward Strait. South of Sitka herring predators were still ob...
