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Petersburg Police Chief Kelly Swihart executed a search warrant at 5 p.m. Wednesday evening, made two arrests and seized approximately 1,500 doses of Methamphetamine from two locations at 503B and 409 Ira II Street. Randy K. Long, 53, a Petersburg resident, was arrested on a single charge of Fugitive from Justice. He is being held in the Petersburg jail on a $250,000 cash only bail. Swihart said Long faces arrest in Maricopa, Arizona on charges of Credit Card Fraud and Credit Card Theft and...
From record high opening prices in March for halibut and black cod to robust projections of returning pinks to Southeast and Prince William Sound, both fishermen and processors are expressing cautious optimism for the upcoming season. "It's a catch-up year for both fishermen and processors," stated one Petersburg cannery manager. Boats are in the yard making repairs, some are buying new nets and there is guarded enthusiasm around town. With Southeast Pinks expected to hit the 43 million mark,...
April 27, 1917 Articles of incorporation have been drawn up for the Citizens’ Steam Laundry Company, a new enterprise which is expected to open for business by the middle of June. Martin Kildall is named as president of the company; Paul Lund, vice-president; John Bruce, secretary. The laundry is to occupy the Kildall building, to the rear of the Gauffin building. It is proposed to make a specialty of steamboat and family laundry work; also to have a cleaning and pressing department, and to furnish steam baths. April 24, 1942 – At a spe...
Alaska Airlines will provide weekly air freighter service to Petersburg and across Alaska in June when a converted 737-700 next generation aircraft will begin flying, according to Jason Berry, Director of Cargo with Alaska Airlines. Berry told a gathering of business representatives from town about the new service at a noon meeting at the Sons of Norway Hall on Monday. The meeting was rescheduled from last fall when fog caused the informational meeting to be delayed after airline representatives...
A Petersburg resident was able to meet a personal goal this month, taking part in the historic Boston Marathon. For runner Marketa Ith, it was her first time competing at the marathon in Boston. She qualified for the high profile event after completing the Los Angeles Marathon in February 2016. "I think if you are a distance runner, it's the ultimate goal," she explained. And for good reason. The Boston race is the longest-running marathon on earth, adopted shortly after the first modern...
Set the record straight To the Editor: Just to set the record straight, you really should have checked the accuracy of the statement made by Eric Castro in the April 20 edition of the Petersburg Pilot. Every single pound of seafood we process at Coastal Cold Storage is charged the 6% sales tax, as required by the Petersburg Borough (previously the City of Petersburg), unless it qualifies for a Senior exemption or Resale exemption. I can assure you that if Mr. Castro's uncle comes in the door with three fish to be filleted, vacuum packed and/or...
WRANGELL – At its regularly-scheduled meeting Tuesday evening, the City and Borough Assembly revisited the water crisis that potentially looms over the coming summer. Public Works director Amber Al-Haddad reported efforts to “plunge” two of the plant’s four slow-sand filtration bays in order to clean them since last week showed promise. However, she was careful to point out that the method was still in its infancy, and only time and repetition would reveal how effective it actually is. Her plan is to plunge each of the filters in turn, repeati...
The Army National Guard is clearing out its Petersburg Armory. On Friday, April 21, CW2 Drew Vandries told the Pilot he and two others were in Petersburg to remove sensitive material and conduct environmental remediation on the armory site. He showed containers of oil, antifreeze and fuel that were going to the baler facility for disposal. Special Assistant to Major General Lori Hummel, Ron Clarke said the National Guard is entertaining ideas from Petersburg concerning the future use of the...
April 12 — Police investigated a theft on Sing Lee Alley. April 13 — Two abandoned vehicles were reported on Hungerford Hill and Howkan Street. Suspicious activity was reported on Sing Lee Alley and at Towne Trailer Park. Disturbance calls were reported on N. Nordic Drive and on S. Second St. Police responded to a harassment call on S. Nordic Dr. Police made a traffic stop at Mile 1.5 Mitkof Hwy. April 14 — Police responded to a civil matter at Magill’s Trailer Court. A call of suspicious activity was received from a Mitkof Highway address...
On April 18, at 11:30 p.m. Alaska State Troopers received a report of an assault in Kake. Investigation revealed that a 24 year old male got into an argument with a 62 year old male. The 24 year old male punched the 62 year old male twice in the face. Minor injuries were reported, but no medical attention was required. A report of the incident is to be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office....
Petersburg played host to the region's budding artists at this year's Southeast Alaska Regional Art Festival, running from April 20 through the weekend. "It went well," said Ashley Lohr, Petersburg High School's art teacher. The community last hosted the festival in 2011. Thirteen high schools sent 102 students to this year's four-day event, much of which focused on honing artistic skills at an array of workshops. Eighteen 15-hour workshops were available to participating students, each of whom...
A small cadre of volunteers picked up cigarette butts for two hours last Saturday. The collection effort brought in 3.5 lbs. of cigarette waste and filled 6-plastic containers. Sponsored by Petersburg Indian Association's Quit Tobacco program, the clean up areas started at the Park & Rec facility and continued to Nordic Drive, Sing Lee Alley, 1st and 2nd streets to the library and around Petersburg Medical Center. Areas that were heavily soiled with cigarette litter were around the Harbor Bar...
Petersburg High School's track and field students cleated up for their first meet over the weekend, participating in the Ketchikan Invitational. "We did okay," said team coach Brad Taylor. The girls team ended up winning the invitational, together earning 155 points to beat out Sitka by eight. Izabelle Ith had a successful weekend, taking first in all of her events: the 200 meters, 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles and triple jump. Kayleigh Eddy and Erin Pfundt also had good showings over...
For the third year in a row the Petersburg Pilot was named top weekly newspaper by the Alaska Press Club. The Wrangell Sentinel was also named a top weekly, placing 2nd while the Pilot took third place. The Homer News was named first place weekly by contest judges. Jess Field took first place in business reporting with a story about disappearing landlines and phone books in Petersburg. That story was published on Feb. 6. Ron Loesch took third place for best editorial calling for the protection of industrial zoning that appeared in the Oct. 6...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Emergency responders have placed containment and absorbent booms near a tugboat that sank in southeast Alaska. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation says the Powhatan, owned by Samson Tug and Barge, sank Wednesday night while docked at Staffigavan Bay, about 7 miles north of Sitka. The tug after it sank shifted downslope 1,083 feet, moving from a depth of 49 feet to 197 feet. Divers confirmed the location. Samson estimates the tug carried 325 gallons of lube oil, 12 gallons of diesel and possibly s...
Numerous studies over the past decade have highlighted Alaska’s “graying of the fleet” (the average age of permit holders is 50), and the lack of opportunities for younger people to launch a career in commercial fishing. State data show that between 1975 and 2014, more than 2,300 limited entry permits (nearly 28 percent) migrated away from Alaska’s rural fishing communities to non-residents. A new measure gaining steam in the Alaska legislature aims to reverse that trend by creating fisheries trusts in which communities could buy permits...
WRANGELL – Last week Wrangell’s Indian Environmental General Assistance Program office issued an alert regarding potentially dangerous shellfish. Readings for butter clam samples taken from the south side of Zarembo Island earlier this month came back surprisingly high for saxitoxin, the root cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in humans. The Food and Drug Administration sets a safety threshold for consuming saxitoxin at 80 micrograms (μg) per 100 grams of shellfish. The butter clams sampled at Zarembo came back at 884 μg. As a contr...
Clinic for women’s health will be held Mon. May 22. Appointments are required. To schedule an appointment, call 772-4611....
