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A special meeting was held on April 17 by the borough assembly to discuss the proposed fiscal year 2020 Petersburg Borough budget before it goes before the assembly for its first reading on May 6. Finance director Jody Tow presented a slideshow detailing the general and enterprise funds for the proposed budget. Expenditures in the general fund total $9,567,149 for the 2020 budget, but it's balanced out by $9,571,545 in revenues. The total amount of excess of revenues over expenditures is...
Superior Court Judge William Carey ordered the release of $100,099.46 to Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in trust for Alaska Airlines and Dan Kane on Wednesday, April 24. The court held the funds in escrow while Petersburg Attorney Fred Triem filed an appeal of the case Estate of Helen Lingley vs. Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Dan Kane. The court issued final judgment in the matter in March 2018 and ordered Triem to pay costs, attorney fees and a $10,000 fine to Alaska Airlines counsel for the costs...
May 2, 1919 Some of the largest logs ever seen in this part of Alaska are in the mill boom at the Juneau Lumber Mills. They have to be blasted to fit the saws. They are from near Petersburg. April 28, 1944 We have been informed by “a reliable source” that effective yesterday, we may expect daily air service between Petersburg, Juneau, and Ketchikan. Airlines in both Ketchikan and Juneau are said to be cooperating on this plan. This is good news for it means that we will have better mail service—southbound and persons who frequently trave...
The Public Safety Advisory Board will meet on May 3, 2019 at 11:45am in Assembly Chambers. The following items are listed on the agenda: • Open EMS Coordinator Position • Motor Pool Fund • Open Sergeant Position... Full story
The Visitor Industry Working Group will continue their discussions on economic growth in Petersburg through tourism in September it was announced at their meeting on Monday. The group of 20 members was pulled together by the Petersburg Economic Development Council and Liz Cabrera, borough community and economic development director, to locate potential ideas for economic growth in Petersburg, while maintaining a balance between Petersburg's quality of life and tourism economy. Members are...
At their monthly meeting on Thursday, the board of directors for the Petersburg Medical Center discussed the idea of holding their meetings in the borough assembly chambers to better receive the community. "It's more to do with community engagement," said PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter. "It just seems like a more centralized location." Hospital board meetings are currently held in the Dorothy Ingle Conference Room in PMC on the fourth Thursday of every month. If the monthly board meetings were to be...
On Monday, the Southeast Alaska Power Agency board of directors postponed a reimbursement plan that would repay Petersburg and Wrangell for their additional power costs over the past few months, but agreed to distribute the funds by June 30. According to Bob Lynn, Petersburg’s representative on the SEAPA board, there was a motion to approve the reimbursement at Monday’s meeting, but the board was uncertain about how to report the reduction in SEAPA’s revenue for tax purposes. Lynn said SEAPA wan...
Regarding ferry service To the Editor: Demand destruction is a phenomenon that is often referred to when oil prices rise high enough to harm the economy and reduce its ability to purchase fuel. I have another example of demand destruction; getting rid of ferry service to Alaskan communities because the State budget has been mismanaged, which will result in a self inflicted wound to the economy. These small towns have ferry docks, how much was spent to build these docking facilities? Should that...
The editorial staff of the Petersburg Pilot and Wrangell Sentinel earned ten awards at this years Alaska Press Club contest. The awards were announced at the APC awards banquet in Anchorage on Saturday night. Work published in 2018 was judged. First place awards went to Brian Varela for a culture story about PIA and Sealaska teaching Sea Otter skin sewing, and Caleb Vierkant for a business story about the close of the cruise ship season in Wrangell. A second place award went to Caleb Vierkant...
April 24 — Illegal burning was reported on the 300 block of Dolphin St. A call was received by a resident on Gjoa St. claiming that the individual owed a large sum of money in back taxes and would be arrested if payment was not received. A noise complaint was reported at a location on Lumber Street. An individual was reported going through the trash at the Salvation Army. John Staples, 53, was issued a citation for operating a vehicle with a revoked driver’s license. April 25 — A disturbance was reported in the North Boat Harbor. Ryan Dawso...
Car horns could be heard among the cheering of the fans as the Petersburg High School varsity baseball team played Juneau-Douglas High School at home over the weekend, but the encouragement from the stands and the parking lot was not enough to help the varsity team secure a win. The Vikings gave JDHS an early lead during Friday's game. Petersburg was down 1-5 by the end of the first inning. JDHS went on to make run after run through the sixth inning. Although the Vikings struggled throughout...
The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers traveled out of Alaska for the first time to Bellingham, Washington over the weekend to battle the Bellingham Roller Betties, but they narrowly lost after tying the game in the final ten minutes. "The last few minutes were pretty exciting," said Coach Rebecca Anderson. "I was overall very proud of our players." Twelve of the team's 19 players traveled to Bellingham for their third game of the season. The Bellingham Roller Betties are a part of the Women's Flat Tra...
Why should every Alaskan budget watcher care about the price of fish? Because when the price at the docks goes up by just one penny, it means more money for state coffers. In 2017, for example, the average dock price per pound for all Alaska seafood was 41 cents. If the price had increased to 42-cents, it would have added nearly $2 million more from fisheries landing and business taxes. That was one of the takeaways in an updated McDowell Group report presented last week at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s spring board meeting. It o...
Seafood industry researchers to casual history buffs will use and enjoy Tin Can Country - Southeast Alaska's Historic Salmon Canneries. This copiously illustrated edition is filled with stories, essays, historic photographs, custom made maps and colorful salmon can labels that together tell the story of S.E. Alaska's seafood industry from the time of tidewater Tlingit fish traps to today's highly mechanized, competitive corporate-conglomerated industry. It's a perfect coffee table book, because...
Life in a small fishing village, filled with opinionated fishermen and fisherwomen comes to life in this well-written story that was released last December by author and retired schoolteacher Christi Slaven. By the time you reach the final page of Home is Where the Fish Are, you'll have ridden out a night long storm that slammed, "a hundred tons of green water onto the deck," followed by a second monster that broke windows and sent green water and glass into the engine room. Equally descriptive...
WRANGELL - Starting April 1, according to a document from the City and Borough of Wrangell, the cap on sales taxes for single purchases has been increased from $1,500 to $3,000 or above. According to Finance Director Lee Burgess, this means that the sales tax for single purchases of $3,000 or more are capped at seven percent of $3,000, or $210. Any large purchases made after the beginning of April will have the new cap, while purchases before that date still have the old cap applied to them. Bur... 
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WRANGELL - Virginia Tulley moved to Wrangell in late July of 2018, ready to take on her new position as principal of Evergreen Elementary School. Coming from Arizona, Tulley has worked in a variety of teaching positions before the move to Alaska. Coming here was a bit of an adventure for her. "I always wanted to live in Alaska," Tulley said to the Sentinel, back in July. "I don't know my specific reason other than I wanted to explore." After one school year as principal, however, Tulley decided... Website
