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Members of the Petersburg Police Department may be featured on a reality television show if the Borough Assembly consents to full participation in the film project to be carried out by Engel Entertainment. At present, the assembly voted 4-0 at their Monday meeting, to allow only limited filming in Petersburg. A company spokesperson said the company wishes to film in Petersburg for 1-2 days in the next month or so, to learn what Petersburg is like and what it's like to be an officer of the...
New charges were filed against Jasmine Ohmer and Sebastian Davis who were charged in February of this year for allegedly hitting two deer with a pick-up truck. The incident was allegedly filmed by Ohmer and uploaded to a social media site. On April 23, Jasmine Ohmer entered a not guilty plea to new charges of two counts of taking game from a motorized land vehicle and failure to notify Troopers of a vehicle collision with game. Sebastian Davis entered not guilty pleas to the same charges, plus a charge of using a vehicle to harass game....
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — The operator of a remote Alaska lodge that was the site of a serious oil spill says he had Coast Guard permission to store petroleum in a bladder within a building suspended over a beach. The Coast Guard denies it gave Mark Krall permission to store oil in the bladder kept in a building on pilings on Shuyak Island, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported . The lodge is 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of the city of Kodiak. A storm Feb. 23 with winds to 80 mph (130 kph) collapsed the building. The bladder broke, spilling nearly...
May 10, 1918 The canning of clams at the Alaska Clam-Canning Company’s plant near Tonka closed this week for the season. Clams have now started to spawn and are unfit for canning. The plant was started up on February 15, since which time 2,100 cases have been packed. The promoters of the enterprise are well satisfied with results so far, stating that the entire pack has been sold and that there is good demand for more. The canning of clams will start again September 1. In the meantime the plant will be operated as a salmon cannery, a o...
In a media release posted this week, the Alaska School Nutrition Association named Carlee Rae Johnson as its Director of the Year. The nutrition director for the Petersburg School District since 2011, Johnson has put much effort into widening its local lunch program's menu options. "She does all these amazing things with this limited equipment," said Erica Kludt-Painter, PSD superintendent. "Our facilities are very minimal," Johnson explained. "We have basically only a double convection oven....
Wrangell — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Wednesday released the following information concerning personal use salmon fishing in the Anita Bay Terminal Harvest Area (THA) for 2018. Anita Bay THA consists of those waters of Anita Bay south and west of a line from the tip of Anita Point at 5 6°13.68 ′ N. latitude, 1 3 2°22. 48 ′ W. longitude to a point on the northern shore at 56°14.26′ N. latitude, 132°23.93 ′ W. longitude. The Anita Bay THA will open to the personal use harvest of salmon at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Beginni...
Michael Renfro, the contract assessor for the Petersburg Borough certified the 2018 Real Property Tax Roll for the Borough. Land was assessed at $143,503,178. Improvements were valued at $232,541,400 for a total assessed value of $376,044,578. The valuation was reduced by allowed exemptions, such as the senior home, veteran and nonprofit exemptions of $53,263,995. Total taxable assessed value was set at $322,780,583. Taxpayers will pay 11.38 mills on properties in Service Area 1 based upon the proposed budget presented for approval to the... Full story
Little time to waste To the Editor: One of our most familiar adages has now been updated. It now reads, “There is nothing certain in life except death, taxes, and Global Climate Change.” It is interesting that a little town, one of several dozen along Alaska’s coastline, founded on the ocean’s bounty and dependent on the ocean ecosystem for its prosperity, makes nary a peep in defense of healthy ocean conditions. Neither does it ask or press our Federal Representatives for any positive policies or actions that even begin to mitigate the det...
May 2 — An assault was reported to police. Police made a traffic stop at Lumber St. and S. Nordic. A motor vehicle accident was reported at 500 N. 3rd St. The driver was given a self-reporting form to fill out. Gunshots were reported at Eagle’s Roost Park. The complainant called back and said it was an individual cracking a bullwhip. An ongoing investigation is underway concerning a theft. May 3 — A derelict vessel was reported on the beach at Frederick Point. A self-report form was provided for a minor vehicle accident while parking. Polic...
On May 3, Ian Hamilton, 25, appeared before Judge Magistrate Burrell on a Felony 1st Degree appearance hearing on a charge of Assault in the 3rd Degree. In the complaint, officers wrote that Hamilton threatened Austin Strickland after intentionally crashing his truck into a vehicle owned by Sebastian Fisher while parked in the Municipal Building parking lot on May 2. Strickland was a passenger in Fisher’s vehicle. Officer Waechter and Investigator Popp had to detain Hamilton at the scene, “for safety reasons.” Hamilton made death threats again...
April 23 — Charles Sarfaty pleaded guilty to negligent driving charges before Judge Carey and was sentenced to 40 hours of community work service, a $300 fine and a $10 surcharge. Joy Warnke and Ira Morgan appeared before Judge Carey to have a vehicle turned over to Ms. Warnke. Morgan told the court he is waiting on the lien release and will get the title and key for a Navigator to Warnke. The court said it would not hold Morgan in contempt of court. April 24 — Judge Carey issued a long-term stalkingorder against David Estes. Melissa Hallingsta...
A track and field star from Petersburg High School's graduating class of 2017, Izabelle Ith has continued to make her mark at the collegiate level. This month Ith was honored by the New England Small College Athletic Conference for her achievements on the track, following the conference's championship meet on April 28. Currently attending Williams College in Massachusetts, Ith was named a NESCAC Rookie Most Outstanding Performer. During last month's championship meet – her first – Ith won the...
The high school’s track and field team headed to Thunder Mountain over the weekend to take part in the annual Capital Invitational. “It was a good meet for us,” said Brad Taylor, Petersburg’s track coach. “We had some outstanding performances.” One of the stand-out showings was from freshman Maia Cowan, whose 3200-meter run at 11:53.32 set a personal best and beat the school’s standing record by 14 seconds. “It was super good,” said Taylor. “It was a significant record for us.” Sophomore Isaac Taylor also had a good performance in the tr...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly will hold a Special Meeting Mon., May 14 at 6:00 p.m. to discuss the Planning for the Future meeting ideas, to entertain amendments to the proposed FY 2019 Operating Budget, to entertain implementation of the Borough’s Last Best and Final Offer with the PMEA union, and to adjourn to executive session to discuss the status of and strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the IBEW union. The meeting will be held in the Assembly Chambers of the Municipal Building located at 12 S. Nordic D...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht presented the following report at the Assembly meeting on May 7. The Library is getting ready for the Storyteller Pole unveiling on Thurs., May 17 at 4pm. PIA's JOM Dance Group will perform and Nicole Hallingstad will be guest speaker. City Creek Spillway Rehabilitation pre-construction meeting has been held. Reid Brothers to mobilize to the site and start work on May 7. Their proposed schedule has them finishing up all work by mid-July. Marty Susort has been hired as the Borough’s inspector on the Spillway w...
WRANGELL - Wrangell's water situation seems stable heading into the summer, with both reservoirs "overflowing" according to the latest update from Public Works. A combination of factors led to the enforcement of conservation measures through the month of March, including low precipitation, a lengthy winter and high demand. During the winter, demand by the first week of February had spiked to 1,151,000 gallons per day, which for the previous year was second only to a summertime high the first...
WRANGELL — A regional nonprofit will be conducting a survey of Wrangell’s watersheds this summer in an attempt to encourage wetlands conservation. Angie Flickinger is the Wrangell area coordinator for Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, a regional consortium of community organizations interested in managing watersheds and resources. What the group would like to do is inspect streams, culverts and other aquatic habitats and identify opportunities for their improvement or restoration. Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, wetlands and wat...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) —Authorities say a man died after a medical emergency at an Alaska city pool. The Juneau Empire reports medical personnel responded Friday to a call that a man was unconscious at Dimond Park Aquatic Center in Juneau. Capital City Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Ed Quinto says the man suffered a medical condition and that an ambulance was called. Quinto was unable to divulge more information Saturday night, saying he was barred by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations. Juneau Police Sergeant Sean P...
Commercial fishing remains one of the most dangerous jobs in the nation, with a fatality rate that is 23 times higher than for all other workers. Vessel sinkings account for half of all fishing fatalities; second is falling overboard - deaths that are largely preventable. From 2000 through 2016, 204 U.S. fishermen died after falling overboard, according to a just released study called Fatal Falls Overboard in Commercial Fishing by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Nearly 60 percent of the falls were not...
WRANGELL — At a public presentation at the Nolan Center on Monday, staff with the Department of Environmental Conservation and its contractors updated Wrangell on the status of a proposed monofill site on the island. A designated monofill to house around 18,500 cubic yards of contaminated earth from the former Byford junkyard is planned to be sited at a state-owned rock pit. Accessible by Forest Service roads along Pats Creek, the project’s nearness to the popular fishing stream has been a point of contention for some residents. Wrangell Coo...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday approved a key piece of a plan to address the state’s persistent budget deficit — and one of the last unresolved pieces of the extended legislative session. The bill, which advanced from a conference committee earlier in the day, calls for limited withdrawals from Alaska Permanent Fund earnings. Money taken out would help pay for state government costs and be used to pay the annual checks residents receive from the oil-wealth fund. The bill does not say how the money would be divid...
