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Between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon a Pacific Wings deHavilland Beaver, carrying a pilot and six sightseeing passengers, crashed at LeConte Glacier. “I was able to spend about an hour and a half in the helicopter with an EMT,” Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Dave Berg said. “We were trying to find the location of the crash, but had no luck.” Along with Berg, in the Temsco craft, there were two fixed wing planes from Sunrise Aviation of Wrangell out searching as well... Full story
The Petersburg Medical Clinic, under the direction of PMC physician, Jennifer Hyer, will be offering acupuncture treatments beginning June 6. “Our goal is to have more integrative medicine. We want to integrate eastern and western medicine, the best of both worlds, in order to treat the whole person,” Hyer stated. “I am beginning with acupuncture as the first modality to add to the clinic.” Hyer spent six months training in order to offer this service to the residents of Petersburg. “The pr... Full story
The Petersburg Public Works Sanitation Department will introduce a new and improved recycling program to the community called commingled recycling. This commingled recycling program will accept a wide range of materials all bagged together. This new program will be running in Petersburg as a trial for the next six weeks. “This program is an extension of our solid waste contract,” Petersburg Public Works Director Karl Hagerman said. “As part of that contract we have pricing for the shipp... Full story
June 7, 1913 – The Seattle Times says that a chain of ten hotels is intended to be built at the most interesting points throughout Alaska and the Yukon Territory, and at the cost of $30,000 for each. One of them will be built each year. The first is now finished and is located at Atlin Lake. Each hotel will be located on a tract of 120 acres of land and will be supplied with steam heat and all other modern conveniences. Mr. Dickeson, manager of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad in speaking of the project, said “The people of the United Sta...
A village that raises children To the Editor: Jeff and I would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the community of Petersburg and the Petersburg school system. Our children have been privileged to experience community support and high school mentoring as they blossomed into young citizens. They transitioned into colleges in natural resources, law, and civil engineering, an attribute to a village that raises children. Mr. Dormer alluded to this in his introductory address, “acting like a parent when we parents aren’t aroun...
May 29 An inoperable vehicle was reported in the parking lot at the Crane Dock. A plexiglas window was cleared from the roadway at Howkan and Haugen Drives. Young H. Lee, 71, was issued a citation for speeding 38 in a 25 mile per hour zone on Sandy Beach Road. A vehicle with its hazard lights on was halfway into the roadway on Haugen Drive. May 30 A warning was issued for an inoperable headlight. An individual was illegally on the roof of another resident on Balder Street. Someone was harassing another individual on Tango Street. A suspect...
Hawaii police are seeking Boaz Johnson, 22, of Petersburg, for questioning in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Brittany Jane Royal. Police have reported that fishermen found the body of 25 year-old Royal and it was confirmed that she was two months pregnant. Johnson reportedly last spoke with his family at noon Monday, May 27 and he was last seen in Puna, Hawaii. Johnson is wanted for questioning and still remains missing at this time. Police say Royal and Johnson had reportedly been camping together before her death. Royal had recently...
May 30 David D. Estes, 22, appeared before Magistrate Desiree Burrell for an arraignment on the charge of furnishing alcohol to a person under 21. Estes entered a plea of not guilty and trial has been set for Aug. 20. May 31 Jerry L Welch and Gregory Birchell appeared before Magistrate Burrell for a small claims trial regarding $1,400 owed to Welch for fishing net and lead line. The court found for Welch and Birchell was ordered to pay a principal amount of $986; a pre-judgement interest amount of $41.74 and court costs of $120.23 for a total...
Petersburg Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported that newly hired Petersburg Police Chief, Kelly Swihart, attended a meeting with various Juneau legislators, Southeast Alaska Police Chiefs and the Chief of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service concerning ongoing cooperation, during the regular Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting Monday afternoon. “He is maintaining a relationship with various organizations to ensure continued support for stopping drug distribution in the post office,” Giesbrecht said. “He will be on the job around the first...
Petersburg resident, Barry Bracken, addressed the Petersburg Borough Assembly to request an ordinance against the spraying of herbicides and pesticides in the Borough area Monday afternoon. Bracken returned to Petersburg several weeks ago to find that the Governor’s Office had adopted regulations to allow state agencies to apply herbicides and pesticides on state property and rights of way without obtaining permits from the Department of Environmental Conservation and without any public review. “This denies our citizens the right to par...
Fourth of July activities will quickly be upon the community and Petersburg Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for a great celebration. Petersburg Parks and Recreation placed three themes for the event on its website for voting by the community. The themes were: America Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Old Values Plus New Ideals and Remember Why it’s the Fourth of July. Remember Why it’s the Fourth of July was the winner of this community-wide vote and will be the theme for this year's event. “I am hoping to see lots of tea party floats and decor...
Dowl HKM and SECON workers continue to make progress on the Petersburg Road Improvement Project down Nordic Drive. “We have completed the work on Dolphin Street at the PFI loading dock,” Acting Dowl HKM Project Engineer Eric Voorhees said. “We have also completed installing the concrete pavement on Excel Street east and half of Excel Street west.” The pavement on Nordic Drive has been removed and workers have begun the installation of storm drain structures and piping. According to SECON P...
Petersburg High School gym was filled will people ready to witness the passing of another class from those hallowed halls as the Class of 2013 graduated 39 seniors last Wednesday evening. The graduates filed into the room with the band playing in the background placing them ever closer to that moment they have strived for so many years. PHS Principal Rick Dormer contemplated on the fact that these students were freshmen when he arrived in Petersburg and this is the first class that he has had fr...
Petersburg High School gym was filled will people ready to witness the passing of another class from those hallowed halls as the Class of 2013 graduated 39 seniors last Wednesday evening. The graduates filed into the room with the band playing in the background placing them ever closer to that moment they have strived for so many years. PHS Principal Rick Dormer contemplated on the fact that these students were freshmen when he arrived in Petersburg and this is the first class that he has had fr...
WRANGELL — For many Natives in Southeast Alaska the use of natural herbs and plants is as essential today as it was to their ancestors in years past – and whether they are used to alleviate pain, or help as a dietary supplement, the wild medicine of Wrangell’s forests and wilds are abundant. One of the most common plants in Wrangell’s pantheon is yarrow. It grows nearly everywhere on the island and is identifiable by its feathery leaves and fine-tooth hairs along the stem. It is also identifiabl...
Hunters are reminded the remainder of the Unit 4 registration brown bear hunt ended May 31. Successful hunters must report harvest within 10 days of kill and have the bear sealed within 30 days. All individuals who obtained Unit 4 registration permits for brown bear this spring must return hunt reports by June 17, 2013. Hunt reports can be mailed to the Sitka ADF&G office at 304 Lake Street, Room 103. Unsuccessful hunters and those who did not hunt may report online at www.hunt.alaska.gov. For information contact Fish and Game in Sitka at... Full story
Alaska Department of Health reminds residents that paralytic poisoning, or P-S-P, is an ever present danger in locally harvested shellfish-including clams, mussles, cockles and oysters. PSP can cause a tingling sensation in your lips and fingertips, followed by numbing of your arms and legs, and in some cases can lead to death. Anyone experiencing these symptoms should seek immediate medical care. Remember, PSP cannot be cooked or cleaned out of shellfish, but commercially grown shellfish is tested and considered safe. Lab results from the...
Salmon set net families were streaming out of Kodiak all week, heading to their summer sites to get ready for the June 9 season opener. Their departure wrapped up a busy week of Memorial Day festivities on “the rock,” including festivals, fleet blessings, a landslide on Cannery Row and visits by both of Alaska’s US Senators. I caught up with Sen. Lisa Murkowski over a beer at Kodiak Island Brewery; she spoke candidly on several hot button fisheries related topics. It’s well known that Murkowski and the rest of Alaska’s congressional delegatio...
Petersburg resident Indigo Lee Prus married William Ray Hanahan in Dayton, Ohio on April 10. Indigo is a Seaman for the Coast Guard and is stationed on the C.G. Cutter Northland. Will is a Crew Chief on F-22s in the Air Force. They are both stationed in Virginia....
Marion Military Institute Joe Zarlengo successfully completed his year in the Service Academy Program at Marion Military Institute in Alabama. He was inducted into the academic honor society Phi Theta Kappa and into the military honor society Scabbard and Blade. He has received his full appointment as a cadet in the United States Coast Guard Academy and reports to the Academy in New London, Conn. on July 1. Stanford University Caddie Bergren will be graduating from Stanford University on June...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fishing announced recently that all waters of Blind Slough, upstream of a line between Blind Point and Anchor Point, are closed to sport fishing from June 1-July 31. For the remaining marine waters of the Wrangell Narrows Terminal Harvest Area, regional king salmon regulations established by emergency order and announced April 4, 2013 remain in effect. The Wrangell Narrows-Blind Slough terminal harvest area (THA) near Petersburg is described as the portion of Wrangell Narrows north and...
