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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced this summer’s first Southeast Alaska purse seine fishery opener. Areas in District 2 and District 12 will be open 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Sunday, June 15 through Wednesday, June 18. An ADFG press release states the 2104 chum salmon return to Hidden Falls Terminal Harvest Area (THA) is 1,072,000. “Of this return, 180,000 are needed for brood stock leaving 892,000 available for common property harvest,” the press release states. King salmon landing restrictions for Kendrick Bay state fish great... Full story
The Salty Dog yacht rally scheduled to stop through Petersburg and Wrangell this month has been canceled, and Chamber of Commerce officials in both communities are hoping to get the money back they paid to the rally’s organizers. The boat rally consists of groups of boaters that signed up to visit various towns across Alaska this summer with Wrangell being the last stop. Salty Dog founder Dawny Pack emailed the communities to let them know the event would be postponed until next year. Petersburg and Wrangell chambers each paid Salty Dog o... Full story
Ferry schedules are continuing to be revised after the M/V Columbia experienced mechanical issues on its way from Portland to Bellingham. According to an Alaska Department of Transportation (ADOT) press release, “The MV Columbia experienced an unexpected mechanical issue with its port engine prior to returning to service. Technicians are onboard assessing the situation and developing a repair plan. The MV Columbia has been rescheduled to return to service Wednesday, June 18, departing Ketchikan en route to Bellingham, Wash.” ADOT spokesperson J... Full story
Petersburg Mental Health Service's Pedometer Challenge wrapped up this week with the winner logging more than 1 million steps during the seven-week challenge that allowed community members to compete as individuals and teams to see who could take the most steps. "It was amazing to see the results," said PMHS senior clinician Kim Kilkenny. "I'm so impressed that someone got over a million steps." Justin Haley was the big winner. He walked from his house in the Severson Subdivision to work at the...
June 13, 1914 – Last Tuesday evening, immediately after the adjournment of the firemen's meeting, nearly every man in town who was not otherwise occupied assembled at the Fire Hall for the purpose of devising ways and means for the celebration of the coming fourth. Enthusiasm ran high and, if kept up, Petersburgers and visitors will witness the greatest fourth of July celebration in the history of the town. It was suggested that everybody be appointed a committee of one and invite out-of-town friends to join in the festivities of the day. J...
Log trusses were being set in place at the Sandy Beach Park shelter on Friday. The shelter is being rebuilt by the Parks and Recreation Dept. under a contract with Dave Nauman. The shelter work is being completed with a $45,000 state grant and the Borough is providing a matching amount for labor....
Wells Fargo is celebrating its centennial in Petersburg Thursday, June 12. The local Wells Fargo Branch began as The Bank of Petersburg, which was organized in September of 1912 with a capital of $5,000—roughly $121,000 in today’s dollars. The first cashier and manager, K.L. Steberg, ran the one-man bank for more than two years. The bank was incorporated in 1914 and the capital was increased to $25,000. By December 31, 1940, deposits totaled around $582,0000—around $9 million today. In 1972, The Bank of Petersburg merged and became the Peter...
Recently, a reader suggested we should just print news about Petersburg in this newspaper. He was concerned about coverage of a court case that was published in both the Petersburg Pilot and the Wrangell Sentinel. Both newspapers printed several reports of the incident as charges were filed and the case moved through the judicial system. The writer suggested that we participated in mudslinging. We printed the public record that came from prosecutors and the court system. Both newspapers print the court news regularly. We never considered those...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seismologists say a moderate earthquake was felt throughout southeast Alaska. The Alaska Earthquake Center says there are no immediate reports of damage from the 5.7 magnitude quake, which occurred at 3:58 a.m. Wednesday June 4. The earthquake was centered 96 miles northwest of Juneau....
June 4 A caller reported a reckless driver. Officers patrolled an area where a caller had reported a car alarm going off. A caller reported loud music from a vehicle. The vehicle left the area during the call. An officer issued a driver a warning for no permit. A caller reported glass in the roadway. June 5 Police received a report of two large flags being stolen during the night. An officer gave a warning to a driver for no front plate, not carrying proof of insurance, not displaying current registration tags, and a broken taillight. A caller...
June 4 Gordon Lyons appeared telephonically before Magistrate Judge Burrell on charges of Violating Conditions of Release and Petition to Revoke Probation. The defendant entered a plea of guilty to the VCOR and an admission plea to the PTRP. For both charges, the defendant was sentenced to pay $100 in surcharges and 30 days in jail. June 9 Cody Bell appeared telephonically before Magistrate Judge Ellis on a charge of Assault in the 4th degree. The court entered a not guilty plea on the defendant’s behalf and set conditions of release. June 1...
Last week, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators released a report of the likely cause of last summer's Pacific Wings sightseeing floatplane crash. The flight for cruise ship passengers crashed into a mountain about 14 miles east of Petersburg last June. Of the seven passengers, four, including the pilot, sustained minor injuries, two sustained serious injuries and one passenger was fatally injured. A report on the NTSB website states the pilot, 39, failed to maintain...
Two student interns are in Petersburg this summer to lead the nine-week Big Viking Day Camp. Natalie Behl and Kendal Smith are working with the Petersburg Borough Parks and Recreation department to fulfill degree requirements in recreation management. Behl graduated last month from Utah State University and will receive her diploma upon completion of this internship. Smith will begin her junior year at Brigham Young University in Idaho in the fall. The girls have been in town for about three...
A committee made up of local citizens who collaborate with and recommend projects to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) might disappear if new members don’t apply to fill current vacancies on the committee. The Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) is made up of 15 voting members who choose where to direct Secure Rural Schools Act Title II federal funding. “As far as being a member of this federal advisory committee, you get to make a direct recommendation to the federal government on how to spend appropriated dollars,” said Jason Anderson, USFS Peter...
WRANGELL — Thomas Bay Power commissioners voted 5-0 to support the handover of Tyee Lake to the Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA). The special meeting, held June 5, was the commission’s first in at least two months and drew Petersburg commissioners as well as the Petersburg mayor to the borough assembly chambers. Critics of the transfer have said the handover would essentially put borough resources in the hands of an unelected bureaucracy. Supporters generally say the transfer will limit the liability Wrangell faces in connection with Tye...
Salmon prices at wholesale show marked seasonal variations for both wild and farmed fish. It’s a pattern that has been tracked for decades by Urner Barry, the nation’s oldest commodity market watcher in business since 1895. The prices tend to decline through June, July, August and September and they begin rising again from November through the following April or May. Two things drive the well-established pattern, said market expert John Sackton who publishes Seafood.com, an Urner-Barry partner. “There’s a growth cycle for farmed salmon when th...
Kristin Neuneker graduated cum laude from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) with a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in environmental studies. Neuneker was a natural sciences research undergraduate fellow and team captain and three-time letter-award winner of the PLU swim team. Neuneker studied abroad in Tanzania, Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands....
