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The recent addition of two bird cages filled with feathered friends for Petersburg Medical Center's Long Term Care (LTC) residents is all about combating loneliness, helplessness and boredom. The positive impact of the birds is noticeable, according to Susan Ohmer, executive director of Petersburg Mental Health Services. Ohmer started the process of bringing birds into LTC about three months ago, after getting the green light from PMC Chief Nursing Officer Jennifer Bryner. Ohmer immediately... Full story
The Petersburg Borough Assembly continued to hear public opinion on amendments to the Smoke Free Air Act ordinance at its meeting Monday. The discussion was the second reading and ended with the assembly removing any wording that would have permitted licensed marijuana retail stores to allow on-site marijuana smoking. “It sounds like the town has spoken, that they would prefer not to have smoking in a retail establishment and I feel that sounds like a solid plan,” said assembly member Eric Castro. Castro said he wanted to separate the com... Full story
June 24, 1916 – About 800 fish, the first of the season, were received at the cannery. They came from the Colpoys traps, and consisted of 40 Kings, a few humpbacks, small cohoes and chums, and the balance sockeyes. Last year the Colpoys traps were first lifted on June 21, with a catch of 3,500. A few boxes of sockeyes were also brought in a week previous to that date by seine fishermen and shipped fresh. June 27, 1941 – Sand has been hauled away from Sandy Beach in such large amounts that it has become necessary for the Forest Service to ann...
WRANGELL — Alaska’s state ferry system is embarking on a journey to make itself more financially viable over the next 25 years, as a process to refocus and possibly restructure, spearheaded by Southeast Conference. Representing the region’s economic interests, the SEC was first started 58 years ago in order to support establishment of what would become the Alaska Marine Highway System. Appropriately enough then, the organization will help to steer that regional transportation network into the future, after a memorandum of understanding to th... Full story
Thank You To the Editor: On Saturday evening, June 11, I was in serious health trouble while visiting Alaska on a friend’s boat, the Liliana. In severe pain, and having had open heart surgery years before, our skipper, was on the radio with the Coast Guard discussing how best to get me medical care. We were in Portage Bay, travelling in a trawler, with a top speed of 6-7 knots. A decision was made to send the police boat from Petersburg, staffed with an EMT team. The wind had come up, raising white caps in Stevens Passage, and the discomfort I...
June 15 Harbormaster personnel requested an officer. An officer responded. A caller reported a parking violation. A caller reported suspicious activity. A caller reported a group of people playing basketball at the school with loud music playing. June 16 A caller reported an upset individual threatened to harm others. A caller brought in a boat seat found in roadway. A caller reported hitting a parked car. A caller reported an accident. An officer found a possibly abandoned vehicle. A caller reported an individual violating conditions of...
The bail has been raised for a man involved in the latest drug bust in Petersburg. On June 6, police searched 214 North Nordic Drive Apt #5 and found Sovanmony “Mony” Mao, 43, hiding in a closet after the Petersburg Court issued a warrant. “In the closet where Mao was hiding, a knife was found, multiple baggies, a scale and more packaged suspected methamphetamine,” a criminal complaint states. “The total weight of methamphetamine recovered was approximately 60.00 grams. Officers recovered approximately 45 baggies of methamphetamine along with l...
June 17 Magistrate Judge Burrell issued a 20-day protective order against Jake Moiser. June 17 Brittany Martin appeared telephonically before Superior Court Judge Carey for a bail hearing. Martin is scheduled for bail and change of plea hearing on Tuesday, June 28. June 21 Palmer Thomassen appeared before Superior Court Judge Carey and Judge Carey set a representation hearing for Wednesday, June 29. Jase Payne appeared telephonically before Superior Court Judge Carey who set a change of plea hearing for Monday, June 27. Marvin Jackson appeared...
The Devil's Thumb Shooters put on a show and brought home some hardware, including a hat with a bunch of holes in it, from the state competition held in Wasilla June 8 - 11. Three shooters made the trip and were welcomed by sunny, clear conditions, according to coach Larry O'Rear. "They did real well, they did a great job," O'Rear says. "The first couple days of shooting were really nice, you could see Denali in the background." The shooting was tight, Sebastian Davis earned first place in JV...
Back in November, Marissa Nilsen interviewed for the privilege of studying abroad as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. A couple weeks later, she was told she made the cut. In January, Nilsen, 16, found out she will spend her junior year in Belgium. She is excited to say the least, even though she did not have an input to where she would be going. "I could not choose, I didn't really have a say in where I was going," she says. "Which is fine by me because anywhere would be amazing."...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Nearly 400 scientists have signed a letter urging President Obama to eliminate the possibility of Arctic offshore drilling in the near future by taking the Arctic Ocean out of the next federal offshore lease sale plan. The scientists include Jane Lubchenco, Obama's former administrator of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, now a researcher and teacher at Oregon State University. “I've witnessed some of the unprecedented changes underway in the Arctic” Lubchenco said in a prepared statement. “Cons...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A 44-year-old woman has died in a boating collision near Elfin Cove in southeast Alaska. Alaska State Troopers say they Elfin Cove resident Elizabeth Eskelin died after the skiff she was traveling in with four others struck something in the water. Troopers were notified by the Coast Guard shortly after 1:30 a.m. Thursday. According to troopers, several of the people in the boat were ejected into the water when the collision occurred. Troopers say the four survivors were taken to Juneau for medical treatment. Their conditions w...
JUNEAU (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker is recalling lawmakers to Juneau to deal with the state's multibillion-dollar budget deficit, caused by tumbling oil prices. Walker said Sunday that a special session will be held beginning July 11. The House adjourned the first special session of the year on Saturday night after its Finance Committee failed to move a bill that would provide limited Alaska Permanent Fund dividend checks to help counter the $3.2 billion budget shortfall. That bill will be back on the agenda during the second special session, as w...
There’s much more to Alaska herring than roe and bait. To prove that point, nearly 40 of Seattle’s finest restaurants and retailers will celebrate Northwest Herring Week as a way to re-introduce the tasty, health fish to the dining scene. “There’s more herring eaten all over the world than you can imagine. Some years there’s as much as four million tons harvested in the world. You can have a year when the herring fishery is as large as the whole Bering Sea pollock fishery,” said Bruce Schactler of Kodiak, a longtime fisherman and director of...
Highest Honor Roll 12th Grade: Joshua James Andrews, Ruby M. Brock, Kelly S. Engell, Arlan John Erickson Jr., Stuart H. Medalen, Hannah Rose Pfundt, Josie M. Prus, Chauncy Nicholas Sandhofer, Kylie G. Wallace. 11th Grade: Casey A Bell, Alexandra K. Bless. Emma Irene Chase. Ethan Tell Cummins, Kayleigh Eddy, Sydney R. Guthrie, Izabelle A. Ith, Brandy M. Mulbury, Jason Ray Regula, Cole Riley Young. 10th Grade: Flahavan H. Abbott, Kathryn L. Brock, Courtney A. Fredricksen, Helen E. Martin, Julia S. Murph, Alice E. Neidiffer. 9th Grade: Clair M....
