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Three passengers onboard a Boston Whaler skiff that crashed into a Hewescraft in the Wrangell Narrows in front of Trident Seafoods and OBI Seafoods on June 16 were transported to Petersburg Medical Center to receive medical attention, according to EMS Coordinator Josh Rathmann, with the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department. The Boston Whaler was headed south through the Wrangell Narrows toward Petersburg Harbor when it crashed into a Hewescraft belonging to Island Point Lodge. Rathmann said he...
A cow moose pauses in the middle of Papke's Landing Rd. after grazing on Jenny Annett's lawn on the morning of June 18. The moose made its way towards Mitkof Highway after a truck drove down the road....
A lease the United States Forest Service holds on a plot of land near the 8 mile marker of Mitkof Highway that was once the site of an experimental fur farm will be ending in June 2022, ending a 43-year occupation of the site. District Ranger Ted Sandhofer said the decision to end the lease wasn't the Forest Service's, but the University of Alaska's, who holds the title of the property. The local Forest Service activities haven't been as prominent on the site since the early 1990s when its tree...
Local business owners are pessimistic about Petersburg's economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted by Southeast Conference. Every year, Southeast Conference performs a survey to track the business climate and investments of Southeast Alaska businesses. In Petersburg, 32 business leaders participated in the 19-question survey, which was administered between April 9 and 23. The survey found that 48 percent of local businesses had a decline in revenue a...
June 4: Kacey Hammer, Thomas Rockne and Don Hughes. June 11: Sarah Cheney, Ethan Kludt-Painter and an anonymous winner who did not wish to be named. June 18: Alexandra Bless, Carl Forgey and Kathleen Fisher....
June 24, 1921 In the United States district court the jury in the case of Dr. George F. Dickinson against the Town of Petersburg brought in a verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff asked for $1,857 plus 8 percent interest for professional services rendered to the people of Petersburg during the epidemic of smallpox at the town in the fall and winter of 1919. June 21, 1946 The Civilian Conservation Corps buildings at Twin Creek are to be sold to the highest bidder, it was announced this week by the local Forest Service office. Started in...
Incident Commander Karl Hagerman gave the Borough Assembly possibly the last update of the Emergency Operations Center actions ahead of June 30, the date when all local COVID-19 related mandates and protocols come to an end. The Local Disaster Emergency Declaration will be terminated at 11:59 P.M. on June 30. Additionally, the Emergency Operations Center has been directed by the Borough Assembly to stand by until the end of the month. Petersburg's sole local health mandate, which requires...
Lt. Michael Gagen stands before the United States Coast Cutter Blue Shark on Saturday, June 19. The vessel was in Petersburg for about three days where it stopped on its way north to Juneau to refuel and give its 11-person crew some time ashore. Gagen said every summer the USGC sends three 87 foot Coast Guard cutters from Puget Sound through the Inside Passage to assist Coast Guard units stationed in Alaska with a surge in operations. Gagen, commanding officer of the cutter, said the vessel...
Blame legislators for overspending and underachieving at the underlying need for a long-term fiscal plan for the state - if it makes you feel better. They certainly have made some poor decisions. But Alaskans need to look at their own reflection in the mud puddle of politics and realize we share in the blame for electing and encouraging bad decisions by many of those same lawmakers. We're just as guilty for decades of irresponsible requests for state funding, unreasonable expectations that the...
There’s another way To the Editor: I want to thank our Mayor Mark Jensen for inviting the SEARHC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Elliot Bruhl to the Borough Council Meeting. To hear another option for financing and managing our local hospital was encouraging. There is another way besides the borough going into long term debt. Maybe SEARHC would bring back the option of delivering babies in our community? Marj Oines Former hospital employee and retired RN...
June 16— Prowlers were seen around a vehicle parked at an undisclosed location. A boating collision occurred at an undisclosed location. June 17— A sex offender registered with the Petersburg Police Department. Harassment was reported at a location on Nordic Dr. Authorities responded to a report of theft at a location on Nordic Dr. Illegal camping was seen at an undisclosed location. June 18— A dangerous driver was observed on Nordic Dr. Camping items were found at an undisclosed location and turned over to the Petersburg Police Depar...
June 2 — Lloyd Bennett was granted changes to his bail. He was to post a $1,525 performance bond, abide by probation conditions of pending cases and provide substance abuse testing as required. Kelsey McCay was arraigned on a petition to revoke probation which the defendant denied. The defendant was released on posting of a $1,000 performance bond and other conditions. David Donde Estes denied reasons to revoke his probation on charges of violating conditions of release. The court released the defendant upon posting of $250 performance bond a...
May 23 - William Murdock, 60, of Petersburg was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for making a false statement on a sport license. Murdock claimed to be an Alaska resident, when he had not be domiciled in the state for the preceding 12 months. Bail is set at $320 in the Petersburg District Court. May 18 - Rocky Pridgen, 42, of Zebulon, Georgia was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for hunting black bear in GMU 3 while not in possession of a harvest ticket or drawing permit. Bail is set at $170 in the Petersburg District Cour...
The Borough Assembly approved resolution #2021-08 on Monday that awards a 20 foot wide utility easement on a piece of property located on Sandy Beach Rd. to be used by Alaska Power & Telephone for the installation of a submarine landing. AP&T Wireless is using a United States Department of Agriculture grant to interconnect Prince of Wales Island and Juneau with a fiber optic cable, said AP&T Vice President Jason Custer. The project will bring high speed broadband access to those living in...
The results of the Petersburg School District's spring Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment showed growth in language arts and math, but students didn't score as high as anticipated. Bridget Wittstock, special education director with the school district, presented the results of MAP test scores for kindergarten through ninth grade to the Petersburg School Board at their June 8 meeting. The spring results were compared to the test scores from the fall. Wittstock noted that the students...
Crab has been one of the hottest commodities since the Covid pandemic forced people in 2020 to buy and cook seafood at home, and demand is even higher this year. Crab is now perceived as being more affordable when compared to the cost to enjoy it at restaurants, said global seafood supplier Tradex, and prices continue to soar. That's how it's playing out for Dungeness crab at Kodiak and hopefully, at Southeast Alaska where the summer fishery got underway on June 15. Kodiak's fishery opened on...
Erin Pfundt and Joshua Thynes were named to the Provost’s Honor Roll at Whitworth University. Jeffrey Erickson graduated with a Master of Science degree with a major in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University in Spring 2021....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily confirmed former Obama administration official Tommy Beaudreau as deputy secretary at the Interior Department on Thursday, a rare bipartisan moment in an increasingly bitter fight over President Joe Biden’s policies on energy production and climate change. Beaudreau, a lawyer and former Interior chief of staff, is widely seen as a moderate and was selected in April after Biden dropped plans for a more liberal nominee who faced key Senate opposition. His nomination was approved on an 88-9 vote. Forty-one Rep...
Calm waters and slightly cloudy skies bordered Greens Camp on June 18....
A local Boston Whaler vessel crashed into a Hewescraft belonging to Island Point Lodge in the Wrangell Narrows in front of Trident Seafoods and OBI Seafoods on Wednesday morning, resulting in at least two injuries, according to two eyewitnesses. Al Domon and Joe Pang, two fishermen from California staying at the Green Rocks Lodge, said between 8:45 and 9:15 A.M. on Wednesday, the Boston Whaler was headed south into the Wrangell Narrows in the direction of Petersburg Harbor. The Boston Whaler was... Full story
Arnold Martin Enge, a lifelong Petersburg gillnetter who plied the waters of Southeast Alaska for six decades and was a respected advocate for his fellow fishermen, died at home on Sing Lee Alley in June. He was 73. Born into Petersburg's oldest pioneer family, Arnold followed his Norwegian ancestors' path into commercial fishing, first skippering a gillnet boat at age 17 and only pausing for a brief stint in college and a longer one in the Navy. He was the dean of the Petersburg gillnet fleet,... Full story
