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The Borough Assembly voted on and approved the Annual Sales Tax Rebate for Qualified senior citizens in its third reading on Monday. Ordinance #2018-16, which replaces a section of the Petersburg Borough Code that exempts all qualifying senior citizens from having to pay sales tax, will now have the opportunity to be voted on by the voters in the Oct. 2 borough elections. "I really think that the seniors are going to stand up and show that they don't want the rest of the community to support them," said John Havrilek, as he thanked the assembly...
The 4th of July fireworks lit the sky on the evening of July 3 in Petersburg....
The Borough Assembly voted to opt-in on a class action lawsuit against the United States on Monday. The Petersburg Borough is one of the local governments which receive payment from the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act, according to a noticed issued by the United States Court of Federal Claims. During the 2015, 2016 and 2017 fiscal years, the government did not pay the required full amounts to local governments under the PILT Act. The PILT Act is a federal statute that is designed to compensate local governments that lose tax revenues because...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly approved additional funding for the upper dam spillway rehabilitation project. The original project bid came in under the $400,000 estimate at $219,720. The requested change order amount of $46,146.82 will still allow the contract to be completed within the original budget at $265,866.82, according to a cost proposal submitted by Larry Young. Since there was money left over in the original budget, borough manager Stephen Giesbrecht said there were some other problems with the dam that could be addressed. “This i...
July 5, 1918 With this issue of the Report, M.S. Perkins succeeds the undersigned as editor and publisher. Mr. Perkins, who has been connected with the Juneau Daily Empire for nearly four years past, is recommended by its editor as a wide awake and capable newspaper worker. With the assured continuance of the industrial growth and upbuilding of this city and tributary settlements, the new publisher will have opportunity to make of the Report a much better newspaper than it has been in the past. July 2, 1943 Following the parade, the detachment...
From an early age, Polly Lee would expose her granddaughter to art. Whenever Lee would visit her granddaughter, Andrea Jordan, in Seattle, she would take Jordan to art museums. When Jordan was in Petersburg, she could be found in Lee's downstairs ceramic studio playing with the clay. Having studied art in college, Jordan has grown up and is a now designer. "I think she really helped me develop an appreciation for art at a young age," said Jordan. From the 1980s into the early 90s in the...
Brian J. Varela, 27, joined the Pilot staff last week arriving from Oxnard, Calif. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Religious Studies from California State University, Long Beach in May 2018. During his internship, he was a staff writer for the Long Beach 908 Magazine through May 2018 and compiled and wrote about local businesses that were featured in the magazine. Prior to that, he worked for Silver Bay Seafoods in Naknek, Alaska in the summer of 2017....
Hunting and fishing our way of life To the Editor: In regards to the letter from Lynn Escola. People keep moving here and expect everything to change to their way, but if we did then we would end up being in the cesspool like California. This is our state and our world, if you came to join our world then you must have loved it and the reason you loved it is because we are who we are and that is because of the way we were raised. We are not people who will change for you or anyone else, unless there is a good reason to do so. Hunting and...
This newspaper is blessed to have the opportunity to publish dozens of wildlife photos each year. For balance, some animals are featured alive, and some are dead. This is Alaska, right? Many Petersburg families rarely shop the meat counters at local grocery stores. They live largely subsistence lifestyles and consume salmon, black cod, halibut, crab, clams, bear, moose, venison, ducks and sometimes elk. Before you eat it, you have to kill it. We especially appreciate the generosity of many hunters and fishers who share their take with their...
King Salmon Anglers are finding success harvesting king salmon over the last week although catch rates are slower than average. Anglers should be aware that different king salmon regulations apply depending on the area in which you are fishing: Waters adjacent to the Stikine River King salmon may not be retained in the marine waters adjacent to the Stikine River (district 8 and a small portion of district 7, in Eastern Passage) until July 15. For more information and a map of the area boundaries, please see the news release issued on March 29,...
June 27 — A sex offender registration was filed. A ring was found at Papke’s Landing. A theft was reported at an undisclosed location. Matthew Boseman, 26, was arrested on a charge of DV Assault 3rd Degree. The owner was contacted to remove a vehicle from a Haugen Dr. location. A theft was reported at an undisclosed location. Police received a harassment complaint. June 28 — Illegal dumping was reported at a Sandy Beach parking lot. Prescription glasses were found on Wrangell Avenue. An aggressive person was reported at a Nordic Dr. location. P...
June 29 Alaska State Troopers on Prince of Wales went to the Goose Creek area in an attempt to arrest Thorne Bay resident Tucker Thompson, 34, and Klawock resident Wiley Heppe, 28, both with outstanding warrants. Upon arrival, neither of them were initially located and appeared they had fled into the woods. Shortly later, Heppe came out of the woods and was arrested. Per Heppe and another individual on scene, Thompson was not in the woods. Troopers were able to determine Thompson had been there hiding in the woods somewhere but were unable to...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard rescued seven people from a lifeboat Friday morning in southeast Alaska waters after their fishing boat ran aground and sank. Coast Guard officials say the rescued people were in good condition when they were taken by a Coast Guard response boat crew to a pier in Thorne Bay. Officials say a search was launched after an emergency positioning beacon went off and the master of the 58-foot (18-meter) Mystic Lady issued a mayday broadcast reporting the vessel struck a rock and was quickly sinking. The C...
Forty miles with no motor, no support, no problem - summed up the thoughts of local resident Jake Hammer, 39, as he rowed a borrowed fiberglass rowboat from Port Townsend, Wash. to Victoria, B.C. in April. Hammer took a swing at his dream with a harried late entry in the Race to Alaska (R2AK), its fourth year in the running. He raced his 13-foot Davis replica rowboat with only a compass for navigation. He would also, because of a time constraint, only be able to do the first 40 miles of the...
WRANGELL - During Sealaska Corporation's annual shareholder's meeting, held this year in Wrangell late last month, the Native organization bestowed ownership of an important local landmark to its hosts. In remarks made during the meeting, corporation director Richard Rinehart explained he had recently put forward a proposal to the board to transfer ownership of Kiks.ádi Totem Park to Wrangell Cooperative Association, the community's federally-recognized tribal government. The Totem Park lies...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska state ferry was evacuated after crew members saw black smoke in a room. State transportation officials say the crew of the Columbia spotted the smoke in the bow thruster room after the vessel docked Friday in Bellingham, Washington. Crew members did not see flames. The crew deployed a carbon dioxide firefighting system. Ferry officials say no one was injured and all passengers were accounted for. They said passengers would be notified if the Columbia’s schedule would have to be modified. The Columbia at 418...
Spurt Cove is on the mainland is on the north side of Thomas Bay. It makes a good base camp for exploring Thomas Bay, a favorite destination for boaters and kayakers. A USFS cabin provides overnight shelter....
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) —Alaska’s economy should pick up given an increase in military spending and pro-energy policies of the Trump administration, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said. Acosta toured areas of Interior Alaska with Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan on Sunday, stopping in spots in Fairbanks and King Salmon, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. On Monday, Acosta toured the Cook Inlet Tribal Council Employment and Training Center in Anchorage with U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, also a Republican. “The Lower 48’s economy is doing f...
