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4th OF JULY COMPETITION WINNERS: 50 yard dash 6 & under Girls 1st - Emma Aikins 2nd - Stella Walker 3rd - Amara Westhoff Boys 1st - Owen Martin 2nd - Odin Burrell 3rd - Reilly Gacchina 50 yard dash 7-9 Girls 1st - Ivy Worhatch 2nd - Lucy Peterson 3rd - Emery Ledge Boys 1st - Jackson Zweifel 2nd - Caleb Westry & Luke Day 3rd - Grady Walker 50-yard dash 10-12 Girls 1st - Lucia Worhatch 2nd - Daisy Marrow 3rd - Jane Day Boys 1st - Devin Westry 2nd - Jamari Tate 3rd - Ryder Diehl Training Wheel...
Following an executive session during Monday’s Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting, the assembly voted 6-0, with Mayor Mark Jensen excused, to approve the new collective bargaining agreement between the borough and the Petersburg Municipal Employees Association. The new CBA will run from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. The biggest change from their last agreement is the introduction of a new wage matrix, which eliminates step increases and replaces them with a longevity pay system. According to the agreement, employees will receive a p...
The National Weather Service in Juneau issued a special weather statement on Wednesday warning of near record high temperatures across Southeast Alaska this week. According to the statement, the high temperatures are expected to occur starting Thursday and continuing through Sunday. Communities in the southern Southeast and those located farther from coastal waters are expected to see the warmest temperatures. The NWS in Juneau is forecasting sunny weather in Petersburg with temperatures rising...
July 6, 1923 – Two youthful “Penrods” weary of the humdrum routine of life in their hometown of Wrangell and determining to strike out boldly in search of adventure, boarded the Jefferson as stowaways on the last trip south of that boat, bound for the great outside world. By playing a skillful game of hide-and-seek, they managed to dodge the officers and members of the crew for a time, but finally an unkind fate brought the culprits to the attention of Captain Livingstone who, in spite of their boyish pleadings, wired Mrs. Jack Cool to meet the...
Petersburg will go without any southbound ferry service in alternating weeks from Oct. 1 to mid-November under the Alaska Marine Highway System's draft fall/winter schedule. The town is on the schedule for its usual weekly northbound stop during that period. The rest of the winter schedule shows once-a-week service to town in each direction, with the bonus of two stops in each direction the second week of each month from mid-November through February when the Kennicott will shorten its...
Unexpected meetings - After a week of grey rain the sun danced on the water today. It seemed the perfect day for a boat ride. The sea was glassy and still, disturbed by neither wind nor wave. Only ripples of light played across its mirror surface. So we got an early start on projects so as to finish by mid day's high tide. The tide must be high for us to use the crane to lower the boat down the cliff into water below. A guest at the Lighthouse had been reading "Trouble on Blue Fox Island", a...
June 28 – Found property was turned in to the Petersburg Police Department (PPD) and subsequently returned to its owner. A dog reported as lost from Vesta Street was found by its owner. An officer provided lockout assistance on North Nordic Drive. Officers conducted a welfare check on Skylark Way. An officer conducted a welfare check on Haugen Drive due to a 911 hang up and found all okay. June 29 – PPD received a 911 hang up from North Nordic Drive and an officer conducted a check of the provided location but found nothing of concern. An off...
June 1, 2023 Superior Court Judge Katherine Lybrand presided over the hearing of a petition to revoke probation in State of Alaska v. Jared Burns. The petition was denied with conditions of probation remaining in place. Additionally, arraignment proceedings took place for the charges of Disorderly Conduct and Criminal Mischief 4. The defendant pleaded not guilty to each charge and was released on a $250 performance bond for each charge, as well as orders not to consume or possess alcohol or be where alcohol is the primary item for sale, submit...
Culvert repairs at 10.8 Mile Mitkof Highway in Petersburg are planned to come to a close this Saturday. Rock-N-Road Construction—the project’s primary contractor—started the project during the last week of May, completely replacing the five-foot culvert which had been damaged by age, erosion, and corrosion. “We went in and replaced it with a seven-foot aluminum culvert, where the previous one was galvanized steel,” said project superintendent Roger Hammer. “[Galvanized steel] tends to have a c...
Millions of people across the United States spend the Fourth of July visiting family and friends, but few who make a holiday homecoming can say they landed at an airport named after them. Jim Johnson, an Alaskan aviation legend who grew up in Petersburg, returned home on Alaska Airlines Flight 64 on Monday. He was greeted at the gate by his family along with a banner from Alaska Airlines. "We came over for the Fourth of July parade and to see all our friends and we're looking forward to it,"...
The Department of Fish and Game has announced that 74,800 "treaty" king salmon (non-hatchery fish) will be available for taking in the summer commercial troll season's first opening, which started Saturday. The department released summer king salmon harvest numbers on June 22. In total, 106,800 kings remain on the table following the spring fishery harvest, the agency said, and the troll fleet will be able to target 70% of those in the summer's first opener. The fleet hooked 24,700 fish in the...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced last week that the length of the 2023-24 commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast would not be reduced, following its calculation of the full season harvest estimate. Based on landing and effort data from the first week of the summer fishery, which opened on June 15, the department is projecting a preliminary full season harvest estimate of 3.39 million pounds of crab. That estimate exceeds the 2.25 million-pound threshold required to have a complete season. “I'm not hearing a lot from fish...
The St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church caught fire Thursday afternoon, leaving much of the building in ruins and covering Petersburg in smoke. There were no serious injuries reported and the fire did not spread to the surrounding buildings, however smoke from the blaze caused the Petersburg Medical Center and multiple businesses downtown to close. According to Fr. Jose Thomas, the parish priest at St. Catherine of Siena, a few people were attending a prayer service in the chapel when they... Full story
