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Rates for the Petersburg EMS ambulance service will soon be increased to help the service keep pace with rising costs, though a proposal considered by the Assembly at Monday’s regular meeting was tabled to allow more time for EMS Director Sandy Dixson to pull together information about the cost of running the local service. Currently, there is a flat rate of $300 charged for the service. That fee hasn’t been increased since 2002 and Dixson pointed out that comparable communities in Sou... Full story
Organizers are gearing up for the second annual Paddle Battle in the Narrows to be held next Saturday, July 18. The event is a fundraiser for the Petersburg Medical Center Foundation, and this year's proceeds will go toward renovating the shower and tub room used by residents in Long Term Care. "The residents that live here, this is their home and it's (the shower room) not been updated in many, many years and it's showing signs of wear and tear," said Director of Nursing Jennifer Bryner. All... Full story
The Alaska Department of Transportation (ADOT) has cancelled the scheduled summer sailings of the M/V LeConte that would have utilized the South Mitkof ferry terminal due to maintenance-related delays of the Alaska Marine Highway System's (AMHS) vessels. Once a month sailings from May to September between Juneau, South Mitkof and Coffman Cove were planned to show the terminal was being used for its intended purpose and to avoid possible penalties or having to pay back federal funds used to... Full story
June 10, 1915 – At an adjourned meeting of the council Thursday evening it was decided to send a delegate to Juneau to take up the matter of the building of the Petersburg – Scow Bay board walk with J.C. Hayes, superintendent of construction of the road commission of Alaska. A delegation from Scow Bay was present and acted with the council in the matter. S. L. Hogue was selected as the delegate. Resolutions on the subject passed by the Scow Bay school board will also be presented to Mr. Hayes. June 12, 1940 – Three salmon canneries are runni...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report at Monday’s regular Assembly meeting: - Utility bills mailed out at the end of the month will include scheduled rate increases for water (2 percent), wastewater (4.5 percent) and sanitation (2 percent). - Rock N Road will be starting force main installation on South Nordic on July 13. Drivers are asked to proceed slowly through the worksites and pay attention to flaggers and other traffic control devices. Drivers can also expect up to 10 minute wait times and should plan accordingly. -...
At Monday’s Assembly meeting, Vice Mayor Cindi Lagoudaki reported that the Southeast Conference’s annual meeting will be held in Petersburg in September 2016. Organizational and planning meetings for the event, which will bring several visitors from Southeast Alaska and coastal Canada to town, will begin this winter. A draft Comprehensive Plan and Waterfront Master Plan is available to the public for viewing and/or download at the borough’s website. Public comment on the plans will be accepted until July 31. There are two vacant seats on the P...
An investigation conducted by a British Columbia commission found that the provincial government had not violated public disclosure laws by withholding information on Mount Polley mine prior to its tailings impoundment dam breach last summer. The report was put together by Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and addresses complaints that the province had violated Canada’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. On Aug. 4, 2014, the mine’s tailings pond wall ruptured and released 13.8 million cubic yards of met...
July 1 A caller spoke with an officer about a civil matter. An officer was unable to locate a suspect who was reportedly urinating in the street on Harbor Way. Police made contact with suspicious individuals in a vehicle. A caller reported a strong burning odor coming from a water heater. Police dispatched the fire department. A vehicle was reported to be parked on S. Nordic for over a month. An individual requested police escort to retrieve property on Lumber Street. July 2 An officer spoke with a group of individuals at a park. No crime...
July 2 Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell presided over an ex parte hearing between petitioner Donald Akins and respondent Tom Fisher. After hearing from both parties, the 20 day order was dismissed by the court. Roderrick Vasquez appeared before Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell for an arraignment hearing for a charge of Driving Under the Influence. The court entered a not guilty plea on the defendant's behalf while he tries to secure representation. A representation hearing was set for July 16, and the defendant was released on the following con...
Log Roll: Men's - Max Peeler Women's - Sue Erickson (Over all champ as well) 2 x 6 Stomp – Team "7 different kinds of Smoke" with a time of 24.71 Giant Trike Race: Solo – Michael Cannidy Tandem – Chris Allen and partner The Bed Race – The Peelers The Cutest Baby Contest: 0-9 months – Tied between Kaelynn Morrison and Helmi Rae Versteeg 10-18 months – Kai Lyons Swainson 19-24 months – Mae Adeline Stoner Look a Like – Luci and Veronica Maldonado Parade: Best of Parade – Fools on Spools Organizati...
The Wrangell and Petersburg museums are teaming up in an attempt to identify several hundred individuals in a collection of photographs that dates back more than seven decades. The Clausen Museum in Petersburg is hoping to put names to the faces of 1,474 individuals from the early 1940s as part of its ongoing World War Two project. The museum possesses a collection of photographic negatives, originally used for wartime identification. Following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States entered the war already e...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A sightseeing floatplane that crashed in a mountainous area in southeast Alaska, killing all nine people on board, was equipped with technology to provide detailed information about the terrain, according to a federal accident report released Tuesday. The preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board also said the June 25 crash occurred in conditions of reduced visibility. However, it drew no conclusions about the cause of the crash. The deHavilland DHC-3 Otter turboprop crashed on a steep cliff about 25 m...
“Upcycling” seafood byproducts is the business model for Tidal Vision, a Juneau-based company of five entrepreneurs who are making waves with their line of aquatic leather and performance textiles. The start-up is making wallets, belts and other products from sheets of salmon skins using an all-natural, proprietary tanning formula from vegetable oils and other eco-friendly ingredients. “We can produce the same quality and durability products with no formaldehyde, no chrome based tanning chemicals or EPA regulated chemicals to dispose of. And we...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker is limiting the amount available to pay for oil and gas tax credits this fiscal year, saying Wednesday that no sector of the state would be untouched by Alaska's current budget situation. The credits affected are for explorers or companies developing fields but not yet in production on the North Slope and in Cook Inlet. Walker said the tax credit system is unsustainable and that credits for these companies could soon top $1 billion, becoming one of the state's largest expenditures. Alaska needs to look f...
Assembly members voted unanimously in favor of ratifying a new collective bargaining agreement for IBEW member employees in the Electric Department. It was ratified by member employees on May 29. The new contract agreement comes at a cost of $156,292 to the Borough, though that’s spread out over the contract’s three-year lifespan. Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht highlighted some of the changes at Monday’s meeting. “We cleaned up some language regarding the use of temporary employees, work performed on Sunday and travel for training and pro...
Though three Assembly members were absent for Monday’s meeting, but the quorum present—Cindi Lagoudakis, Nancy Strand, Jeigh Stanton Gregor and Bob Lynn— swiftly approved the following: - An ordinance adjusting the fiscal year 2016 budget for known changes for several departments was approved on first reading. Many of the expenses had been previously approved by the Assembly for the FY2015 budget, but the funds were not spent before the fiscal year’s end. Those projects include $20,533 for public safety radios for the Police Departm...
