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Petitioners desiring a vote on whether or not the borough should prohibit the cultivation and sale of recreational marijuana met their deadline last week and gathered enough signatures to put the question to a vote. Over 430 names have been verified after being turned into the borough last Friday, which is well over the required 104 signatures petitioners needed. The issue will appear on a fall ballot, but now comes the task of waiting to see whether it’s during the regular election or a special election. The petition missed the deadline for t... Full story
The office at the Petersburg Trial Court will no longer operate on Friday afternoons due to cutbacks the Alaska Court System is imposing to help save money during tight financial times. As of July 1, Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell and her staff will be closing the office at noon, but she says the changes shouldn’t have a great impact on the community. With difficult financial times on the horizon the court system began experimenting with different ways to lower operating costs to allow employees to keep their jobs including furlough t...
WRANGELL - Close to 100 people participated in a memorial walk on Sunday, held to remember those killed or injured in a car crash in Petersburg early last week. Meeting at Wrangell's city dock, more than a third of the walkers were from the neighboring community. Organized by local running group Southeast Beasts, the five kilometer (three mile) course was intended to help show support during a time of tragedy. The route taken brought walkers down Front Street from the dock, up to Zimovia...
Editor's Note: Part one of a two-part series. Casey DenAdel was born and raised in Petersburg, and it's where her life of substance abuse began. She started using alcohol as a teenager and found herself spending 20 years in active addiction. There are months of her life she doesn't remember. "I was a binge drinker in middle school and high school, then I graduated to cocaine and then methamphetamine was my drug of choice," she says. "I have just a little over two years in recovery." For... Full story
Overwhelming generosity To the Editor: We, as a family, continue to be overwhelmed by the generosity and outpouring of support and love from Petersburg, our family, and our friends. Thank you. It does make a difference. I cannot say that we are doing okay, but we are surviving and slowly, more accepting of our loss. A very bright light in our lives has gone out, but we have many more. Joey and Josh, our families, friends, folks from Electra, Texas, and the amazing community of Petersburg. All of you lighten our lives, and are helping us...
I attended my first Rotary meeting in 1976. I was 23 years old and the average age of the membership was about 60. Dave Ohmer, Jim Leekley, Oscar Jones, Jim Taylor and Adolph Mathisen were among the established members. Today, Adolph Mathisen’s granddaughter Desi Burrell, is president of the club which turns 75 years old this year. Adolph would be proud. Charter members of the club in May, 1941 were: Dr. Edgar I. Baggen, Dr. T.W. Benson, Carroll Clausen, Lester E. Elkins, Charles A. Greenaa, John Halvorsen, Bue Hentze, Rev. Thos. Knudson, Justi...
In last week's Pilot it was stated Centennial Park would be getting benches, a totem pole and a covered shelter. However, those improvements will be added to the library grounds, not the park itself....
July 6 A caller was awakened by loud argument. An officer responded and spoke with the individuals. A caller reported finding a dinghy adrift by Petersburg Creek, with no one aboard. A driver received a warning for an obscured license plate. A citizen wanted a vehicle towed off a city street. There was a camper with a tent on a trail. July 7 A caller reported a trespasser. A caller requested an officer due to harassment. A caller reported a suspicious person/activity with a minor. July 8 A caller reported a tire on fire at Borough Park. A...
June 23 Wesley Malcom appeared before Superior Court Judge Carey for a change of plea hearing. Malcom pleaded not guilty to an amended count of harassment in the second degree. A count of harassment non domestic violence was dismissed. Malcom was sentenced to 60 days in jail with all 60 suspended. He must also contact/be evaluated by a mental health agency. Malcom also had to pay $100 in surcharges, and must serve 18 months of probation. July 9 Magistrate Judge Burrell granted an arrest warrant for Nathaniel Legare for assault in the fourth...
The visiting Nordhavn yachts treated Petersburg residents to a parade as they departed the Wrangell Narrows on misty Monday morning....
Trevor McKay rides his jet ski in the waters in front of Petersburg on Tuesday....
The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce sold 3,100 $2 tickets and 94 $100 tickets, according to PCC manager Mara Lutomski. The top winners of the $2 Raffle are Britni Birchell $500, Bill Olson $750, and Liz Pawuk won two round-trip Alaska Airline tickets and $1000 cash. The big winners of the $100 Cash Raffle were PFI Crew $500 and Ken Kvernvik took home $1500. There were also two double winners in the $100 Cash Raffle. Sue Flint’s name was pulled back to back, with two different people spinning the tumbler and drawing her name. Darlene W...
Dustin Galaktionoff, left, Leann Lapeyri, kneeling, Holli Dabis, right, are busy clearing invasive weeds from local trails and parks with the Petersburg Indian Association. Earlier this week they took time to clean up some unwanted weeds from the ballfields for upcoming baseball games....
The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers recently applied for a Community Service Award through First Bank that benefited both WAVE and the Petersburg High School Activity Program. The Rollers raised $3,000.00 through their Mayfest Mayhem II fundraising event and First Bank made a matching donation with $1,500 going to both WAVE and PHS. Pictured left to right, PHS athletic director Jaime Cabral, Rachel Newport, Lanette Odegaard, Annette Wooton and Katey Gilpin....
Salmon takes center stage each summer but many other fisheries also are in full swing from Ketchikan to Kotzebue. For salmon, total catches by July 8 were nearing 28 million fish, of which 10 million were sockeyes, primarily from Bristol Bay. Last week marked the catch of the two billionth sockeye from the Bay since the fishery began in 1884. Other salmon highlights: Southeast trollers wrapped up their first Chinook opener in just five days on July 5, with the preliminary catch estimated at around 80,000 fish. Fish tickets are still being...
Elizabeth Joy Walters was born on July 5, 2016 at 8:19am to Trever and Skye Walters at Reynolds Army Community Hospital in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. She weighed 7 lbs 7 oz, and was 20.5 inches long....
Devyn Moody and Dustin Johnson both of Wrangell, Alaska were united in marriage on May, 21 2016. The bride is the daughter of John Moody of Newport, Oregon and Shannan Phillips of Ephrata, Washington; and the granddaughter of Brent and Kathy Moody of Pahrump, Nevada and Arlene and Leland Phillips of Kingston, Idaho. The groom is the son of Harley and Lana Johnson of Wrangell. He is the grandson of the late Edward and Karen Johnson of Wrangell, and the late Lois and Philip Lingbloom of Burien,...
Patrick R. Murphy, 58, of Juneau, passed away on July 1, 2016. Patrick was born the third child of Mark and Patricia Murphy, of Magnolia, Washington on July 26, 1957. Patrick was a 1976 graduate of Queen Anne High School and was employed at Western Towboat for over 40 years, most of those years as a captain. Patrick is survived by his daughter Emma, along with her mother, Melanie Helmick and his siblings and their families, Marcia, R.C., R. L and Marc Quint; Leslie, Chris and Anna von Ravensberg; Mark, Lauren, Erin and Pat Murphy along with...
