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By this weekend, the Alaska Department of Transportation will complete the chip sealing of Mitkof Highway from Papke's Landing until the end of the highway to preserve the road, said Marcus Zimmerman, maintenance and operations specialist with ADOT. The last four miles of the road was a gravel road and additional work was required to make it a hard surface, including ejecting oil into the base, said Zimmerman. "We're here to provide a good product for the community and for the state and try to...
Right before 8 A.M. on Wednesday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard received a call from a good Samaritan stating that a capsized vessel was seen in Nushagak Bay near Dillingham, according to USCG Petty Officer 2nd Class Meredith Manning. The capsized vessel is the F/V Pacific Knight homeported in Petersburg. Another good Samaritan rescued two of three passengers and pulled them aboard the Amanda C. One was 31-year-old Jeb Phillips of Petersburg and a teenage male, according to a press release from the Alaska State Troopers. The two individuals did...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska ballot initiative that aims to strengthen state law protecting salmon habitat could be costly and delay infrastructure projects, state officials said. The officials noted the possible negative effects during the Senate State Affairs Committee meeting last week in Anchorage. The initiative would increase the number of streams that officials must assume have salmon, likely resulting in more state checks on the streams, said Ben White, the environmental program manager for the state Department of T...
July 25, 1918 While the dance for the men on the sub chaser was in progress, the Federal officials in charge of the clean up of whiskey and the red light district and officers of the sub chaser repaired to the red light district where they remained drinking and dancing with the inmates until an early morning hour and were found there by citizens of the town. Business has many uses but in this case the excuse of “business” is rather thin. July 23, 1943 Cards have been received here by the Red Cross Chapter to be given to every Petersburg man ent...
Members of the Wrangell andPetersburg police departments collaborated on some active shooter training on July 19 and 20. About four members of the Petersburg police department joined five members of the Wrangell police for the training which was lead by Jeff Hall. Hall has about 35 years of martial arts and law enforcement experience, also having previously worked with the Alaska State Troopers. Most of the training on July 19 was on the theory of stopping a shooting. Hall said that the goal is...
Skagway Borough Manager Scott Hahn will be leaving his borough manager position in Skagway to take a city manager position in Rifle, Colo. Hahn served as Petersburg’s city manager from Jan. 2010 to July 2011. Most recently he worked in Skagway for four-years, and also held a city manager position in Cordova. Hahn has been seeking a position in the Lower 48 to be closer to his son, who is currently in high school. “He’s the most important reason for me to get down there,” Hahn told the Skagway News. Before coming to Alaska Hahn had previou...
Senior Benefits To the Editor: Remember the old Alaska Longevity Bonus Program of 1972? It ran into trouble with fairness due to residency requirements. Seniors who had lived here a long time got $250 per month. It has morphed into the Alaska Senior Benefits Program now based on need for low or moderate income Alaskans. Eligibility is based on income not on assets. When the sales tax refund takes effect seniors who qualify for this program will also qualify for the sales tax refund checks from...
Petersburg Presbyterian Church welcomed their summer pastor intern Daniel Van Beek on June 26. Van Beek is currently one year into his three-year seminary program at Louisville Seminary in Kentucky. "I'm just honored to able to be a part of this community and this church right now," said Van Beek. He is taking over for the previous pastor, Bob Carter, who retired in June. Van Beek said that Carter reached out to Louisville Seminary asking for a summer intern to take over for him. Van Beek...
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Kodiak health professionals say there is an uptick in the number of children being accidently exposed to bear spray. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports officials from Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center have recorded four cases of children under the age of 10 being exposed this summer to the pepper spray-like substance used to deter bear threats. Emergency room nurse Lydia Cullum says each case occurred at home or in a car when a bear threat was not present. She says there have likely been more cases in the area from p...
July 18 – Police were notified about a possible bear sighting near residences. A theft was reported to authorities on N. Nordic Dr. Items were returned to the store. Suspicious activity was reported on Hungerford Hill. A driver was issued a traffic warning for driving in dense fog with parking lights on. July 19 – Mindy J. Enriquez, 38, was cited for operating a vehicle with expired registration at 5th Street and Haugen Drive. Charges were filed against an individual for violating conditions of release. Trespassing was reported at 400 S. Hun...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A pilot flying in rapidly deteriorating weather in Alaska confused snow on a mountain with a body of water before crashing a floatplane with 10 passengers onto the rocky mountainside, a preliminary report released Wednesday says. All 11 people on board the morning flight survived the July 10 crash of a Taquan Air charter flight on Prince of Wales Island near the southern tip of the Alaska Panhandle. Six people suffered serious injuries. The pilot told an investigator that visibility decreased rapidly from about 3 to 5...
To help improve the children's section, the Petersburg library applied for a summer intern through the Alaska State Library Internship Project. Veronica Bilenkin arrived July 10 and has been hard at work ever since. "She's been doing great," said Tara Alcock, borough librarian. "We're really enjoying having her around staff, and she's getting a lot done for us, which is also wonderful." Bilenkin comes to Petersburg from New York, where she is pursuing a master's degree in librarian and...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The federal government has officially killed a project to improve access to Alaska’s capital nearly two years after Gov. Bill Walker halted the road extension. In a document published Thursday, the Federal Highway Administration said it has decided to take no action on the proposed 50-mile (80-kilometer) road extension north from Juneau, the Juneau Empire reported . The document by Alaska Division Administrator Sandra Garcia-Aline cited the state’s shrinking budget and “a high level of controversy” over construction as pri...
WRANGELL - "For us, this journey is called 'In the footsteps of Ferdinand von Wrangel,' and you are a big footstep," said Carola von Wrangel to the gathered crowd at the Nolan Center. Ferdinand von Wrangel was governor of the Russian Empire's holdings in Alaska in the early 1800s, as well as an avid explorer and scientist. The city of Wrangell is named after Baron von Wrangel. He also oversaw the construction of the first fortification on Wrangell Island in 1834. He would go on to be a part of...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Water levels have receded on Mendenhall Lake in Alaska’s capital city following a glacial dam outburst. National Weather Service Meteorologist Jessica Voveris in Juneau says water levels crested at 10.92 feet late Thursday afternoon. As of 5:15 a.m. Friday, they had dropped to about 7.5 feet. The release of water from a glacially dammed lake this week created flooding concerns for some residents along the Mendenhall River. The lake feeds into the river. Forecasters had thought the crest could end up just below 12 feet but...
Alaska’s salmon fisheries continue to lag alarmingly in several regions, with overall catches down by a third from the same time last year. The single exception is at the unconquerable Bristol Bay, where a 37 million sockeye catch so far has single-handedly pushed Alaska’s total salmon harvest towards a lackluster 60 million fish. It’s too soon to press the panic button and there is lots of fishing left to go, but fears are growing that Alaska’s 2018 salmon season will be a bust for most fishermen. Worse, it comes on the heels of a cod crash an...
The Alaska Watercolor Society has accepted Angele McDonald's piece "Yggdrasil" into the 44th annual Juried Exhibition in Anchorage. McDonald was born and raised in Petersburg, and graduated from Petersburg High School in 2008. She currently lives in Anchorage. The Exhibition will be open August 3-30 at 2 Friends Gallery, 341 E. Benson, Anchorage Alaska....
Emma Peeler graduated from Boise State University, in Boise, Idaho in May 2018 with a Bachelor Degree in Science Radiologic Science, Diagnostic Radiology. Peeler was also on the 2018 spring Dean’s List....
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Recent figures indicate Alaska’s unemployment rate improved slightly last month. The Juneau Empire reports numbers from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development say the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 7.2 percent to 7.1 percent in June. The slight improvement comes as Alaska reports the fewest number of June jobs since 2010. The department’s figures say the state had 347,400 nonfarm jobs in June. That’s down 1,700 from June 2017 and down 11,400 from June 2015, the start of a statewi...
Michael Boseman is wanted by the Petersburg Police Department for a felony assault warrant and several misdemeanor warrants, according to authorities. Boseman is also a suspect in the theft of an 18' Crestliner open skiff. It was reported stolen on Tuesday, according to authorities. The skiff has two red fuel tanks in the front. There is a front bench, split middle seats and back seats. It is powered by a Yamaha 40 HP main with a Yamaha 4 HP kicker. The stolen skiff number is #AK 9266 AG.... Full story
