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The Humpy 500 go-cart race, a 20-year Petersburg tradition that saw local kids and families teaming up to build and decorate carts for racing down PFI hill, will come to end this year. The event has been held annually in October to celebrate the end of the canning and summer fishing seasons, but in recent years the number of participants has dwindled, said PFI Manager Patrick Wilson. “Trying to energize the town, community and families to do it doesn’t seem to be working well,” he said. “So we’re gonna call it quits for now.” Wilson said... Full story
An ordinance to allow voters to determine whether or not local public officials should be exempt from state financial disclosure requirements was passed on second reading by the Assembly at Monday’s regular meeting. By Alaska State law, certain public officials are required to report their income sources and other assets in an effort to ensure private interests do not conflict with their public service. Municipalities reserve the right to exempt their local public officials from the requirement, and locally there has been concern that not d... Full story
August 7, 1915 – The government cable has been out of commission since last Monday. The cableship Burnside was making repairs on the line in the vicinity of Sitka last week, but is supposed to have left for the Sound, after which more breaks occurred. At any rate, nothing has been heard here this week as to the whereabouts of the vessel. The Marconi corporation has now come to the relief of the government line by making practically the regular cable rate for wireless messages. This applies only to commercial messages, however, there being no a...
Corey Wall from MRV Architects in Juneau presented the latest plans for the municipal building remodel to Borough staff in late July. The plans are currently at the 45 percent mark and Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht said the plans may hit the 95 percent benchmark by late summer at which time the Assembly will vote on whether or not to send the project out to bid. The bulk of the funds for the estimated $9.8 million remodel—some $6.4 million—are already secured through a combination of state legislative grants ($5.2 million) and money all... Full story
In the article "Study of harbor financials yields 11 percent rate increase recommendation" of the July 30 issue of the Pilot, it was erroneously stated that the Northern Economics consulting firm is based out of Seattle, Wash. The firm is based out of Anchorage, Alaska....
The Assembly and Borough staff discussed public safety issues at Monday’s Assembly meeting. While Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht delivered the news that decreased staff at the Juneau prosecutor’s office may lead to more case dismissals, Assembly member John Havrilek proposed instituting a dual Neighborhood Watch and Crime Stoppers program to help reduce crime in Petersburg. Giesbrecht said the prosecutor’s office sent an email saying that decreased staffing may lead to more case dismissals for Petersburg based on the “disp...
July 29 Police responded to a report of a fight at Harbor Bar. The suspects were gone on arrival but the officers remained in the area for additional patrols. Richard Delgado Jr, 32, received a citation for an open container. A caller reported an individual going through a vehicle. An officer issued a warning to a driver for following too closely on Sandy Beach Road. July 30 An officer responded to a report of possible illegal behavior and a fight on First Street across from the Middle School. The officer was unable to locate the individuals....
July 29 Marcia Patrick Adams appeared before Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell for a Change of Name proceeding. The judge will recommend a name change decree to the superior court. July 30 Dieon D. Sanders appeared for an arraignment before Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell on a charge of Minor Consuming/Possessing Alcohol. Sanders pled no contest and was sentenced to pay a $600 one with $400 suspended and a $10 surcharge. He will be on probation for one year. Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell presided over an arraignment for Anthony M. Sainz who...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report at Monday's regular Assembly meeting. • TrACS (Traffic and Criminal Software) components have arrived and are being installed in existing Borough vehicles. Computers, mounts and printers were provided at no cost by the state and will allow officers to complete citations and collision reports electronically in the field. • New portable radios for police and fire department staff have arrived and will be issued soon. They were pro...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — New voluntary guidelines for cruise ships and other tour boats aimed at protecting harbor seals, especially vulnerable nursing pups, in Alaska’s glacial fjords were announced Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Previous voluntary guidelines called for vessels to stay at least 100 yards away from seals on ice floes. After determining that seals are 25 times more likely to flush into cold fjord water at that distance, the agency came up with a new voluntary guideline of 500 yards, a buffer of more th...
The Alaska Board of Fisheries last week released its 2015-2016 Proposal Book for review. Some 215 proposals were accepted for review during the board’s regulatory meetings. Regulations potentially to be affected include Pacific cod and finfish in the Alaska Peninsula, Chignik and Bering Sea-Aleutian Island areas; Bristol Bay finfish; Arctic, Yukon and Kuskokwim finfish; and statewide finfish. Proposals may be downloaded off the board’s website in sections, as well as for full meetings, at www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=f...
The first seagoing electric powered passenger vessel in the U.S. is set to launch next summer in Juneau. The E/V Tongass Rain is a 50 foot, 47 passenger catamaran designed for eco-education and whale watching tours. Its primary fuel source will be rain, delivered to the boat via Juneau’s hydroelectric power grid and stored in a bank of lithium batteries. The more modern batteries are less than half the weight of a traditional lead acid battery, and they provide three times the power and charge three times as fast, said Bob Varness, president a...
Susan R. Slavin, 72, passed away at her home in Petersburg, Alaska, on July 4, 2015, with her beloved husband at her side. Sally Susan Randrup was born in Bellingham, Wash., on July 11, 1942. Sue was the fourth of five children born to Wesley and Frances Randrup. In 1950, her father went to work for Pacific American Fisheries (later, Petersburg Fisheries Inc) in Petersburg. He fell in love with the community and sent a telegram to Bellingham which read, "Do you want me to buy or rent -- I'm... Full story
University of Montana Sierra Streuli was named to the 2015 Dean's List at the University of Montana. Simmons College Gordon Norman Paulsen received a Master of Science degree from the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston, Mass....
Deer hunting season began for Alaska residents and nonresidents in much of the Unit 3 management area last Saturday, lasting through Nov. 30. Bow hunting on Mitkof Island and the Petersburg Management Area, hunting on the remainder of the Mitkof, Woewodski and Butterworth islands, and residential hunting on the Lindenberg Peninsula portion of Kupreanof Island all begin on Oct. 15, and are subject to other limitations. Outlooks for this year’s season for Sitka black-tailed deer are much the same as last year, with smaller harvests expected t...
