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Forty-three people spent the night in Juneau's emergency shelter at Floyd Dryden Middle School on Monday night as a record-high flood from the Mendenhall Glacier inundated homes. Deputy City Manager Robert Barr said the total number of people who evacuated their homes is likely several times that; shelters are usually a last resort for people who cannot stay with family, friends or in a hotel. "You can imagine how hard it would be to wake up with water in your house, not expecting there to be... Full story
After nearly two years of litigation, the public records-related lawsuit filed by Don Koenigs against the Petersburg Borough has reached its conclusion. On June 21, 2024 the Superior Court for the State of Alaska ordered the borough to release around 200 pages of records related to the complaint made by Petersburg's chief of police against two borough assembly members. In March 2022, Petersburg Police Chief Jim Kerr filed a complaint with the borough's HR director which included a five-page time...
The Petersburg Borough will enter into negotiations directly with Island Refrigeration LLC for the sale of borough-owned tidelands, the assembly decided Monday. This property at 107A Dock Street is adjacent to a larger parcel the borough approved to sell to Island Refrigeration in April; it was originally part of the young business' plan for the space, which will serve as their new headquarters, but was left out of the initial application process and applied for separately. Another applicant,...
August 8, 1924 – A trap watchman at Lime Point, at the entrance to Hatta Inlet on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, was shot by alleged fish pirates, according to federal officers. Alvin B. Carr and the crew of the gasboat Dolphin have been arrested and are now being held in jail at Craig, suspected of doing the shooting. “Reports received at this office indicate that there is a serious outbreak of trap robberies in the lower end of the district,” said U.S. Attorney Shoup. “We have taken measures to combat the pirate boats and have go...
Skyler DuPont, 29, is officially the new executive director at local nonprofit Working Against Violence for Everyone (WAVE). They are entering the role in succession of Everett Bennett, who stepped down from the position earlier this year to work at PIA. WAVE is a small independent nonprofit that provides support and advocacy for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and promotes safe relationships and community in the Petersburg Borough. "The work that [WAVE] does, I love that ......
Technically, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto blocked five bills from becoming law that the state House passed after the constitutional adjournment deadline. But don’t blame him for killing the new laws. The House is the guilty party. The 40-member House, managed the past two years by a splintered and often disorganized 23-member Republican-led majority, couldn’t manage to get its work done before the clock struck midnight. The governor did not hold them up; no power outage set them back; there was no IT meltdown or online hack; nothing slowed them...
July 31 – An officer conducted extra patrols. An officer conducted a welfare check on South 3rd Street. An officer assisted a citizen with their concerns. Papers were served on Vesta Street. An officer conducted extra patrols. The Petersburg Police Department (PPD) received a report of a phone scammer claiming to be Publisher’s Clearing House. They do not contact winners by phone. Papers were served on South Nordic Drive. An officer requested a registration check. An officer responded to a report of suspicious activity in the 400 block of Mit...
Beth Flor took her first ever drawing class during her sophomore year of college. She had enrolled in the class because she needed one more credit and she had enjoyed drawing when she was little. That first art class made such an impression on her, she considered changing her major from social work to art. Her art teacher from that class confronted Flor with some tough advice that has stuck with her all these years. She remembers him saying, "You'll never be great, but if you work hard, you'll...
Petersburg this year will go without state ferry service for almost three weeks in late November and early December under the fall and winter schedule released Aug. 2. The service gap will occur between the time the Alaska Marine Highway System pulls the Kennicott out of service for major work and until it can transfer crew from the Kennicott to the Columbia, and outfit the Columbia, said Sam Dapcevich, Alaska Department of Transportation spokesman. The Columbia has been out service for repairs since last November. Other than the three-week...
Seattle has more power in the U.S. House of Representatives than the state of Alaska. And yet, ahead of this year’s House elections, there’s as much at stake with Alaska’s race than all four of the contests in King County combined. The vast majority of the 435 seats in the House are firmly Democratic or firmly Republican. Alaska is among a dwindling number of exceptions that could go in any direction. More than that, it’s one of just five places in the country that voted for Donald Trump as president in 2020 yet elected a Democrat to the Hou... Full story
Tuesday evening’s sunset as seen from the Crystal Lake Trail....
Sally Dwyer holds a Primary ballot and an "I Voted" sticker at the Petersburg's early and absentee voting location. Registered voters who signed up in advance can drop off their completed absentee ballots, and local voters unable to vote in person on the day of the primary, can come vote early from Aug 5-19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the training room, downstairs at the Petersburg Municipal Building. The Alaska Primary Election is Aug. 20, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. as in recent years, the polling...
The 2024 Cross Country season has officially begun. Coming off of his first season as a head coach, Casey Gates believes this year's team could do something special. "I think the sky's the limit for us, I think we can have a very successful season," Gates said. Gates is eager to see what the talented newcomers increasing the roster on the girls team might mean for this year. "I'm excited about our girls' team this season, mostly because we're bringing in some talented freshmen and we're going...
WRANGELL - The Oakland Museum of California has housed the Kadashan cane for the past 65 years. Now, with help from the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, the five-foot cedar cane is due to arrive in Wrangell in the coming days. Lu Knapp, a direct descendant of Chief John Kadashan, was thrilled when she learned of the cane's imminent return. "It just gives me a really good feeling hearing that it's coming back," Knapp said. "It was my great-grandfather's!" While any...
This vintage Grumman Goose model airplane sports the color scheme of Alaska Coastal Airline, is made of die-cast metal, plastic and paint. It is 13.25 inches wide, 10.75 inches long and has a diameter of 3.75 inches. It is made as a bank for collecting coins. Alaska Coastal Airlines was a Juneau based company established in 1939 when Alaska Air Transport and Marine Airways merged. In 1942, Alaska Coastal Airlines received its Civil Aeronautics Board operating certificate and began to share...
Last Thursday evening, two back-to-back productions of Alice in Wonderland were presented on the Wright Auditorium's stage by participants in the Petersburg Medical Center Wellness Program's ORCA Theater Camp. Director Brad Younts, who pioneered the first ORCA Theater Camp last summer, had twenty-three kids sign up this summer, so many that he divided the kids into two camps, ages 6 – 9 and 9 – 15, and brought a colleague with him to help, co-director Amaya Hudson. Welcoming the audience, You...
