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Three teachers, a counselor and four paraprofessionals join the Petersburg School District this year. Mikalai Potrzuski will be teaching 7th grade geography, 8th grade US history and 6th, 7th and 8th grade PE. Shannon Vandervest-Whitacre will be teaching first grade after she substituted in the spring. Timothy Shumway is the 6th, 9th and 11th grade language arts teacher. Jenna Turner will be joining the district as the middle school and high school counselor. Heidi Cabral will be a middle... Full story
On Monday, the borough assembly approved the filming of a reality TV show focusing on the Petersburg Police Department, pending the approval of the borough’s attorney. Engel Entertainment, a production company based in New York City, may begin filming this fall before the end of the year, said Engel Entertainment vice president of development Kara Smith. The goal of Engel Entertainment is to show its viewers several police forces throughout Southeast Alaska, focusing on police officers who have moved to Alaska from the lower 48 and their t...
Coho Salmon Coho salmon are regularly being intercepted in the marine sport fishery. Catch rates have continued to increase but have remained below the 5 year average. On average coho salmon marine catch rates begin to decline with the start of September as coho move toward their natal streams. Freshwater fishing for coho salmon is starting to pick up as anglers begin to encounter returning coho in local streams and lakes in increasing numbers. Freshwater fishing opportunity typically peaks in the month of September for most systems in the...
August 23, 1918 Notice has been received from the assayer in charge of the Seattle Assay office that in the future all platinum offered for sale in the form of jewelry, dental scraps and in other forms shall be received. The platinum will be credited to the person sending it in and will be forwarded to the New York Assay office where equipment is being installed to determine the value of the deposits. The metal will be then turned over to the Government and used for war purpose and the value forwarded to the person making the deposit. August...
In the summer of 1992, the Student Conservation Association sent six interns to Kupreanof Island to build a fish pass. Two of the interns, Lane Bagley and Chuck Najimy, soon became fast friends. Twenty-six years later, their sons, with the SCA helped rebuild the same fish pass that their fathers built. Like their fathers, Steven Bagley and Cal Najimy created a bond over the weeks from working, living and fishing together. Plus, both had grown up hearing the same stories about their fathers’ t...
Family and friends of John Pickens, as well as members of the United States Forest Service and Student Conservation Association, gathered on Kupreanof Island to honor the late Pickens and the work done to rebuild the Mitchell Creek fish pass on Saturday. The USFS has been planning this event since last year, but only in February did it start to get some traction, said Eric Castro, a biologist with the USFS and one of the main coordinators of the event. Approximately 40 people were provided...
Eighteen of the 20 public seats up for election in borough elections have been filed for candidacy. Petersburg will hold its annual municipal election on Oct. 2 from 8 A.M. through 8 P.M. in the activity room of the community center. Residents will be voting on who will fill the 20 public office seats up for election and one proposition. The first day that residents could apply for candidacy was July 24, and the last day to file was Aug. 2. Candidates have until Friday to withdraw from the...
August 15 — Matthew Boseman, 28, was arrested on charges of violating the conditions of his release. Katie Edfelt, 29, was arrested on charges of assault in 4th degree domestic violence. An abandoned vehicle was reported on private property on Mitkof Highway. Parties involved in a vehicle backing accident were given self-report forms. An individual was reported for placing a bike in the woods along Mitkof Highway. An officer made contact. The individual was waiting for a ride. Officers responded to a male cutting up a trailer with a chainsaw o...
In response to Ocean Beauty announcing that they’ll be closing their plant in Petersburg, the borough assembly discussed a draft letter in response on Monday. In the draft letter from Vice Mayor Jeigh Stanton-Gregor to Ocean Beauty on behalf of the Petersburg Borough Assembly, Stanton-Gregor expressed appreciation for informing the assembly of its decision, as well as the impact the move will have on the local economy. “While this is most unwelcome news to our community and it will be difficult for us to replace the lost revenue, emp...
WRANGELL - Shoemaker Bay Harbor was built in 1977 with a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years, according to Wrangell Harbor Master Gregg Meissner. Now, at 41-years-old, the harbor is finally getting rebuilt. Meissner said many of the renovations are to ensure the harbor meets the needs of modern boats. The renovated Shoemaker Harbor will be similar to Heritage Harbor, he said, which was built in the early 2000s. "Since 40 years ago boats have gotten wider and deeper, so the configuration will be a...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — A Ketchikan shipyard is expecting to lay off 50 to 80 workers between October and the end of the year. Vigor Alaska officials informed workers of the layoffs at a meeting last week, citing a lack of new construction projects, the Ketchikan Daily News reported. Without more work orders coming in, the company will need to lay off ``core workers,'' said Doug Ward, the director of shipyard development. The company that operates the shipyard is a subsidiary of Vigor Industrial, based in Portland, Oregon. ``We wanted to give...
WRANGELL - The wildfire near Telegraph Creek, British Columbia is still burning. According to Amy Riebe with the British Columbia Wildfire Service, firefighters have contained about 11 percent of the blaze, but work is still ongoing. Telegraph Creek is a small community along the Stikine River. In early August, according to Riebe, the fire was started by a lightning strike. "It was first reported on August 1," she said. "There were quite a few fires reported at that time when lightning went...
A fire was reported at about 6 a.m. Tuesday morning on Zarembo Island. The fire, according to a Facebook post by the U.S. Forest Service, is a tenth of an acre in size, and has consumed several structures at the Evergreen Timber logging camp. No injuries have been reported, and logging company employees are fighting the fire. According to Christy Gardner with the Forest Service, the fire was put out by logging company employees, though the Forest Service did come to the site to offer assistance. The fire was contained quickly and did not...
As Bill Governor Walker prepares to sign a bill this week enacting the Alaska Mariculture Development Plan, 16 new applicants hope to soon begin growing shellfish and seaweed businesses in just over 417 acres of tideland areas in Alaska. The new growers will add to the 35 farms and 6 hatchery/nurseries that already are producing a mix of oysters, clams, mussels and various seaweeds. Eventually, sea cucumbers, scallops, giant geoduck clams and algae for biofuels will be added into the mix. Most of the mariculture requests in Alaska are located...
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska seafood organization is encouraging industry members to comment on the proposed U.S. tariffs on products imported from China that could negatively affect the state's seafood industry. The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is asking members to comment before the September deadline on the proposed increases to tariffs that include seafood products from China, the Peninsula Clarion reported Sunday. About $2.7 billion in U.S. seafood is processed in China and sent back to the U.S. annually with most of that coming f...
A Woman’s Health Clinic will be at Petersburg Public Health Center, Sept.4-6. Women, 29 and younger with limited or no access to health care can get exams and reproductive health services on a sliding scale at the Petersburg Public Health Center’s Woman’s Health Clinic. Appointments are required. To schedule appointment, call The Petersburg Public Health Center 772-4611....
The borough assembly, on Monday, failed to approve the funding of assembly member Jeff Meucci’s travel to Southeast Conference to advocate for himself and Petersburg in September. Meucci was chosen by the assembly at the Aug. 6 assembly meeting to be Petersburg’s nomination for a vacant seat on the Southeast Conference board of directors. “He has multiple times been against assembly travel and suggested skyping and different things,” said assembly member Brandi Marohl. “To me, it seems like now there’s a personal interest. His view points on t...
