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When students return to Rae C. Stedman Elementary School next week, they will experience a lot more than just a bump up in grade. The exterior walls of the 45-year-old building have all been replaced and new windows have been added, making the school bright, warm and energy efficient for the first time. Alaska Community Contractors was wrapping up work on the project this week with a few finishing touches such as painting and fixture installation. The project was not just a cosmetic upgrade,... Full story
The 7th annual Rainforest Festival kicks off next week. There are many highlights this year including a portable planetarium for viewing a projection of the night sky indoors and the first ever Rain Forest Run half marathon. The Rain Forest Run half marathon, a 13.1 mile run or walk, will be the first event of the festival. The run will be held on Labor Day, Sept.1, on a course beginning at central Mitkof Island and ending at Sandy Beach Park. "The event was organized by local runners eager for... Full story
August 22, 1914 – Of course, the council will hear dissatisfaction at the levy of one and one- half cent on the property. That much is to be expected. Yet if we consider that the expenditure of a large sum of money was necessary to supply a crying need, the levy is far from being unreasonable. As a matter of fact, it is a very small amount to pay considering the benefit we are to derive from the water system. With a water system we have something in which everybody will be benefitted. During the three years preceding the present a...
The Drive Down dock project is on schedule and workers are driving piling and assembling steel components this month. The three-phase project is well into the second phase now, which includes building a pile-supported open grate approach dock, a heavy duty vehicle transfer bridge and a drive down float at the facility located near Community Cold Storage just south of the South Harbor. Those in town may have heard the sounds of the pile driving work in recent weeks, but work on the facility's... Full story
There are new salmon eggs in the incubators of Crystal Lake hatchery, although the facility is undergoing reconstruction. The hatchery, which is located at the 17.5 mile marker of Mitkof Highway, suffered a devastating fire in March with the loss of 1.2 - 1.3 million eggs, valued at around $1 million. Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association manages the hatchery, and on Tuesday returned eggs to the incubator here. The eggs came in from the Whitman Lake facility also run by SSRA. “Construction is ongoing, we're happy with that,” sai...
August 20 Officers responded to a report of an individual sleeping on property at a location. The individual agreed to leave. An officer made contact with an individual camping on the side of a road. The individual agreed to move on. A caller requested a welfare check for an individual. A caller requested to have a vehicle moved. A caller requested a welfare check on an individual. A caller reported a vehicle struck a boat trailer parked on the street. The vehicle and trailer sustained moderate damage. A caller reported an unattended parked...
Police apprehended one suspect and are investigating two others in conjunction with the burglary of a Petersburg home last Tuesday. Officers arrived on the scene after a neighbor reported two individuals breaking into an E. Lansing Street home, according to a Police Department press release. “The officers went in the front door of the residence after being called by neighbors and the suspects ran out the back,” Police Chief Kelly Swihart said. One suspect, 23-year-old David Estes, was arrested after a brief foot pursuit that resulted in a min...
A Kupreanof man was found dead on the beach in front of his cabin on the south end of Kupreanof Island last Tuesday, Aug. 19. Alaska State Troopers responded to the report of a deceased person in front of a remote cabin on the Wrangell Narrows. The individual was identified as 59-year-old Michael Carpenter. According to the trooper's report the cause of death is not yet known and the body is being transported to the State Crime Lab in Anchorage for an autopsy, though foul play is not suspected....
August 21 Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell presided over an arraignment for Robert Brooks Sr. on a charge of Discharge of Other Weapons. The defendant plead not guilty and a trial was set for Sept. 30. Anthony Green had an arraignment hearing before Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell for charges of Driving Under the Influence and Driving While License Cancelled Suspended or Revoked. The defendant plead guilty to both charges. For the DUI charge, the defendant was sentenced to 45 days in jail with 42 days suspended, surcharges, alcohol counseling...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously approved a motion to send a letter to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) urging them to elevate the federal assessment for the KSM (Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell) mine project to the panel review level at their meeting Aug. 18. The assembly's move to send the letter urging the more stringent review process for the mine is one of many in a string of local and state governments calling for similar action. The KSM mine is currently in the environmental assessment pre-application process....
Dozens of dogs and their human handlers gathered on a rainy Saturday morning over the weekend for the Doggie Dash, a fundraiser for the Petersburg Humane Association. The event, organized by Lanette Smith and Samantha Kivisto and sponsored by the local branch of First Bank, brought in $382 in entrance fees and donations. First Bank will match those donation, organizers said. The participants gathered at Petersburg Dog Park at 9 a.m. and either ran or walked a 2-mile loop that included Dump Hill...
More than 100 researchers and three dozen projects are underway to find clues as to why Alaska’s Chinook salmon production has declined since 2007. The ambitious effort marks the start of a state-backed five year, $30 million Chinook Salmon Research Initiative that includes 12 major river systems from Southeast Alaska to the Yukon. And while it will be years before the project yields definitive data, the scientists have pinned down some early findings. “It’s not the fresh water production of the juvenile Chinook that is the reason this decli...
WRANGELL - After being rescheduled earlier in the month because of foul weather, supporters of cancer care were finally able to come together this past weekend to golf, mingle and raise funds for a good cause. Now in its tenth year, the men's and women's Rally For Cancer Care golf tournaments have raised funds for the Wrangell Medical Center (WMC) Foundation's Cancer Care Fund. The fund provides up to $1,000 per year, per applicant to help defray travel and lodging costs for individuals receivin...
Efforts by the Canadian agency Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to relocate salmon across a barrier created by a landslide in late May are helping sockeye salmon reach escapement goals. DFO began relocating sockeye and Chinook salmon via helicopter across the barrier in early July. As of July 20, nearly 4,000 sockeye and over 1,000 large Chinook salmon were successfully transported over the slide area and released into the upper Tahltan River. Water levels in the Tahtan River had receded by the end of July making it possible for “a s...
William Betts Phillips, age 70, passed from this world to the next on August 4, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. He was born to David and Francis Phillips, January 22, 1944, in Petersburg, where he lived most of his life. He was proud to be 100% Tlingit. His Tlingit name was KakKlun which means "Big Man". His Moiety was Raven and his clan was Beaver. After high school, he spent time at Sheldon Jackson Jr. College. He followed college with technical school where he learned the trade of radio repair and f... Full story
