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Despite the departure of processing workers, Patrick Wilson, Icicle Seafoods manager said they will be able to handle the chums coming in from Crawfish Inlet. “We can still do chums, Wilson commented. “We just wish the run came in two weeks earlier,” before workers were being sent home, he said. Wilson said his staff can still take care of the catch. “Anything to keep the fleet fishing,” he added. September 1 is the release date for the summer workers, but 100 production workers remain and will be able to handle the fish, according to Wilson...
The purse seine fleet set a single day chum salmon catch record for the entire state with a haul of over 980,000 chum salmon taken at Crawfish Inlet south of Sitka on Thursday, Aug. 30 according to Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) manager Steve Reifenstuhl. Seiners took 1.13 million fish in two openings. In a year where the pink salmon catch has been said to be the worst since 1976, Reifenstuhl said Tuesday many boats doubled their season income in one day. The...
The United States Department of Commerce has allocated $56 million for the 2016 pink salmon disaster, according to borough D.C. lobbyist Sebastian O’Kelly. Congress appropriated $200 million for 12 fishery disasters. $56 million of that money, the largest amount set aside for a fishery disaster, will go to those affected by the pink salmon disaster. The funds will be split up between fishermen, processors and municipalities affected by the disaster, as well as research to determine the pink salmon decline. $32 million will go to fishermen; h...
September 6, 1918 The school term for the Petersburg schools opened and the bell which calls the children to their lessons is again heard daily. So far the teaching staff is short two members but they are expected on the first boat from the south. Miss Esther Maakestad, Miss Burke, and Miss Viola Kirchstein, all arrived on recent boats and are on the job. Mrs. Strand is filling in until the arrival of the other teachers. High school will not start until they arrive. September 3, 1943 Miss Adeline Beauregard one of the new teachers who will...
High school students in the certified nursing assistant program through Petersburg Medical Center began their training last week. CNAs work directly under a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse and provide the more hands on care to patients and residents, such as help them get up in the morning, brush their teeth, eat meals and do exercises. They also take measurements and monitor vital signs. Since CNAs spend so much time with patients and residents, they are able to identify when something is wrong with them and can alert the nurse. ...
In a story on page 8 of the Aug. 30 issue of the Petersburg Pilot, Adam Axmaker was referred to as Adam Morton.... Full story
Public Works employees have been working to repair a leak in a water main in the 1000 block of Sandy Beach Road since Sunday. Public Works Director Karl Hagerman said employees began looking for leaks in their service lines since water treatment plant production remained at high levels even after cannery water consumption declined as the summer season wound down. The plant was still processing higher volumes of water than normal at the close of the season, Hagerman told the Pilot. During the sum...
Clarification To the Editor: Thank you to the Petersburg Pilot for the coverage of the 1st annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Walk/Run. I would like to clarify that while my granddaughter Amalia was correctly identified as Alaska Native, I am not. I am however a proud member of the Seetka Kwann Dance group, founded in 1990 and led by Jeanette Ness. Many thanks to SEARHC, WAVE, PIA and Petersburg Parks and Rec for coordinating this event and to all who participated. Karin McCullough Senior exemption thorny issue To the Editor: The...
Few things define Alaskans more than our love of salmon. Not surprisingly, salmon allocation decisions and fluctuations in resource abundance often spur bitter political battles between user groups. A robust public process rooted in best available science has long been the arbiter of such disputes. As an Alaskan born and raised on the Kenai, and in my current role as Mayor of Cordova, it is with deep consternation that I followed a recent Board of Fisheries evaluation of an emergency petition seeking to restrict hatchery salmon releases in...
August 29 — A missing teen was reported to authorities and was later found. A broken window at a church on Sandy Beach Rd. was reported, but no one was located on the scene. On South Nordic, a deer was salvaged. Authorities contacted the owners of an aggressive dog reported on Lumber St. An abandoned vehicle at Middle Harbor was impounded. An intoxicated driver was reported on Mitkof Highway, but the responding officer was unable to locate the vehicle. Criminal mischief at the Fishermen’s Memorial was reported to authorities. A security che...
Aug. 13 — Superior Court Judge Kevin Miller granted Skylark Park, LLC a forcible entry detainer against Wayne and Janie Collins. Aug. 15 — Katie Jo Edfelt appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell on two counts of Assault in the 4th Degree. The defendant entered a guilty plea. The court imposed a $500 cash performance bond. Robert R. Bowlin appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell on charges of Burglary in the 2nd degree and Theft in the 4th Degree. The court imposed a $1,000 cash performance bond, a $1,500 appearance bond on the defendant. Mat...
Petersburg High School hosted a swim and dive meet on Friday and Saturday that saw the girls team finish in the top three in several of the relay events. "I was really happy with the girls relay," said Coach Andy Carlise. "We hadn't had girls relays that could compete for a long time." On Friday, the boys and girls team had a combined score of 443.5 and came in 5th place overall. The girls team came in 4th place with 291 points. The boys team came in 5th place with 152.5 points. The boys and...
On Aug. 20, around 3 A.M., 21-year-old David Churchill of Wrangell broke into Harbor Bar with the intention of burglary, according to authorities. He broke a window, entered the liquor store and attempted to steal bottles of liquor, said Police Chief Jim Kerr. A Good Samaritan who was a patron at the bar attempted to stop Churchill, but Churchill hit him over the head a few times with a bottle of alcohol, said Kerr. Churchill fled the scene, but was apprehended within minutes and arrested on charges of assault in the 2nd degree and 1st degree...
At the cross country meet in Metlakatla on Saturday, the Petersburg girls team came in 1st place with 31 points and the boys team came in 2nd with 32 points after Ketchikan. "We did really well," said assistant coach Debby Eddy. "We had a boy and a girl come in first place." The top three places in the girls 5k race were all claimed by the Petersburg team. Maia Cowan came in 1st place at 20:01, Kendra Coonrad came in 2nd place at 21:00 and Melanie Chase came in 3rd at 22:10. The Petersburg and K...
Petersburg won two department grand champion ribbons and 18 blue ribbons at the Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines. Thirty-nine residents submitted art projects, crafts and photography with nearly every entry winning a ribbon. "That's the big thing," said Josef Quitslund, Petersburg's representative at the fair. "Sharing what people create." Mandy Kivisto and Marsha Fernandez both won department grand champion ribbons. Kivisto submitted a photo titled, 'Lilly pad,' which won her the...
Cell phones are being used by fishermen to bounty hunt for lost fishing gear for pay. California fishermen created the retrieval project last year along with the Nature Conservancy to get ropes, buoys, pots and anchors out of the water after the Dungeness fishery so they don’t entangle whales, and Washington and Oregon quickly followed suit. Nearly 50 whales were taken on the west coast last year after the annual crab opener, one of the region’s largest and most lucrative fisheries. “They are using their cell phones and its GPS to take a pictu...
At a borough assembly meeting on Tuesday, the assembly voted to fund member Jeff Meucci’s travel to Southeast Conference in Ketchikan later this month to advocate for a seat on the board of directors. The assembly is already sending Mayor Mark Jensen to SEC because he is Petersburg’s representative; however, Jensen has stated that he will not be voting for Meucci in the run for the board of directors. At the Aug. 20 assembly meeting, the assembly failed to approve funding for Meucci’s travel to SEC. Since the motion failed, the motion was r...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The three bronze posts unveiled under sunny skies also double as pillars. They hold up and support the vibrancy and resilience of the Tsimshian, Tlingit and Haida cultures. “We are not just a part of history, we are here and living our way of life,” said Rosita Worl, Sealaska Heritage Institute president, during a Aug. 26 ceremony held in front of the Walter Soboleff Building. “These bronze posts are symbols of our past and symbols of our future.” Each 8-foot-tall post at the corner of Front and Seward streets was carve...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Trees soon may be cut down in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, and federal officials want the public’s input on the matter. A new rulemaking process for an Alaska — specific version of the Roadless Rule — which prevents timber harvest and the building of roads on 0.01 million square miles (0.03 million square kilometers) of roadless lands in southeast Alaska — is now open for public comment. A notice published last week in the Federal Register, the official journal of the federal government, opens the first official ve...
Don "Scott" Bagley, 69, went to be with the Lord on August 3, 2018. He was born on July 28, 1949 in Yreka, California to Virginia and Don Bagley. Scott remained living in Northern California and attended Leggett Valley High School where he graduated in 1967. He worked at local gas stations and became a firefighter for the State of California. At age 19, he was in a terrible car accident and broke his back becoming a paraplegic and was confined to a wheelchair. He absorbed this tragic accident... Full story
Three of the five commercially harvested salmon species are coming in below Department of Fish and Game forecasts, according to assistant area management biologist Kevin Clark. “Biologically, I think that we’re going to be alright in the long run because for the most part, we’ve been meeting goals or near meeting goals,” said Clark. “That is kind of our charge, the sustainability of the fishery. Not necessarily to make sure everybody makes money every year, but to make sure that there’s fish there for their children and grandchildr...
