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The Petersburg Police Department served search warrants at 410 Mitkof Highway at approximately 3:50 P.M. on Tuesday, Sept. 10 and found distribution quantities of heroin and methamphetamine with a combined street value of approximately $61,670, according to police. Carter Gueller, 30, was arrested and booked into the Petersburg jail on charges of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree, a class A felony, misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree, a... Full story
Following the Public Works fire last month that caused a storage shed to go up in flames, investigators are at odds as to what caused the fire, according to Public Works Director Chris Cotta. An investigator with the borough's insurance company is looking at a potentially faulty extension cord as the source of the fire, but the State Fire Marshal's office hasn't located a definitive source, and has not ruled out any causes, including arson, said Cotta. The Motor Pool shop which is located next...
Members of the United States Forest Service met with the public last week to receive feedback and discuss the Central Tongass Project. The project encompasses many different projects in four categories: watershed restoration, recreation management, vegetation management and access management. Project Leader Carey Case said by lumping multiple projects together, the forest service will be able to work more efficiently. Goals and objectives of the project were identified in the 2016 Tongass Land...
The borough shut off their diesel generators Monday after running them for a week while Southeast Alaska Power Agency was performing maintenance on the Tyee Lake hydro project. A helicopter was used to work on overhead transmission lines, and a crew inspected and tested the soundness of the wooden poles on the south end of Mitkof Island, according to Public Works Director Karl Hagerman. SEAPA also worked on their governors and tested transformers at the Tyee Lake project. Additionally, work was...
In last week’s issue of the Pilot, a story about two Norwegians visiting Petersburg incorrectly identified Gerda Olsen. She was Karl Rasmus Dahle and Arild Jens Dahle’s aunt, not sister....
WRANGELL - For many people in Southeast Alaska, mining operations in nearby British Columbia is a source of concern. While these mines are across the border in Canadian jurisdiction, many of them are located in the watersheds of rivers that cross back into Alaska. Should an accident or pollution occur at these mines, whatever flows downriver could have a major impact on the lives and livelihoods of many people, Canadian and Alaskan. Salmon Beyond Borders is one Southeast Alaskan organization...
WRANGELL - State Wildlife Troopers Kyle Freeberg, of Wrangell, and Cody Litster, of Petersburg, set up shop in Wrangell's downtown pavilion last Sunday afternoon with several hunting regulation handbooks and racks of moose antlers. As many eager hunters across Southeast Alaska are aware, moose season opens on Sept. 15. This is a registration moose hunt, Freeberg said, so anybody wanting to hunt moose will have to be registered with the Department of Fish and Game. The bag limit is one bull...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Despite a large transfer of funds to the state treasury, the Alaska Permanent Fund has grown by $1.4 billion, a report said. The fund earned enough from investments to grow by 2% in the fiscal year that ended June 30, The Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday. The Permanent Fund Corporation's board of trustees said during a meeting that the fund stood at $66.3 billion, up from $64.9 billion on the same date in 2018. The fund earned 6.32% on its investments and...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A new Alaska group hopes to overhaul the state’s oil and gas tax credit system through a ballot initiative called the Fair Share Act. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Tuesday that the group hopes to enact the proposal into law in 2020. The group includes former Democratic state Sen. Joe Paskvan, who previously served as Senate Resources Committee chair. Group steering committee member Robin Brena says the initiative would only apply to three of the state’s large oil fields. Brena says Prudhoe Bay, Alpine and K...
Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - A Petersburg man received 21 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for a methamphetamine case. Assistant US Attorney Jack Schmidt said Randal Long, 55, pled guilty to drug charges at a hearing in Anchorage Friday. Long was arrested in 2017 by Petersburg Police after they found 126 grams of methamphetamines inside a trailer he was renovating. Authorities also seized $5,000 in suspected drug cash and various items of drug paraphernalia. The...
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska ferry system has released a new schedule that stops service to and from Kodiak Island in the winter, officials said. The Alaska Marine Highway System announced the schedule Thursday, but it does not list ferry operations between Jan. 11 to April 24, The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported Thursday. Each year, transportation stops for a period of time for vessel examination and mechanical maintenance. But this year the ferries are in overhaul simultaneously because of a...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A race judge at an Alaska high school swim meet disqualified a state champion swimmer after concluding that that her team-issued swimsuit did not meet modesty requirements. The decision outraged a competing coach and the Anchorage School District announced it will review the decision that disqualified the 17-year-old Dimond High School swimmer from a heat victory at a meet Friday, Anchorage television station KTUU reported . “If we find that this was an error in judgment by an official, we are going to definitely ens...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Supporters of an effort to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy submitted signatures to a state elections office Thursday, an early step in their push. The Recall Dunleavy group said it collected 49,006 signatures since launching Aug. 1, more than the 28,501 needed as part of the initial phase of the recall effort. The group has said it gathered additional signatures, in part, to compensate for any that might be disqualified. Supporters gathered in Anchorage in the parking lot...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin’s husband, commonly referred to as “Alaska’s first dude” when she was governor, appears to be seeking a divorce from his wife of 31 years. Paperwork believed to be from Todd Palin cited “incompatibility of temperament” in seeking to end his marriage to the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. The filing Friday in Anchorage Superior Court only identified the couple by initials. The initials, birthdates and wedding date match the Palins, as does the initials given for their only young child. The do...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A small Alaska apparel company is clashing with Starbucks over a trademark term the Seattle-based coffee giant says is too closely linked to its own branding. Starbucks wants the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to reject an application by Wasilla-based Mountains & Mermaids, the Anchorage Daily News reported . The Alaska company late last year applied to trademark the term “Siren’s Brew” for its products. It has branded its apparel with the image of a siren or mermaid holding a cup of coffee, and recently began using t...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska hunter is recovering from a mauling by a grizzly. Alaska State Troopers spokesman Tim DeSpain says the injured hunter was with a partner Friday in the Eureka area when they surprised a sow with two cubs. Eureka is about 110 miles (177 kilometers) northeast of Anchorage. The sow attacked and seriously injured one hunter. The second hunter shot and killed the bear. The hunters made it on their own to a cabin. A Lifemed Alaska helicopter flew to the cabin and transported the injured man to an Anchorage h...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers and a Native corporation have joined the dispute over a Canadian company’s potential investment in a large copper and gold mining project. The Anchorage Daily News reported Monday that Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy wrote a July letter supporting investment in the Pebble Mine by Wheaton Precious Metals. Dunleavy’s letter came after groups opposed to Pebble wrote to Wheaton President Randy Smallwood discouraging its involvement. A group of 20 state lawmakers sent a letter Monday telling Smallwood that...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Russian adventurer Anatoly Kazakevich sailed into town on a double-hulled inflatable sailboat Monday morning, completing the last leg of an 8,000-mile journey to Sitka from the Siberian city of Irkutsk. Kazakevich and his crew, which ranged between two and six members along the route, sailed the inflatable catamaran Iskatel across the North Pacific Ocean to Homer, Alaska, last year. After wintering in southcentral waters, the Iskatel (which means “searcher’’) brought Kazakevich to Sitka this week to mark the complet...
Two Petersburg High School seniors took first place in the 100 yard freestyle event over the weekend in the first swim meet of the season. Maria Pfundt took first in the girls 100 yard freestyle with a time of 59.77, and Peter Kowalski came in first place in the boys event at 51.68. Pfundt also placed second in the girls 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:15.05. Six events after his first place win, Kowalski came in second place in the boys 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.55. "The kids...
Half of 18 Petersburg High School runners that competed in the home cross country meet on Saturday set new personal records. PHS Sophomore Uriah Lucas came in third place overall in the meet and broke his previous personal record by about 58 seconds with a time of 17:22.2. Senior Melanie Chase was the top Viking runner in the girls race and took 13th place with a time of 21:52. Kole Sperl and Michael Durkin were the second and third fastest Viking runners and placed 12th and 26th in the race....
September 12, 1919 The sportsmen of Petersburg are mostly men with families who go after a deer for the purpose of supplying their larder with food. If they see one deer they get it, but if they see more they let them go because they do not believe in ruthless killing of game. The Petersburg section is one of the richest game sections of southeastern Alaska, the three islands, Mitkof, Kupreanof, and Kuiu, which compose the section having more deer on them than any other island, or group in the Alexander Archipelago. The sporting men in...
A lone wolf was seen walking down Woodpecker Rd. late Friday morning....
Market winds down To the Editor: As another season comes to an end, we wanted to take a moment to thank our many supporters for helping make another year of The Market possible. Petersburg Economic Development Council is a deeply valued community partner and we are so grateful for their support. We also received a grant from the Alaska Farmers Market Association/USDA that helped with promotions and a batch of new stickers, thanks to the incredible artwork by Kaimia Designs. Above all else, thank...
September 4 — A runaway puppy was returned to its owner. September 5 — Authorities responded to a disturbance at a location on Hungerford Hill Rd. September 6 — The Petersburg Police Department received a complaint of vehicles parked illegally on S. Nordic Dr. A truck was parked on the bike path of Mitkof Highway. The owner moved the vehicle at the responding officer’s direction. An abandoned campsite was located off Haugen Dr. and 8th St. A bear was reported outside a residence on Mitkof Highway. Authorities responded to an alarm activat...
Ray Troll was in Petersburg last week for the annual Rainforest Festival and gave a presentation on his newest book, "Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline: The Travels of an Artist and a Scientist along the Shores of the Prehistoric." Karen from New York, left, eagerly watches as Troll signs a copy of his book for her....
