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The first week of moose season resulted in similar harvest numbers as the record breaking 2009 season, with one exception. As of Sept. 21, hunters in the Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake areas killed 35 moose, matching the record year, but seven illegal bulls were also harvested. On average six to nine illegal bulls have been killed over the entirety of a season since the local regulations changed in 2009, and if this trend continues, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) may have to consider altering season closure dates. “If people comply w... Full story
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has actively been collecting water samples from Sandy Beach and testing them for quality since mid-July, after spillage of waste occurred months earlier. Late last week, a DEC press release was issued alerting recreational beach users to be aware of elevated levels of fecal coliform bacteria in marine water near the beach. The testing process included collecting weekly samples of marine water, and sending them to a Juneau lab. Since time can decrease bacterial counts in a matter of six to... Full story
This year's Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) will be $2,072. That's the highest on record not adjusting for inflation, though qualified residents received a $2,069 PFD in 2008 alongside a $1,200 resource rebate. Qualified residents who applied for direct deposit of the funds and were in eligible status by Sept. 18, 2015 will receive their PFD on Oct. 1. Checks will be mailed out the same day. Last year over $1.1 billion was paid out to almost 599,000 Alaskans. If there's a similar number of PFD... Full story
September 25, 1915 – Fresh-fish shipping was the chief subject of consideration at the regular meeting of the Petersburg Commercial Club on Wednesday evening. Replies were received from several transportation companies to letters from the club requesting that space for fresh fish be be reserved on all steamers touching at this port. The companies for the most part expressed a willingness to make the reservations, although a couple of them asked that steamers be notified by cable to Juneau or Skagway when shipments awaited them here. This was c...
Name: Nancy Strand Age: legal Occupation: Retired Education: Graduated Petersburg High School Class of 1963, attended Oregon State University 1 1/4 years, diverse education continues daily Political Experience: Served a few times on the local utility board; Served on Petersburg City Council and Borough Assembly Why did you choose to run for the Borough Assembly? Received lots of positive encouragement from my diverse constituency to run again What are some of the biggest issues or concerns...
September is National Recovery Month Letter to the Editor: As a person in recovery I thought I would share some of my experience, strength and hope with you. I was born and raised in Petersburg. I attended church here, went to school here and played sports here. This is also where my disease of addiction began. Like many of our kids today I started drinking and experimenting with drugs at a very young age. It slowly took over my life. It took me a long time and a hard road to reach recovery. The love, understanding and support of my family and...
A significant benefit to living in a small town is that everyone knows everyone’s business. Some consider this a detriment, but in the case of Proposition 1, which appears on October’s election ballot in Petersburg, and as Proposition 2 in Wrangell, the Financial Disclosure requirement is not needed. Currently, municipal officers and some candidates for elective office must file a financial disclosure statement. Depending upon how a person’s company is legally organized, the law can be very intrusive, or in the case of a corporation it can r...
September 16 Caller reporter a vehicle drove through traffic cones on Haugen and Sandy Beach Drive. An officer responded and the driver was gone. A caller reported vehicles parked on a sidewalk. A dispute was reported. September 17 An officer responded to a request for assistance with removing an unwanted individual from a room at a hotel. A trailer blocking the roadway near a fire hydrant was reported to police. A driver received a warning for no taillights on a trailer. Possible drug activity was reported. A suspicious incident on Kupreanof...
The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce announced this week that they have hired John Havrilek as the new Administrative Manager of the organization. He replaces Cindi Lagoudakis who resigned in August. Havrilek will assume the administrative duties of the organization and work with the 11-person board of directors in fulfilling the chamber's community-wide mission. President Seth Scrimsher expressed appreciation to Lagoudakis for her work the past 20-months and welcomed Havrilek, who began his...
September 17 Clifford Young appeared before Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell for an arraignment. Young pled not guilty to a charge of Assault in the 4th Degree Domestic Violence. A public defender agency was appointed and the following conditions of release were set: do not violate any laws or depart Petersburg without permission, do not consume alcohol or be on the premises of anywhere it is the primary item for sale, do not have contact with alleged victims and do not return to residence. A petition for a long-term stalking order was...
Petersburg cross country teams traveled to Ketchikan last weekend for their final regular season meet before the much anticipated Regionals in Juneau this weekend. The Vikings continued to clock lower times, and 12 of 17 runners ran Personal Record's (PR's). Head coach Tom Thompson was pleased with the excellent performance of his roster from top to bottom. Senior Maura Moyer was among the many runners setting PR's over the weekend. Junior Mariah Taylor set a PR by breaking the 24 minute mark...
Petersburg swim teams headed to the Ketchikan Invitational last weekend, and there were no signs of slowing down since their home meet in Petersburg. If anything, Viking swimmers took the time off to improve their conditioning and the hard work paid off. Both squads placed third in the team standings for the weekend, and head coach Andy Carlisle was pleased with the efforts of everyone. “We had a good showing at Ketchikan,” Carlisle says. “We raced a lot better than we did two weeks earlier and looked much more fit.” Carlisle says he was especi...
KETCHIKAN (AP) — A tour boat company based in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is considering running a weekly ferry service to Ketchikan next summer. Owners of West Coast Launch and its subsidiary, Prince Rupert Adventure Tours, Debbie and Doug Davis said they are interested in making trips to Alaska next year, especially as the Alaska Marine Highway Service reduces service, The Ketchikan Daily News reports. Debbie Davis said at the Southeast Conference on Wednesday that as the Alaska Ferry system drops from twice-a-week service in the s...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — The owners of two marijuana delivery services and the owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club in Anchorage have been charged with drug crimes for the delivery and possession of marijuana. Undercover officers made multiple marijuana purchases from each business before charging them with misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth-degree, a felony, and in the fifth-degree, a misdemeanor, according to the Alaska Dispatch News. “We wanted there to be a clear message that for the marijuana industry, you need to follow the...
The local Rotary Club had a special guest at their weekly lunch meeting last Wednesday when District Governor Brad Gamble stopped by. Among the chief responsibilities for Gamble as district governor is to oversee all of Alaska and Yukon territories, and pay a visit to each club in the district during his year in the position. Gamble has been a part of Rotary for 10 years, and all club members, including leadership positions are unpaid volunteers. He says Rotary International and district funds financially help support his travel expenses, but...
Catches for Alaska’s premier crab fisheries in the Bering Sea could take a dip this year based on results from the annual summer surveys. The annual report by NOAA Fisheries called “The Eastern Bering Sea Continental Shelf Bottom Trawl Survey: Results from Commercial Crab Species” (long dubbed the ‘crab map’) shows tables reflecting big drops over the past year in abundance of legal sized males for both snow crab and red king crab at Bristol Bay. (Only legal males are allowed to be retained for sale.) But there is a bright side -- both stoc...
Ivo Walter Duvall, 96, passed away September 13, 2015. He was born in Orting, Wash. on February 3, 1919 to Charles Oscar and Drusie Ethel Duvall. A survivor of the flu pandemic, he grew up in Petersburg, Alaska and served in the U.S. Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during WWII. He was a resident of Kinnelon, N.J. for 48 years. He was bright and talented and adept in so many ways. Having grown up in Depression era Alaska and being a native pioneer, he could cook, bake bread, knit,... Full story
Following their annual meeting last week in Prince Rupert, the Southeast Conference (SEC) will be going back to their transportation lobbying roots. The organization was formed in 1958 to lobby for a regional transportation system—now known as the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS)—and members are coming together once again to address needed changes to that system. A resolution was passed at last week’s meeting to restore the Transportation Board of the SEC, which will push during the upcoming legislative session to change the Marine Trans...
It all started on a bar napkin. After purchasing their corner lot on 14th Street, Kyle Roundtree and Jody Aulbach just started drawing it all out. The plan started with the kitchen. "We knew we wanted something that was very accommodating to having friends over, because we love to entertain and do dinners," said Aulbach. "I love to cook and Kyle does too." And so it began. After the bar napkin came the graph paper. Aulbach started sketching her dream kitchen, complete with islands and bars....
Preserving the local bounty harvested from the sea or the land, from the wild or from one's garden, is a great way to ensure you eat well over the winter months when markedly less is growing and the waters grow less enticing for a day out fishing. Much knowledge-from smoking salmon to canning berry jellies and jams-is passed on through friends and family who treasure and guard their secret recipes. For those wanting to try their hand at food preservation, there's another resource available to...
Upon entering Casey Knight's newly built home, visitors are greeted with a flood of natural light entering from a wall of west-facing windows and a sense of spaciousness created by high vaulted ceilings. The design of the space follows and allows for the uninhibited flow of Knight's daily routine, with the master bedroom and bath, kitchen, dining room and laundry all available on the main floor. In an upstairs loft used as a sitting area and library, the same wall of west-facing windows frames...
Many are familiar with the image of a homeowner being greeted by their dog's wagging tail or their feline's purr upon arriving home, but increasingly people are being greeted by feathered friends as well. Laying hens, and the occasional rooster, have become increasingly popular in Petersburg in recent years. They straddle the line between pets and livestock, providing fresh eggs to their owners but also entertainment, companionship and life lessons. Despite having a tiny backyard, the Case...
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