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There wasn't an oval to fill in or a write-in candidate to name, but voters helped make a decision for a man in the middle of one of the most talked-about issues in Petersburg. Karl Hagerman withdrew his name from consideration for the electric department's top position, dealing a blow to the borough manager's plan to restructure Power & Light. Since May, Manager Steve Giesbrecht planned to make Hagerman director of the electrical department. The reorganization would have reportedly saved the...
A cancer awareness organization in Petersburg is hosting a race this weekend and a poker tournament the next, both to raise funds for hospital equipment, travel costs, counseling and education to those affected by cancer. "People don't realize there is help available," said Michele Parker, the committee chair of Beat the Odds, which raised more than $31,000 from last year's run and the Circle of Life event in April. Beat the Odds will hold its 18th annual local race on Saturday, its first event...
The staff of the Petersburg Pilot brought home top honors from the National Newspaper Association when the paper was named first place in the General Excellence category for weekly newspapers with circulation of 3,000 or less. The judge noted: “An all around good read, with something for everyone. I could tell that if I were to put all of the back issues of the Pilot together in chronological order, I’d have an excellent history of Petersburg. The layout is pleasing and complements the content without overwhelming it.” Editions from June 2, Ju...
October 12, 1917 – Olaf Arness made a business trip the first of the week to Ketchikan, where he was called to confer with Robert B. McClary, of the signal corps, U.S.A. Mr. McClary stated that it is essential that the government get all of the aeroplane spruce in the country, and he was anxious to learn of the condition and prospects for operating the big mill at Petersburg. Mr Arness was able to give assurance that the mill will be running next spring. October 09, 1942 – A new course in First Ade is being taught in the Senior High School und...
The Petersburg School Board on Tuesday echoed a statement by the governor of Alaska that proclaimed October 2017 as the month to recognize school principals. Mara Lutomski, who was appointed to president of the school board in a meeting Wednesday, read from Gov. Bill Walker's proclamation to make this October as principals and assistant principals month. "We encourage all Alaskan's to recognize the invaluable contributions of Alaska's principals and assistant principals," Lutomski read, " ......
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities started repainting white and yellow stripes Tuesday on Haugen Drive and Mitkof Highway. There is still wet paint on Haugen Drive where crews started the work, along with Mitkof Highway just past Papke’s Landing. Aurah Landau with the department said the paint in use is not drying as fast as it was intended to. An investigation into the paint is underway, and in the meantime, drivers are asked to follow the signage on the paint trucks and notice the markings along the impacted roads. ...
Some readers have suggested that this newspaper make exceptions to the public record. A retired doctor from the Virginia Mason Medical Center stated our report of a lawsuit brought against local doctors and the Petersburg Medical Center should not have been printed until the lawsuit was settled. In another case, WAVE representatives told us the names of those seeking protective orders should be omitted from our reports. Neither can happen. Because we are a newspaper, we print the public record. Legally, it defines our purpose as a...
Ashlin Larsen from University of Washington School of Medicine will be at the Petersburg Medical Center for her third year Family Medicine Clerkship. She will be here until November 3. Ashlin received a major in Biology and minor in Chemistry from University of Oregon. She was born in Anchorage, Alaska and has also lived in Eugene, Oregon. She has travelled to the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Spain, Italy, Canada, and multiple US states. Her interests include running, hiking, kayaking, and...
Oct. 4 — A patrol request was made at S. 4.5 St. Police were provided drug information. Criminal mischief was reported at the Airport Access Road. A gate was damaged. Police responded to a civil matter at an undisclosed location. A disabled vehicle was reported on S. Nordic Dr. Police received a parking complaint in the vicinity of Petersburg Motors. Oct. 5 — Ramona M. Brooks, 45, was cited for expired registration and liability insurance required. Meredith M. Spears, 39, was cited for unauthorized parking on Dock St. A death was reported to...
The Borough Assembly on Friday certified results of the Petersburg Borough Municipal Election. Borough Clerk Debbie Thompson counted nine additional absentee ballots, bringing the total to 1,168 in the election. Races Mayor • Mark Jensen: 640 • Cindi Lagoudakis: 496 Assembly, two seats filled • Jeff Meucci: 530 • Brandi Marohl: 512 • Bob Lynn: 459 • Will Ware: 321 • Richard Burke: 154 • Ken Hamilton: 105 School Board, two seats filled • Sarah Pawuk Holmgrain: 931 • Janine Gibbons (write in): 211 • Meredith Evens (write in): 180 Hospital Boa...
With one weekend to go in the 2017 moose hunting season, numbers were approaching 100 as of Tuesday. Ninety-five bull moose had been reported by hunters in the Petersburg-Wrangell management area, only seven of which have been confiscated due to noncompliance with local antler restrictions. “It seems like a nice, lower number of illegals,” Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist Rich Lowell said of the year. Typically about 10 percent of the total harvest is deemed illegal by management officials, making this year’s slightly bette...
The Petersburg Cross Country team was recognized at the high school on Tuesday for its performance at the regional and state meets. The boys and girls both qualified for the ASAA Division II, 1A, 2A and 3A State Championship meet in Anchorage two weeks ago. That's the second time in four years both teams made it and the third time in about two decades, said Tommy Thompson, the head coach. Of the 14 teams in division two, the boys' team placed ninth. The girls' team finished in fourth place among...
The assembly approved a stipend increase last week for 13 officers of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department. Excluding the fire chief, each officer received $20 more in their monthly stipend, equaling $3,120 in additional funds a year. The officers include: two assistant fire chiefs, two fire captains, three fire lieutenants, one SAR captain, two SAR lieutenants, one EMS captain and two EMS lieutenants....
State troopers arrested a Kake man last week after he sat in a Chevrolet pickup truck and allegedly sprayed semi-automatic gunfire into a construction site trailer with eight people inside, leaving no one hospitalized or shot. Jacob Hallingstad, 46, was arrested on Thursday in connection to the shooting in Kake. Nine charges were doled to him at a felony first hearing in Petersburg over the weekend, to which he teleconferenced from the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. Sgt. Nicholas Zito with the Alaska State Troopers filed a report...
The summer months in Petersburg were cool and packed with nearly 30 inches of rain, leading into a winter season that forecasters are hard-pressed to calculate. Petersburg felt the third rainiest summer on record, placed behind 2014 and 2015, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau. The average temperatures ranked toward the middle, with cooler highs and warmer lows – a perfect recipe for about 28 inches of rainfall from June through August. As for winter, and predicting its weather, forecasters say it could be warm, cold, snowy o...
WRANGELL — Eleven Wrangell high school students took part in a two-day workshop, enabling their certification to conduct fishing vessel drills. Secondary schools principal Bill Schwan explained the 18-hour instructional course was provided through a grant with Alaska Marine Safety Education Association, a Sitka-based organization which provides marine safety training for a variety of nautical activities across the country. Its Coast Guard-approved fishing vessel drill conductor trainings focus on safety issues pertinent to commercial f...
WRANGELL - Finalized designs to replace existing facilities at Shoemaker Bay Harbor have been greenlighted by the Wrangell Assembly. Built by the state in 1977, management of the harbor and responsibility for its upkeep were devolved to the city in 2003. The wood-and-iron floats have since reached the limits of their useful life, and plans to replace them with a more modern design have been in the works for several years. A design for new floating facilities and a dredging of the harbor was put...
First the bad news. Stakeholders were stunned to learn that surveys yielded the lowest numbers ever for Pacific cod in the federally managed waters of the Gulf of Alaska, meaning from three to 200 miles offshore. Seafood.com was the first to report the bad news as the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting got underway last week in Anchorage. Fisheries biologist Steve Barbeaux of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle said the summer survey, done every other year, revealed that the cod year classes for 2012 and 2013 appeared...
Standing in front of nine fourth graders and a lettuce patch, Christina Sargent began her instructions: "They are tools, not toys," she said, signaling to a pair of garden scissors. "May I please use the big, fat scissors?" asked one fourth grader, who took a black pair and began snipping lettuce from the elementary school garden in Petersburg. It was close to noon on Wednesday, the middle of National School Lunch Week, and K-5th graders were about to participate in "Harvest Soup Day." They had...
An Alaskan campaign to protect fish from harmful mine runoff is not anti mining, it just wants a seat at the table, and the Petersburg Assembly agreed last week. The assembly approved a resolution in support of the enforcement of the Boundary Waters Treaty in the Southeast Alaska and British Columbia transboundary region. Salmon Beyond Borders has been touring Southeast Alaska, coaxing local governments to support a resolution to protect against pollution from mines, said Melanie Brown, a coordinator with the group. Brown said the organization...
An electrical component on the Pilot printing press failed on Thursday morning, causing a delay in delivery of the paper to our customers this week. This week's paper will be printed by a Seattle printer on Thursday afternoon, and is expected to arrive on the morning Alaska Airlines flight to Petersburg on Saturday. Thank you to our customers for your patience as we deal with this unexpected delay... Full story
