Sorted by date Results 1 - 19 of 19
This year’s moose hunt is the third highest harvest on record with a total of 85 animals taken from the region. The highest record was in 2009 with 108 moose being harvested and the second was in 2011 with 88 moose taken. Rich Lowell, Area Wildlife Biologist for Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said the majority of moose are taken during the first two weeks of the hunt, which was the case this year as well. Forty-six moose were taken during the first half of the hunt while 39 were taken d... Full story
The Petersburg High School wrestling team won the invitational tournament it hosted last weekend. Eleven schools from across Southeast attended the round robin tournament. Petersburg head coach Dan van Swearingen said his team out-pinned its opponents. “Our team pinned all night and that’s why we had such high scores,” Van Swearingen said. “We were pinning machines.” DJ Toyomura, Bill Ware, Logan Turcott and Kaleb Simbahon all went undefeated over the weekend. Van Swearingen said a highlight... Full story
President and CEO of United Way of Southeast Alaska, Wayne Stevens, is in Petersburg for the next several days to encourage businesses to take part in its Workplace Campaign. “We’ve added Petersburg as one of our communities where we have an agency representation so we want to try and engage the community,” Stevens said. The Workplace Campaign is a program that local businesses can implement. It gives employees the chance to donate a certain amount out of their paychecks each year. “Philanthropy is not the amount you give,” Stevens said. “Ph... Full story
At its latest advisory board review hearing, the borough assembly voted to retain the Harbor advisory board as an elected body. The board review hearings come after several assembly members questioned the efficiency and viability of advisory boards and committees. Steve Giesbrecht, Borough Manager, said in an earlier interview many board members remain in place for several years and if and when they do leave it’s sometimes difficult to find replacements. “Good government involves a lot of input from its citizens,” Giesbrecht said. “If you hav...
October 11, 1913 – The progressive Sons of Norway have decided to carry into execution a plan which can result only to the benefit of all the residents of our little town. It is planned to open their hall to all the local lodges as a “Club Room.” To that end, it is proposed that every member of any lodge will have the privilege of joining the club by paying an initiation fee of one dollar, and fifty cents per month thereafter. This will entitle the members to all the privileges afforded by the spacious hall and all the amusements there...
The Petersburg Borough approved a resolution urging Governor Sean Parnell and the Alaska legislature to increase transportation funding across the state. The Alaska Municipal League, or AML, is urging municipalities across Alaska to request increases in transportation funding. AML is a statewide nonprofit organization representing 140 cities, boroughs and unified municipalities that aims to influence state and federal decision-making. The AML drafted its own resolution that asks for a local match component for state funded transportation grants...
October 16 Gina Stafford was found not guilty on a charge of Driving Under the Influence. The defendant entered a plea of guilty to violating conditions of release. The court sentenced Stafford to 90 days in jail with 90 days suspended and no consumption of alcohol or be in an establishment where alcohol is the primary item for sale. October 14 William Smith appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell on charges of Domestic Violence Assault in the 4th degree. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty. A trial call was set. He was released on a...
October 9 A caller reported a vehicle in a ditch. An officer was notified that a bear had gotten into the caller’s trash on Kings Row. A caller reported an individual driving without a license. Mark S Roberts, 55, was issued a citation for No Proof of Insurance. Ian M Fitts, 16, was issued a citation for No Proof of Insurance. October 10 A caller reported two abandoned vehicles. Police were notified of a possible attempted burglary on North Nordic Drive. Police determined the suspicion was unfounded. Anthony Curtiss, 18, issued a citation f...
The dredge material coming from areas near Icicle and Ocean Beauty Seafoods is dryer and more in line with what the borough was expecting. The material, originally meant for use as scrap metal capping at the landfill, was too slurry for the application forcing borough officials to create a rock berm to contain the watery dredge spoils. Karl Hagerman, Public Works Director, said the new material is holding up well on slopes. “Both materials are helping the situation at the landfill and are m...
The Petersburg Vikings volleyball teams traveled to Sitka for conference games and Juneau for a tournament last week. Head Coach Jaime Cabral said although the girls didn’t win last Wednesday’s and Thursday’s conference games, they had every game in their hands. The team held the lead several times and the each game was close. The varsity team headed to Juneau and won games against Sitka, Ketchikan and Thunder Mountain during the tournament. “All of a sudden the tides have turned and I think the switch clicked on for our girls,” Cabral sa...
The Viking Swim Club competed in Sitka’s October Splash Meet last weekend. Coach Andy Carlisle commented that for only having one month of practice it was a good meet. Many kids swam their best times. Top performers: Van Abbott placed 1st and 2nd and got best times. Alyssa Guthrie placed 1st and 2nd in her events. Amanda Worhatch earned first place in all five of her events....
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska’s multimillion-dollar red king crab season opened Tuesday, but most of the participating boats remained at dock because federal managers who are supposed to set individual fishing quotas are among workers still furloughed in the government’s partial shutdown. Only boats representing a tiny fraction of the total harvest will be heading out into the Bering Sea. For that community development program, quotas are assigned by the state, with only seven vessels signed up to fish as of Tuesday. Crabbers in the much large...
SITKA (AP) — The commander of the Coast Guard vessel Maple in Southeast Alaska has been temporarily removed from command because of a “lack of confidence,” an agency spokesman said. Lt. Cmdr. Fred Seaton was removed Oct. 1 after officials received reports of problems on board, KCAW reported Monday. Seaton has served as commander of the Sitka-based cutter since June 2012. Coast Guard spokesman Kip Wadlow said the agency began an investigation last month following reports of a “poor command climate.” While the investigation continues, prelimina...
As expected, Alaska’s 2013 salmon catch is one for the record books. Early tallies by state fishery managers show that fishermen caught 272 million salmon this summer, smashing the previous record of 221 salmon in 2005. The fishery was powered by a whopping catch of 219 million pinks. In terms of money, the preliminary harvest value of $691 ranks second to the $724 million of 1988, called an “outlier” season by salmon managers. They also predict that once all post season bonuses and price adjustments are determined by salmon processors, the 2...
HONOLULU (AP) — Humpback whales have begun arriving in Hawaii waters for mating season. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday that two whales were spotted Oct. 4 off Maui and two more were sighted last week. The first whales were reported by crew from a sailing charter and from a Pacific Whale Foundation vessel. Melissa Glennon, spokeswoman for Kai Kanani Sailing Charters, said one of the Oct. 4 sightings was of a young whale. She said crew members and passengers saw a couple of spouts from the mammal before it did a fluke-up dive, s...
Jonathan Ryan Eder was born on October 11, 2013 at 2:17am. He weighed 7lbs. 5oz. and was 19 inches long. He was born to Jeanne and David Eder in Longview, Texas....
Peg Merrigan passed away on October 9, 2013 at age ninety after a life of bringing love, service and good spirit to her family, church and all whom she met along the way. Her graciousness and sense of humor will be missed by all who knew her. She was a rare individual and one of the nicest persons you could ever meet. She was an avid reader with an inquiring mind and possessed an encyclopedic memory, qualities that served her to her final day. She was born February 17, 1923 in Philadelphia, PA to her parents Joseph and Margaret Eagan Miller... Full story
WRANGELL — Local U.S. Forest Service employees express frustration with the ongoing government shutdown this week. The Wrangell Unit of the Tongass National Forest has been closed for 15 days following negotiations between the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives and the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate Oct. 1. The office’s 28 employees have been instructed call a 1-800 phone number each day to determine whether the office will be reopened, according to Forest Service Ranger Bob Dalrymple. Dalrymple himself and one other per...
