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The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public input on proposed cabin projects in Alaska made possible through funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Of the $18 million allocated to the Forest Service for recreation cabins and historic buildings, $14.4 million will go toward cabin projects on the Tongass and Chugach National Forests. Over 50 cabin projects have been proposed across Alaska. And though only a handful will be funded, projects in the Petersburg and Wrangell Ranger...
The Petersburg School District board unanimously voted to revise its FY23 budget during its Oct. 11 meeting to account for $262,000 in one-time funding allocated to the district by the Alaska Legislature. The one-time funding will make up for cuts to activities, instruction, and support line items made when the budget was first adopted in June-before the legislature approved the funding. The initial budget did not include the $262,000 in one-time funding and was also based on a district student...
Stedman Elementary School students got an education in fire safety last week from members of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department who visited the school to give demonstrations and show instructional videos. The Learn Not to Burn program has been on hiatus for the last couple of years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students were able to visit the fire station for some instruction last year, but this was the first time since the pandemic that PVFD members have been back in the school as...
October 20, 1922 – Considerable excitement in a quiet way has been caused by the announcement of a discovery of nickel on Baranof Island near Snipe Bay by Arthur Hofstad, young son of I. M. Hofstad of Scow Bay. The deposit was found accidentally by the young fellow while hunting and it is claimed that a seventy-foot ledge was found. Engineers in the employ of the Granby Company are now on the ground looking into the report and it is understood that a bond will be arranged if the ledge shows any promise. October 17, 1947 – Some old-timers amo...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly voted 6-1 to approve an ordinance adjusting the borough's FY23 budget in its second reading during Monday's meeting with Assembly Member Thomas Fine-Walsh opposed. The assembly unanimously approved of two amendments during the second reading of Ordinance #2022-15. The first, proposed by Assembly Member Bob Lynn, would create a new special revenue fund to account for $1,006,800 million allocated to the borough in new American Rescue Plan Act funding. Finance...
October 12 – An alarm activated at Pump Station #8. Water Wastewater (WW/W) was notified and responded. Austin Strickland was arrested for alleged Violation of Conditions of Release. A citizen reported losing property near the crane dock. A complainant reported garbage being drug onto their property from elsewhere. They are unsure if it was by an animal or human. There was a minor vehicular accident on North Nordic Drive. PPD assisted a citizen at Rocky Point. October 13 – An alarm activated at Pump Station #2. W/WW was notified and res...
September 20 In the Trial Court at Juneau, Superior Court Judge Marianna Carpenetti presided over the sentencing in State of Alaska v. Jeremy Burns. For the count of criminal trespass a sentence was handed down of 12 days jail with 8 suspended; for the count of theft the sentence was 60 days jail with 60 suspended, with all other counts dismissed. The defendant is ordered to have no contact with the relevant building in Petersburg. The sentence also includes police and jail surcharges. October 4, 2022 In the Petersburg District Court,...
PETERSBURG, AK-At East Ohmer Creek, 22 miles south of Petersburg, Alaska, is a tree believed to be the largest left on Mitkof Island. Forest Service Fish Biologist Eric Castro said foresters estimate the tree, which grew on a once-rich floodplain, is around 600 years old. "Those giant pumpkins are what used to grow in this type of environment," Castro said. That tree stands in contrast to those that have grown around it over the last 60 years, which have reached four to eight inches in diameter...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly voted unanimously during its Oct. 17 meeting to nominate Assembly Member Dave Kensinger and Chelsea Tremblay to a new housing task force formed by the Alaska Municipal League (AML). The task force is seeking nominations from member communities and it will also have a child care subgroup. According to a Nils Andreassen, the executive director of AML, the goal of the task force is to gather information from members about their housing challenges and collaborate on...
This year’s Alaska general election absentee ballot is a hefty document, weighing in between 1.1 and 1.2 ounces. If it were an ordinary letter, that’s weighty enough to need two stamps. But if voters forget, officials at the Alaska Division of Elections and the U.S. Postal Service say this year’s absentee ballots will still be carried — and counted — with just one stamp. “If a return ballot is nevertheless entered into the mailstream with insufficient or unpaid postage, it is the Postal Service’s policy not to delay the delivery of completed... Full story
The Sound Science Research Collective returned to Five Finger Lighthouse again in the summer of 2022. And earlier this month they shared some results from their 2019 field season in an online presentation for the Five Finger Lighthouse Society by Dr. Leanna Matthews, detailing their playback study with humpback whales. "Usually when people think about whale song, they think about humpback song, but song is not the only thing they do. Song is produced on the breeding grounds, on those lower...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team traveled to Haines last weekend for its first test of the season. The invitational consisted mostly of round robin matches which offered students multiple bouts against a range of opponents. Coach James Valentine said the focus of the competition was to give students as many good matches as possible against Haines, Ketchikan, Thunder Mountain, Hoonah, and Skagway. There was, however, some time Saturday evening for the famed spotlight matches which...
Aleutian Airways has announced that it will be launching a scheduled flight service between Dutch Harbor and Anchorage beginning Nov. 16 according to a release from the airline. The new air service will initially offer daily roundtrip flights Monday through Friday. Flights from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor are scheduled to depart at 7:15 a.m. and arrive at 9:45 a.m. while return flights are scheduled to depart Dutch Harbor at 10:45 a.m. and arrive in Anchorage at 1 p.m. Aleutian Airways, powered...
War and famine in the 1800's influenced Chinese immigration to North America. Soon their ranks swelled the cannery workforce, as they accepted lower wages due to financial desperation. In 1903, as anti-Chinese sentiment was building, the "Iron Chink" was invented for cutting and gutting fish. Edward Smith chose a name for his machine that reflected the negative attitudes of the time. While skilled workers could cut and gut six fish a minute, the "Iron Chink" could process dozens, thereby...
