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The borough assembly approved an ordinance in its first reading last week that would transfer $194,695 from the wastewater fund to the Scow Bay Pump Station One project to offset the remaining cost not covered by a $550,000 loan from the state. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation approved the borough's loan for $550,000 to be applied to the project, but that amount wasn't enough to cover the entire cost of the project, according to Utility Director Karl Hagerman. The lowest bid...
The Petersburg Borough has collect roughly $38,000 in marine passenger fees, with a possible $11,000 still to be collected, said Finance Director Jody Tow at an assembly meeting last week. The assembly approved the marine passenger fee in February of last year, which collects a $5 fee from cruise ship passengers that visit the borough. It came into effect in 2019, and all but one cruise ship has submitted their marine passenger fees, which total to about $38,000. The borough had originally...
Petersburg Medical Center Controller Rocio Tereja reported to the board of directors last week that although the hospital was up by four percent in net operating revenue, total operating expenses were 10 percent above budget. "During the month of September, we did not achieve our budget," said Tereja. PMC had anticipated bringing in $1,391,250 in revenue last month, but a busy inpatient department brought the net operating revenue to $1,456,192. The increase in operating revenue for the month...
October 31, 1919 Dr. Dickinson, arrived from Ketchikan early this week on the U. S. Forestry boat Than. He was sent to Petersburg by Governor Riggs, who received word that several cases of smallpox had been reported to him. As there has been no physician here for some time it was necessary to get one at once. Dr Dickinson, is a Marine Surgeon, and will be in Petersburg until the epidemic subsides. So far five cases have been reported by the board of health. October 27, 1944 A 4-H Baking Club for the girls was organized this week. The...
The Petersburg Rotary Club is leading fundraising efforts to replace the playground at Sandy Beach Park with a larger, more modern playground that would appeal to children of all ages. The goal is to raise about half of the money for the playground, and then apply for grants to cover the rest of the costs, said Glo Wollen, one of three women who are spearheading the fundraising. The project has an estimated cost of about $120,000 and so far, they have raised $28,200 in less than two months. The...
This year's salmon harvest came in below expectations in Southeast Alaska with a particularly bad chum salmon run, but the Dungeness crab fishery kept cannery crews and fishermen busy. "It was a below average harvest for all species of salmon," said Troy Thynes, regional management coordinator for commercial fisheries with Alaska Fish and Game. The coho salmon harvest came in at 1,673,000 in Southeast Alaska, while districts six and eight, the two districts around Mitkof Island and north of...
There is no Police Report this week because the Petersburg Police Department has been overwhelmed and did not have time to put together a Media Report for the Pilot, according to Police Chief Jim Kerr. A Police Report is expected to be in next week’s paper....
Alaska Wildlife Troopers on Prince of Wales Island received a report on Oct. 15 that Michael Howard, 33, of Klawock, had shot a deer inside the city limits of Klawock. AWT responded and the investigation showed that Howard had been driving through the Mary Jackson Subdivision in Klawock when he observed a doe on the side of the road. Howard drove up alongside the doe and shot it in the head with a .177 pellet gun. Howard then fled the scene and hid the pellet gun before later returning in a separate vehicle to attempt to load the deer and take...
Damon Bell-Holter, formerly of the Boston Celtics, was in Petersburg last week to empower the students in the Petersburg District by promoting leadership and communication. Bell-Holter spent three days meeting with students during their physical education classes and lunch periods. On Oct. 25, Bell-Holter held an assembly for the students in fifth through eighth grade. He spoke about a need for the students to reach out to each other to understand what the other is going through and why they do...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team won three of their six matches at the first seeding tournament by defeating their opponents in the first three sets of the match this past weekend. All seven teams in the conference played each other in the seeding tournament in Skagway. The Vikings are ranked fourth overall in the conference, but a second seeding tournament in two weeks could change that. First up against the Vikings in the tournament was Craig. Petersburg lost the match, winning only...
WRANGELL - SEARHC, the medical provider that recently took over management of the Wrangell Medical Center and is currently overseeing construction of a new hospital, held a talk Monday, Oct. 21, on diabetes and traditional foods. The talk was lead by Kelly Lakin, a diabetes educator with SEARHC. Diabetes is a disease that occurs when one's blood sugar is too high, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Insulin is a hormone that the body produces to tra...
They are certainly cute but the voracious appetites of sea otters continue to cause horrendous damage to some of Southeast Alaska’s most lucrative fisheries. How best to curtail those impacts will be the focus of a day long stakeholders meeting set for November 6 in Juneau. “All of the people who have anything to do with the otters hopefully will all be in the same room at the same time,” said Phil Doherty, co-director of the Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association (SARDFA) based in Ketchikan. A 2011 report by the McDowell Group...
Frederick “Rick” Magill died on September 27, 2019. On Fri., Nov. 1 at 2 pm, there will be a graveside service at the Petersburg Memorial Cemetery followed by a celebration of life at the Magill family home at 117 Skylark Way. An obituary will be published at a later date. Willi Herff passed away quietly on Oct. 24, 2019 at Petersburg Medical Center. A short graveside service will be held on Nov. 9, 2019 at 12:00 noon. A celebration of life will follow at 12:30 pm at the Sons of Norway Hall on Sing Lee Alley. An obituary will be published at... Full story
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A study by a military behavioral health team has failed to pinpoint definitive reasons for soldier suicides at Fort Wainwright, but it found possible risk factors. A report obtained by KTVF-TV outlines steps taken by the team that responded to the post after U.S. Rep. Don Young asked for medical professionals to examine the situation. The review took place between March and September. Since May 2018, nine Fort Wainwright soldiers have died in cases not attributed to accident or other known cause. Four have been c...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Backers of a proposed ballot measure calling for ranked-choice voting in statewide elections should be allowed to begin signature gathering, a judge has decided. The state plans to appeal the ruling. Superior Court Judge Yvonne Lamoureux in Anchorage found the application should have been certified and that the Division of Elections should let supporters begin gathering signatures to try to qualify the measure for the ballot, reported the Anchorage Daily News. Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, following advice from Attorney General K...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended its deadline to review numerous comments submitted for a draft environmental review of the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. Assistant Secretary of the Army R.D. James extended Thursday's deadline to Feb. 28 to consider comments, including those from the Environmental Protection Agency and to draft a preliminary final environmental impact statement. In a letter to the EPA, James says the corps, the EPA and others will meet soon to resolve outstanding i...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Opponents of oil drilling in America's largest wildlife refuge have a message for oil drillers and the people who finance them: Don't become the company known for the demise of America's polar bears. The Department of the Interior hopes to conduct a lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by the end of the year but environmental groups say they will challenge those plans in federal court and the court of public opinion. “We will not tolerate the administration's brazen attempt to paper over the impacts of thi...
