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Ocean Beauty Seafoods has put its Petersburg cannery and bunkhouse up for sale with an asking price of $3,390,000, according to a real estate agent with the Carlton Smith Company, which is a commercial real estate agency based in Juneau. The facility has been on the market for about 10 days, according to an agent. He declined to comment on whether or not any offers have been made. The Ocean Beauty Seafood properties include a production area, storage space, a machine shop and bunkhouse for a total of 65,678 square feet, according to the...
At a hospital board meeting on Oct. 24, board members motioned to approve Petersburg Medical Center’s strategic plan for the fiscal years 2019 through 2023. “I’d like to get the document approved, so we can operationalize some of the priorities,” said PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter at the board meeting. The motion was later withdrawn after issues with the strategic plan’s clarity were brought up. One issue was that the strategic plan seemed to make the hospital separate from the borough. PMC CFO Doran Hammett said that the hospital is a component...
The results of an audit conducted on the Petersburg Medical Center were presented at a board meeting last week showing that a high standard of internal control of financial reporting and compliance to laws and regulations were being kept. “That’s really a testament to everyone in the hospital,” said PMC CFO Doran Hammett at a hospital board meeting on Oct. 24. “There’s nobody in the hospital that doesn't affect the finance in some way. Either you’re in the revenue generating department or you’re in the department that spends money. There...
November 8, 1918 The proclamation issued by the Health Board is as follows: 1. In order to prevent the deadly disease known as the Spanish Influenza from spreading, every person must absolutely comply with the orders and instructions issued by the Health Board.; 2. Keep to yourselves as much as possible, and avoid contact with other persons. Keep your children at home. Do not group on the street. Keep away from the docks when steamships and gas-boats land.; 3. Transact your business and duties with speed and spend no time visiting.; 4. All...
The Petersburg Medical Center has invested just under $1.5 million in three United States Treasury Bills with a yield rate of over 2 percent after board approval was given at last month’s hospital board meeting. The treasury bills will each mature throughout 2019 and reach $500,000 each. Those with a later mature date cost the hospital less, said PMC CFO Doran Hammett at the hospital board meeting on Oct. 24. All of the hospitals investments have a combined total annual interest of $51,853.21, which Hammett said could cover most of the cost o...
Sealaska and Petersburg Indian Association are holding a sea otter skin sewing class from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3 to give native Alaskans the opportunity to become closer to their roots. "Alaskan natives have been working with marine mammal fur since time immemorial," said Marcus Gho, a contractor with Sealaska who will be teaching the class. "It's a good opportunity to learn a little more and strengthen our identity." Participants in the class will work with the pelts to sew items like hats and...
Don’t miss the Tues., Nov. 6 meeting in the Assembly Chambers to discuss the impacts of cruise ship passengers on our community at 5:30 p.m. Petersburg has welcomed summer visitors since the 1960s and before that hunters and sport fishermen made less frequent visits to the ‘burg. Even today, Petersburg attracts guests because we’re, “off the map,” and are able to maintain our small working-town atmosphere. Despite the laments of a few, Petersburg businesses have grown the visitor industry into a viable part of the local economy. We all benefit...
Petersburg, and the rest of House District 35, which encompasses central Southeast Alaska, will be voting on candidates for United States representatives, State Representatives, governor and one ballot measure in Alaska’s general election on Nov. 6. Alyse S. Galvin (U) is running for Alaska’s United State representative as the Alaska Democratic Party nominee even though she has not declared an affiliation with a political party and is running undeclared. Running against her as the Alaska Republic Party nominee is incumbent Don Young (R). For...
October 24 — Individuals on S. Nordic Dr. were warned for camping illegally. On Fram St., an attempted fraud was reported to authorities. An abandoned car at Middle Boat Harbor was impounded. A burglar alarm went off at a business on N. Nordic Dr. It was determined to be a false alarm. A bike was reported stolen on Fram St. An extortion attempt was made and reported to authorities. Two individuals were found trespassing in South Boat Harbor. An individual was camping illegally on 2nd St. near the Petersburg Public Library and later left the a...
Five Petersburg High School swimmers will be competing in the state swim and dive meet this weekend in Anchorage after qualifying at the regional meet this past weekend at home. "It went really well," said head coach Andy Carlisle. "It's hard to be the host and try to keep everything going and still coach the kids. I had a lot of good help." Preliminaries were held on Friday to determine who would be part of the A and B teams for each event on Saturday. The top six in each event were placed in...
Petersburg High School’s varsity volleyball team competed in its first seeding tournament winning four out of six games October 19-20. On Friday, Petersburg defeated both Skagway and Klawock. The game against Skagway went for three matches with Petersburg winning 25-10, 26-24 and 25-13. “Friday's game against a very good Klawock team pushed us to the limit,” said head coach Jaime Cabral. “We found ourselves up 2 games to 1 and in the 4th set down 24-19. Kaili Simbahon assisted in serving us to win the game 26-24 in an exciting game.” Petersbur...
In their second meet of the season, the Petersburg wrestling team came in fifth place at the Ketchikan meet over the weekend. “We had overall a better weekend than we had here,” said head coach Daniel Van Swearingen. “The guys that we brought wrestled tougher. We didn’t put ourselves in as many bad situations as we did here. Overall, I’d say our team is getting better as our season progresses.” Wrangell was the only 2A school that was ahead of Petersburg, which is in the same division. Over the past couple years, Craig has always been placin...
(Sitka) – Due to concerns about low elk numbers, from 2008-2012 the elk hunting season on Zarembo Island was closed by emergency order. In 2013, following several consecutive years of emergency closures, the board took similar regulatory action, closing Zarembo Island to elk hunting. In a related action, and due to concerns about hunters "bootlegging" elk off of Zarembo and claiming to have harvested them elsewhere in Unit 3 during the General Season elk hunt (Aug. 1−Dec. 31, one elk), the boa...
“With fisheries, it’s almost the forgotten resource of our state as an economic driver. It’s almost like they are an afterthought. We have to realign that,” said Mark Begich, Democratic candidate for Alaska governor, as we readied for an interview during his trip to Kodiak last week. Begich came to Kodiak despite the cancelled fisheries debate caused by a no show by his Republican opponent, Mike Dunleavy, who has not responded to requests to share his ideas and vision for Alaska’s oldest industry. “I think it’s appalling,” Begich said. “I...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Rosann Marie Dunham. At the age of 63, Rose succumbed after a long fight with cancer. She left peacefully with her children at her side in Silverdale, Washington on September 25, 2018. Rose was born August 2nd, 1955 to John and Margaret Smida in Beufort, South Carolina. Rose was the oldest of seven children in a military family and grew up helping her mother raise her younger siblings. The Smida family moved to Grant's Pass, Oregon; where... Full story
WRANGELL — The Wrangell Medical Center Board of Directors met on Oct. 17 for their last meeting before the long-planned transition of authority to SEARHC. This comes after the successful passing of a ballot measure on Oct. 2 allowing SEARHC to take charge of the medical center. Senior Executive Vice President of SEARHC Dan Neumeister attended the meeting to give the board an update on the transition, which is scheduled to officially take place in early November. The Wrangell Medical Center will keep the same name after SEARHC takes over operati...
PETERSBURG — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announces that the commercial golden king crab fishery in the Lower Chatham Strait Area will close at 12:00 noon, Tuesday, November 13. Based on an analysis of effort levels and harvest projections, the harvest as of the closure date is expected to reach the 16,000-pound GHL for the Lower Chatham Strait Area. This action will bring the 2017/2018 golden king crab fishery in Registration Area A to a close....
WRANGELL — The cruise ship season closed in Wrangell earlier this month. The Oceania Regatta was the last cruise ship that pulled into the city dock in 2018. According to a draft schedule from the chamber of commerce, the season will reopen in May of 2019. For Wrangell, and Southeast Alaska in general, tourism is an important aspect of life. Stephanie Cook, with the chamber of commerce, said that 75 cruise ships visited Wrangell in the 2018 season, ranging from small size to large ships with about 1,500 passengers. This influx of people is v...
