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The Petersburg Medical Center reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday for a total of 48 active cases. Community spread is rapidly occurring, causing closures and staff shortages, and PMC is asking people to follow mitigation recommendations. 37 of the 48 cases were identified within the past seven days according to the Petersburg COVID-19 Dashboard. 93 COVID-19 tests have been sent to a reference laboratory and results are expected in the next 3-5 business days. PMC has moved into red...
After months away from family and friends, Joseph Tagaban hopes to return home to Petersburg in time for Thanksgiving. Joseph was checked into Seattle Children's hospital in January after it was discovered that a lump underneath his tooth was a type of cancer called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). So far he has gone through four rounds of chemotherapy and is now finishing his recovery from the fourth round. He was also taking an experimental drug called gilteritinib but is now off of it and is awa... Full story
November 4, 1921 Word has recently been received here to the effect that Mr. Jacob Otness has been appointed postmaster for Petersburg, to succeed J.C. Allen, resigned. Mr. Otness will resume office as soon as practicable. Mr. Otness, who has been a resident of Petersburg for many years, is well known and has a number of admirers who are confident that he will make good in his new position. We wish to extend our wishes both to the retiring postmaster and to Mr. Otness. November 1, 1946 School enrollment for the first week of the 1946-47 school...
The Borough Assembly approved ordinances #2021-15 and #2021-17 during Monday's meeting in each of their third and final readings. Ordinance #2021-15 would move a chapter of the old city code which centers on disease control into the borough code. The ordinance limits the powers of the health officer, such as the power to compel vaccination, and makes it so the officer must act under and report to the assembly and the borough manager. It was reviewed by the Petersburg Medical Center, the police...
Conspiracy Theory To the Editor: Let’s pretend that a country decided to find a way to cripple its foes physically and financially without using nuclear weapons that cost billions to produce, deliver and destroy infrastructure for generations, making it unusable to all. Instead, they create germs that cause a disease that will sicken and kill millions and best of all cost almost nothing to develop and spread and does not harm any infrastructure. They also develop and promote a media campaign that says the disease is harmless and any vaccines a...
October 27 — Suspicious activity was reported near S. 2nd St., but nothing was found. Abandoned property was brought to the police department. A speeding warning was issued during a traffic stop on Mitkof Highway. October 28 —A parking complaint was reported near N. Nordic Dr. and the vehicle was later moved. A deer was reported stuck in a culvert near Unimak St. State trooper and USFS law enforcement responded and the deer was rescued. October 29 — A lost canine near Lyons Rd. was reported to police and was later returned home. Officers assis...
The Vakker Sted affordable housing complex, soon to be home to 15 low income housing units, on Excel Street across from the Petersburg Medical Center will have to wait a while longer before it can welcome residents. The complex, which was expected to have tenants moved in by January 1, 2022, will likely not open until March according to Glenn Gellert of Swell, LLC. Though the project was pushed back, Gellert said it is progressing fine. "It's not the fastest project that we've ever done, but...
Trish Oppenheim was not actively seeking out opportunities for work, but when she heard about the need for a nurse at the Petersburg School District, she stepped up to the challenge. Oppenheim has 14 years of ICU experience in a range of settings including the NICU, PICU, recovery room, and the operating room. For the last two years she worked in triage for Providence battling COVID-19. "I'm typically an ICU nurse, but teaching is obviously a huge part of our job as a nurse," Oppenheim said....
During Monday's meeting the Borough Assembly listened to a presentation by John Heberling on the Petersburg Municipal Power & Light 2021 electric rate study conducted by D. Hittle & Associates. The rate study proposes increases to electrical rates for all classes of customers in Petersburg with the full rate adjustment being made over the span of two years. The study identified future energy issues and how they would impact the forecasted cost of energy to Petersburg. The two major factors...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team traveled to Haines last weekend to compete in its second tournament of the season. Since many teams had to cancel coming to the first meet in Petersburg, the team was looking forward to this opportunity to see more of the competition. Unfortunately, only teams from Haines and Juneau were able to travel and even though the team was disappointed, Head Coach James Valentine said the students improved since the first meet. "Our wrestlers did well, they tight...
The Petersburg High School swim season came to a close after the 2021 Region V Swim & Dive Championship in Ketchikan last weekend. Prior to the meet, the team lost half of its students due to COVID-19 related issues according to Head Coach Andy Carlisle, some of whom had the best chances to make it to the state tournament. COVID-19 continues to affect the school district which announced Tuesday that all extracurricular practices would be canceled for the near future. Though the team lost some students, Carlisle said the ones that were at the me...
It’s hard to believe, but Dungeness crab in the Gulf of Alaska is now Alaska’s largest crab fishery – a distinction due to the collapse of stocks in the Bering Sea. Combined Dungeness catches so far from Southeast and the westward region (Kodiak, Chignik and the Alaska Peninsula) totaled over 7.5 million pounds as the last pots were being pulled at the end of October. Ranking second is golden king crab taken along the Aleutian Islands with a harvest by four boats of about 6 million pounds. For snow crab, long the Bering Sea’s most product...
State Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is recently returned from the legislative session in Juneau. He’ll be holding public office hours at the Salty Pantry on Fri., Nov. 5, from 11 a.m. - noon. No appointment necessary, just stop by. If you have questions or can’t make it to office hours, email Rep. Jonathan. Kreiss-Tomkins@akleg.gov or call his Juneau office at 465-3732....
The Petersburg Medical Center Hospital Board met Thursday to discuss the latest COVID-19 outbreak attributed to the delta variant and its effects on the community. PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter presented a graph highlighting the two highest spikes in COVID-19 cases in Petersburg since September of 2020. The first spike occurred near the end of February and beginning of March 2020, shortly after Alaska's emergency declaration expired, and peaked at just under 70 cases. The second spike occurred near...
The Borough Assembly approved Resolution #2021-14 during Monday's meeting, signifying their support of the map proposed by the Senate minority in the upcoming redistricting of the state. At the last assembly meeting on October 19, Assembly Member Chelsea Tremblay presented each of the six maps that the Alaska Redistricting Board showcased when they recently traveled to Petersburg. Tremblay voiced her support for the Senate minority map at both the redistricting board's public hearing and after...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its preliminary figures for the total harvest and value of this year’s commercial salmon fishery. 233.8 million fish were harvested statewide, amounting to 858.5 million pounds, with a total worth of $643.9 million according to the release. The number of fish and total pounds harvested this year was the third highest on record. This year’s harvest more than doubled the 116.8 million caught in 2020 and saw a 118% increase in total value from the $295.2 million recorded last year. The 2021 estimated...
(AP) – A man was arrested Tuesday in the southeast Alaska community of Kake, which a tribal official earlier said had gone into lockdown. Alaska State Troopers in a statement said they arrived in Kake and arrested the man on criminal trespass charges. Troopers said other charges were possible, pending the outcome of their investigation. No injuries were reported. Troopers said they received a call from a resident about 3:40 a.m. saying a window at a school had been broken but the person wasn’t sure when that happened. Another caller, around 4:3...
This photo is of John Lott, probably taken in the 1930s. John came to Petersburg after 1910 to work in the canneries and had a cabin down by the harbor. He and his wife were advocates to the Bureau of Education for a school for Native children in town. Sadly, his wife and son Carl were found drowned within a couple weeks of one another in the 1940s. Photo from Alyce Thomassen's scrapbooks and loaned courtesy of Troy Thomassen....
On May 15, 2021, our mom, Florence May LeRoy peacefully passed away at the age of 101 years, on the island of Kauai, where she had been living the past 10 years. Her family that misses her support, love, and fresh baked bread includes us, Linda and Debbie, along with our husbands, Jim Kephart and John Barklow. Her grandchildren, Derek and Jennifer Thynes, Troy Thynes and Megan O'Neil, Kristoffer and Trisha Thynes, Kevin Thynes, Carina Squire, Talya and Gilbert Miranda, and Melissa and Anthony... Full story
