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The Petersburg School Board has hired Marcus Hom of Dark Horse Defense to improve the school district’s Crisis Response Plan. Hom is the manager and lead instructor for Dark Horse Defense. He has experience in law enforcement and security, working as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer, Reserve Municipal Police Officer and Private Security officer. Hom also holds instructor certifications from both the National Rifle Association and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, FLETC. Petersburg Schools Superintendent Rob Thomason stated that ... Full story
The Petersburg School Board appointed members to the vacant seats on the board during the regular meeting Tuesday evening. Dawn Ware, Sarah Holmgrain and John Bringhurst took the positions and were sworn in. Term lengths were drawn for and Jean Ellis and Holmgrain will hold their positions until 2016, Cheryl File and Bringhurst will hold their offices until 2015 and Ware drew the short term of 2014. Ellis was also voted as president of the school board with Holmgrain taking the vice president nomination and File will serve as secretary. “We a...
The Petersburg Indian Association met Monday evening for a final election canvas and to swear in new members in attendance. The final tally for the PIA chair position was 53 votes for Tina Sakamoto and 33 for Mike Sheldon. The board positions go to Jeannette Ness with 75, Melanie Frentz-Hallingstad with 71, Skip Hallingstad with 67 and Carol Martinez and Darnell Wilton come in with 23 and 20 votes. Sakamoto, Ness and Frentz-Hallingstad are incumbents taking seats with Hallingstad taking a seat... Full story
The Petersburg Arts Council brought celebrated Canadian blues man Matt Anderson to town for a concert in Wright Auditorium last Thursday. Anderson’s recent accomplishments include winning the top prize at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis and taking 2011’s Entertainer of the Year and Acoustic Act of the Year in Canada’s Maple Blues Awards. His performance received an enthusiastic standing ovation from Petersburg’s music lovers....
The Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department will continue Junior Firefighter training longer under the direction of PVFD Firefighter Devren Bennett. The Junior Firefighter training program usually runs from Oct. 1 to the end of December, but the program has evolved recently with Bennett's contribution. “This is my first year to run the program,” Bennett said. “Previously the program was run by Troy Thynes and Paul Jennings but I have structured things a little different this year.” In previous year... Full story
January 19, 1983 - The Petersburg city council gave up the fight Monday night to use repair money for Main Street which was designated for Mitkof Highway from the ferry terminal to Scow Bay. “I think it would be prudent to stop blackmailing the state,” City Manager Rich Underkofler told the city council at their meeting Monday. “The posture we have had in the past was to move forward and force the state to comply and listen to our wishes,” Mayor Don Koenings said. “I think it would be the recommendation of the city manager and the DOT to ce...
The Petersburg Vikings played host to Mt. Edgecumbe for two basketball games over the weekend and played hard but ended up defeated both nights. “Friday night the game started out good for us,” Head Coach Rick Brock said. “We were passing the ball against their pressure and attacking it.” Brock explained that Mt. Edgecumbe made a bit of an adjustment toward the end of the first quarter. “We just went cold in the second quarter,” Brock stated. “We went several minutes without scoring and w... Full story
A version of the Biggest Loser, called Losing Big Petersburg will be sponsored by the Petersburg Parks and Recreation Department beginning in February and the public is encouraged to put their voting power to work for the event. “I have done one of these programs in another city,” Petersburg Parks and Recreation Director Donnie Hayes said. “It was successful there and I think our little community will embrace this event.” Hayes is hoping this event will become a recurring program that will ta...
Jesse Roundtree and Desiree Watkins brought Jesse Lyle Roundtree, Jr. into the world at 1:15 p.m. Jan. 5 to be the first baby of the New Year in Petersburg. Jesse Jr. was born at Ketchikan General Hospital in the New Beginnings Birthing Center. He weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces and was 19 ¾ inches long. Watkins arrived in Ketchikan Dec. 21 with a due date of Jan. 1, 2013. Proud grandparents are Tonya and late Patrick Roundtree of Petersburg and Carin and Greg Richter of Prince of Wales. Watkins is...
January 15 At 11:07 a.m. Alaska State Troopers received a report from Temsco Helicopters that 69 yoa David Hurrelbrink did not arrive on the beach at the scheduled pick up time from his remote cabin. Temsco returned to Petersburg and returned to the pick up location with EMTs to find Hurrelbrink a short distance from the beach in the forest. Hurrelbrink was lying on the trail and had no pulse. Attempts to revive Hurrelbrink were unsuccessful and he was pronounced deceased. No foul play is suspected...
January 9 Attempted fraud was reported at Papke’s Landing. January 10 A warning was issued for an inoperable headlight on Lumber Street. Officers responded to a request for assistance with an intoxicated individual having trouble walking on Sing Lee Alley. A vehicle was impeding snow removal on Mitkof Highway. A purse was reported stolen from a vehicle on S. Second Street. A witness reported seeing someone going through vehicles on Ira II. Youths were chased from property on Howkan. Officers escorted juveniles, out after hours, home and s...
January 15 Brandon S. Estes, 19, appeared before Deputy Magistrate Cris Morrison for an arraignment on the charge of violation of conditions of release. Estes entered a plea of not guilty and bail was set at $250 performance bond....
JUNEAU (AP) — Alaska would face a budget deficit of $920 million if spending for next year matched that of the current year, a report released Monday states. The Legislative Finance Division report offers a sobering look at the state's fiscal situation amid declining oil production and lower oil prices. It was released a day before the start of the new legislative session. The price of oil would have to be an estimated $105 a barrel for the governor's proposed new budget to balance — and that is before lawmakers get to work on it. As rec...
Two smaller aftershocks from the magnitude 7.5 quake from last Friday shook the coastal area Monday morning, Jan. 14, and again in the evening, according to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center. The source of the shake was located 68 miles WSW of Craig and measured a magnitude 5.49 ML at 5:55 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. It was felt in Petersburg but no emergency evacuations were ordered. That evening at 5:56 p.m. another tremor measuring 4.06 ML was recorded. Its epicenter was located 66 miles WSW of Craig. According to the USGS website,...
There’s lots of movement in Alaska’s salmon permit markets, but sales of catch shares are in a stall. Permit values are up and down depending on region, and interest reflects how the salmon runs have been coming in. For example at Bristol Bay, where sockeye runs for two years have been down and another lackluster season is expected this summer, salmon drift permit values have nosedived from a $165,000 high water mark in 2011 to around $90,000 now. “It’s hard to imagine they will go up a lot with a catch forecast of 16 to 17 million salmon...
Salvation Army Lt. Caleb Frankhuser presented Petersburg Rotary Club President John Bringhurst with the 2012 Bell Ringing Award for collecting over $3,047 to the Red Kettle in December. Individuals and civic organization volunteers raised a record $16,600 for the Salvation Army services in Petersburg....
Tattoo and all-around artist Tammie Wales arrived in Petersburg Dec. 18 and has since donated her time and talent to the Petersburg Parks and Recreation Department in the form of a mural. “I wanted to give something back,” Wales said. “But I also wanted to get my work out there and seen.” Wales has been drawing and painting for years and has been a tattoo artist for the last three years and plans to open a tattoo shop here in the near future. Wales approached Parks and Recreation Directo...
