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During a special meeting on Nov. 11 the Petersburg Borough Assembly voted unanimously in favor of appointing the law firm of Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens to serve as the special legal counsel in a lawsuit brought against the borough and Borough Clerk Debbie Thompson in her official capacity. The decision to appoint the law firm, which was chosen by the borough's insurance provider, was initially discussed during the regular assembly meeting on Nov. 7. The assembly, wanting to hear advice and...
Democratic candidate Donna Mears overtook Republican candidate Forrest Wolfe in a closely watched Alaska House race as the Alaska Division of Elections counted 27,178 early, absentee and questioned ballots, about three-fifths of the number outstanding from the Nov. 8 general election. Additional absentee ballots are expected to arrive in the coming days, and the Division of Elections’ next scheduled count is Friday. With Mears taking a lead, the 40-seat Alaska House is split exactly in half. In 20 seats, Republicans lead. In the other 20, D...
November 17, 1922 – In what is said to be an attempt to influence election judges in Southeastern Alaska, a suit was filed in the District Court recently in which George Mason, a native, asks for $5,000 damages for being refused a chance to vote in at the primary election last spring. The suit was filed on the eve of election by W. L. Paul as attorney for Mason and is against L. M. Churchhill, one of the election judges at Wrangell at the primary election. November 14, 1947 – Community response to invitations to attend classes during American E...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously passed an ordinance adjusting the borough's FY23 budget in its third and final reading during its meeting on Nov. 7. No amendments to Ordinance #2022-15 were made during its final reading. The supplemental budget lists 18 revisions to the budget including accepting $123,158 in state legislative grants for lighting projects at the ballfield and the ice skate pond, rebuilding the EMD-16 Generator and the Caterpillar 398 Generator, and increasing the...
The Housing Task Force held their second meeting on Nov. 2 where they fleshed out their ideas for what the borough could do to address local housing challenges. Before the meeting, Assembly Member Dave Kensinger, the task force's facilitator, categorized their ideas into three groups-what could be done now, what could be done soon, and big ideas that would take time. In addition to reviewing their ideas, the task force also discussed creating two subcommittees that could work between now and...
Thank You To the Editor: We would like to express a heartfelt THANK YOU to the community of Petersburg and all the volunteers that made November Rain possible this past weekend! The three day swim meet hosted teams from Petersburg, Ketchikan, Craig, Wrangell, Juneau and Sitka with a total of 114 swimmers participating in over 100 events. Without our dedicated volunteers and their many hours of work, this meet would not have been possible. The Board of Directors and over sixty Viking Swim Club swimmers want to say Thank You to each person that...
November 9 – An alarm activated at the sewage treatment plant. Water Wastewater (W/WW) was notified and responded. A trespassing notice was served to an individual on Haugen Drive. Property found on Mitkof Highway was returned to its owner. Petersburg Police Department (PPD) received a report of a dog struck by a vehicle on Mitkof Highway. Bryon Fletcher was cited for not having proof of insurance and warned for not having any taillights. November 10 – An alarm activated at pump station #5. W/WW was notified and responded. PPD received a rep...
It was nearly 30 years ago that Ed Rasmuson recruited me to be his partner in the creation of what is now the largest philanthropy in Alaska. "It's yours if you want it," is how he put his offer that I become the only employee of his small family foundation - a foundation that now is approaching a billion-dollar responsibility to use his father's fortune - and much of his own - to repay his beloved Alaska for the opportunities it offered his family. I believe that we - and our dedicated,...
Petersburg High School alumni returned to the court Tuesday night for a scrimmage against the varsity volleyball team in what was their final home game of the season. The alumni swept the students in three sets, going back and forth in the first two to narrowly claim victories and running away in the third set with a 25-15 win. After the match, Coach Jaime Cabral honored Coach Bev Siercks who is retiring after 43 years of coaching in a multitude of sports. Coach Bev initially retired in 2012...
8 Petersburg athletes from the Devil's Thumb Shooters attended the 8th Annual Southeast Fall Shoot at the Juneau Gun Club in late October where they racked up multiple medals. According to Becky Turland, this fall season the club had its highest participation yet, rising from six athletes in 2015 to 32 this year, including nine girls, ranging in age from 8-18 years old. The team placed third overall out of the 11 youth marksmanship clubs who traveled to the event from across Alaska, and one...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team competed in the Bill Weiss Tournament in Ketchikan last weekend with five Vikings placing in the top three in their respective brackets. Though some schools had been impacted by illness, Coach James Valentine reported that the tournament, which is usually the biggest wrestling competition in Southeast, still had a great turnout with over 100 students in attendance. The Vikings brought six students who competed in a round robin on Friday and in tournament...
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Monday issued a nationwide injunction indefinitely blocking the Biden administration’s student debt relief program in response to a challenge by six GOP-led states. The unanimous ruling by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis came after the six states — Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina — argued that the loan relief program threatens those states’ future tax revenues and that the plan by the Biden administration overrode congressional authority. “The injunction...
