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6 swimmers from across Southeast traveled to Petersburg to compete in the Viking Swim Club's November Rain meet over the weekend of Nov. 11-13. 37 of the VSC's own took part in the three-day competition along with swimmers representing clubs in Wrangell, Craig, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Juneau. "It was a massive event and it was such a good success, not just for our team, but for all of the teams that visited," said VSC Coach Scott Burt. The VSC swimmers dominated the waves, earning 36 first-place...
The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced last Thursday that it has been awarded a nearly $50 million grant to expand broadband deployment in the region. The grant is one of 18 awarded recently awarded to tribal entities in 11 states as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP)-a nearly $3 billion grant program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, and part of the Biden-Harris...
All three incumbents likely clinched final victory in Alaska's statewide elections Friday, as the Alaska Division of Elections updated results with thousands of additional absentee, questioned and early ballots from this fall's general election. Final unofficial results will not be available until 4 p.m. Wednesday, November 23, when the division implements the state's new ranked choice sorting system, but voting trends have made the results clear in most races. With 264,994 votes counted,... Full story
Local artist Debi McMahon's first solo art exhibit will open at 5:30 p.m. this Friday at the Firelight Gallery, celebrating forty-five years of playing with glass with forty-five recent works. The show will be up through Wednesday, November 30th. McMahon's love of glass began in 1977 when she "had a premature baby, Karine, and after a couple of months of caring for her thought, 'I've got to get out of here. I've got to have some kind of break!'" she says. "So I went to Community Schools and... Full story
November 24, 1922 – Forced to turn out to sea for six days, with the engines running every minute without a stop, and one member of the crew kept a prisoner in the hold for twenty-four hours, the halibut fishing boat Sentinel was held in the storm that raged in the Gulf of Alaska last week according to Captain Louis Sunderland in command. Nearly all of the oil was used and not a fishing line was cast during the entire trip, Captain Sunderland said. The Sentinel weathered the storm safely and came into port for supplies before leaving again l...
The Petersburg School District board voted 4-0 to accept the draft of the FY22 audit during its meeting on Nov. 8 with Board Member Jay Lister excused. Bikky Shrestha of BDO USA, LLP, the district's accounting firm, presented the draft of the financial statements to the board and said that though it is still being reviewed, they do not expect the information in the draft to drastically change. Shrestha reported that there were no corrected or uncorrected misstatements related to accounts or...
"When I first met him, his bumper sticker was, 'Beam me up, Scotty! There's no intelligent life down here,'" laughs Ingrid Murray, remembering her husband Pat Murray. Murray's obituary in the Pilot in February 2021 describes his growing up in Maryland, his service in the Army as a helicopter pilot, and his passion for volunteering in the later years of his life after settling in Petersburg, but it doesn't reveal his passion for science fiction, fantasy, and outer space. "He has watched every...
During its meeting on Monday, the Petersburg Borough Assembly voted in favor of sending a letter supporting an Alaska Airlines proposal to continue providing Essential Air Service to Southeast communities through April 2025. The vote was 6-0 with Assembly Member Dave Kensinger excused. The assembly's letter highlights Alaska Airlines' ability to connect Petersburg with major hubs like Seattle and Anchorage, the reliability of flights during inclement weather, and the service's economic...
November 16 – Petersburg Police Department (PPD) received a report of a noise disturbance in the vicinity of South 3rd Street. A driver on South Nordic Drive at Lumber Street received a warning for additional lights on their vehicle. PPD received a report of youth throwing rocks at the Petersburg Public Library’s windows. An officer conducted a welfare check on an individual on South Nordic Drive. An officer assisted a citizen with an after hours vehicle lock-out. November 17 – An officer assisted a citizen on South 3rd Street. PPD recei...
November 2, 2022 In the Petersburg District Court, Magistrate Judge Rachel Newport presided over an arraignment hearing for Kaddy Anthony Egen. The court entered a not guilty plea on the behalf of the defendant on charges of Driving while Under the Influence and 3 charges of Reckless Endangerment. The conditions of release for the defendant included release on his own recognizance, and requirement to obey all laws, appear at all hearings, maintain contact with attorney, Pre-trial Enforcement Division supervision, maintain contact with...
The 2022 Southeast Alaska salmon harvest is estimated to number 29.6 million fish, mostly comprised of 17.6 million wild stock pink salmon, according to Troy Thynes, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's regional management coordinator for commercial fisheries. Though the pink salmon harvest was only 53% of the recent 10-year average, it was above the preseason estimate of 16 million fish. "The pink salmon in Southeast have been on a strong odd year, even cycle for probably almost the past...
