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This week Superior Court Judge Carey scheduled the wrongful death lawsuit against the Petersburg Borough for Jan. 13, 2020. The borough, State of Alaska and Chris Allen are all named as defendants in the suit filed by the Estate of Molly Parks. Parks, 18, and Marie Giesbrecht, 19, died on July 4, 2016 while riding in a parks and recreation van driven by Chris Allen, 23. Allen and another passenger Catherine Cardenas, 19, survived the accident. All were employees of the Petersburg Parks and Recreation Department and were setting up for a 4th of...
Petersburg's Christmas tree was lighted on Friday during the tree lighting ceremony....
On Monday, a budget policy document will be presented to the borough assembly at their first meeting of the month for the 2020 fiscal year. The document is a general outline of the structure that the assembly wants borough department heads to create their budget around, according to borough manager Stephen Giesbrecht. It will be the first step towards creating next year’s budget and give a hint at what decisions the borough assembly is going to make to balancing the budget. “I hate to sound mysterious, but it’s kind of one of those thing...
November 29, 1918 A Proclamation: Although during the past year Alaska has been stricken with flood, disease and marine disasters; although through war and other calamity there are many sorrowing for dear ones departed; although our Territory has been depleted in population due to the national call to other fields of endeavor, still never have loyal hearts poured forth alike measure of thankfulness for the blessings bestowed upon a nation in the reestablishment of international peace…. thankful that we have found the way to respond to the call...
Petersburg Medical Center approved $11,660 to Rock-N-Road Construction, Inc. at a board meeting last week to demolish an abandoned house on hospital property to free up more room for parking. "We're asking to clear the lot, to remove that house," said PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter. "It's an abandoned building. It's a liability. It's an eye sore. I feel likes it's in the best interest of PMC to clear that lot. Also, we can have parking lot space if we clear that, which is a big need as the winter...
At a board meeting last week, the Petersburg Medical Center board of directors approved $20,000 to work with DOWL, a project management firm, on the facility project. DOWL will be looking at space requirements and the possible location for a new or remodeled PMC facility. They will also build off existing work and progress that has been made towards the project to avoid repeating work that has already been done. “They can have a product to us in about six weeks to really kind of determine those kinds of aspects,” said PMC CEO Phil Hof...
At a Southeast Alaska Drift Gillnet Task Force meeting on Tuesday, members from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game gave a detailed run down of the gillnet harvest from the 2018 season showing a below average year in the sections and districts surrounding Mitkof Island. A salmon return summary for 2018 and return forecast for 2019 was also given by Douglas Island Pink and Chum, Inc. In district six, the area between Mitkof Island and Wrangell Island and the Stikine River, the sockeye and Coho salmon harvest was below the 10 year average,...
Don’t understand To the Editor: My family recently traveled from near and far to spend Thanksgiving in Petersburg. My kids surprised my husband and I with a beautiful Christmas gift of a photo shoot for the family. Fourteen of our family members (and photographer) gathered at Sandy Beach and spent a couple of hours enjoying the beauty of the outdoors and capturing the memories of our time together. It was lovely. What wasn’t so lovely were the piles and piles of dog crap. It was everywhere! We had to watch every step we took or we would mos...
November 20 — Elias Lucas, 69, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence. An aggressive dog was reported in a truck on Dolphin St, but the vehicle was gone upon the officer’s arrival. November 21 — On 4th St. at Haugen Dr., a report of possible trespassing was made, but the individual was gone before the responding officer arrived. A vehicle was parked on private property on Mitkof Highway without permission. At Scow Bay Fire Station, a vehicle was parked without permission. A child was walking alone on S. 3rd St. When offic...
Women, 29 years old and under, with limited or no access to health care can get exams and reproductive health services on a sliding scale at the Petersburg Public Health Center’s Women’s Health Clinic Dec. 17-18. The clinic will offer exams and reproductive health services, as well as STD testing. All services will be provided by a nurse practitioner with Public Health Nursing, the Alaska Division of Public Health. Appointments are required. No one will be refused service if unable to pay. All testing is confidential. To schedule app...
Nov. 8 — Sergiy Chepurko’s arraignment was set for Jan. 15, 2019. The defendant was charged with taking commercial sea cucumbers during a closed period. Nov. 14 — Sebastian M. Carroll was charged with driving in violation of his instructional permit. The defendant entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to 40 hours of community work service and $50 in surcharges. Amanda C. Ohmer was arraigned on disorderly conduct charges. The defendant entered a not guilty plea. She was released on $250 bail previously posted along with other conditions. Nov....
Gillian's Jolly Jingle Bell Band, an ensemble of the Petersburg High School band, playing Christmas music Friday evening during the tree lighting ceremony....
On Friday, the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and the Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers hosted the annual Brew and Stew Festival at the Sons of Norway. The festival, which has been an annual event for over 14 years, featured 21 different submissions by contestants who made soups, chilis, beers, wines and cordials. Participants in the festival sampled each submission and voted for their favorite in several categories: four categories for stew and three categories for brew. Each stew had a variety of to...
Long time Petersburg resident Tom Lewis was this year's tree lighter for the community Christmas tree. Growing up in Foster, Oregon, Lewis took on a variety of jobs from working on a hay baler to falling timber. Almost on a whim, Lewis and some of the men that he felled timber with made the decision on a Monday in 1942 to join the navy. After he was discharged from the Navy he began working in Oregon again. "Then I got curious about Alaska," said Lewis. He came to Alaska in the early 1950s and...
Frankie Jean Muirabelle Lambert was born to Frank Lambert and Amanda Brandon on Oct. 31, 2018 at the Juneau Family Health and Birth Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces....
Members of NOAA's North Pacific Large Whale Entanglement Response Team freed an entangled humpback whale in Sarkar Cove, north of Naukati on Prince of Wales Island on Wed., Nov. 21. NOAA received word of the possibly life-threatening entanglement on Tues., Nov. 20. Dr. Fred Sharpe, an experienced member of the team and research biologist was flown to the scene Wednesday morning to assess options for response. He consulted with NOAA's lead large whale entanglement response expert Ed Lyman on...
Protein Noodles by Trident Seafoods took top honors at the 26th annual Alaska Symphony of Seafood, winning first place in the retail category and the Seattle People’s Choice award. The winners were announced last week at Pacific Marine Expo. The refrigerated noodles are made from pollock surimi and touted as a high protein, gluten free alternative to traditional pastas. “All pastas are wheat based and they don’t contain any protein and there’s not a lot of nutritional value,” said John Salle, Trident’s senior vice president of marketing, innova...
Marvon Duane Mattingly, 70, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on November 20, 2018 in Petersburg, Alaska following a lengthy illness. He was born July 23, 1948 in Nampa, Idaho to Dale and Laura Elaine Mattingly (nee: Holdaway). At the age of 17, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was trained as an aircraft mechanic on the Grumman A6 Intruder. He served two 13-month tours in Vietnam before being stationed at Yuma Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona. He was honorably... Full story
On Friday, Erin Watkins Kandoll handmade jewelry line Twisted Ginger was featured at a show at FireLight Gallery & Framing. Made from sterling silver, copper and stones, the jewelry on display were all handmade by Kandoll over the last two months. A majority of the work was done in the last two weeks in her own shop set up with table saws, drill presses, rolling mills and other equipment she acquired over the years. "I have a studio full of all kinds of fun tools," said Kandoll. She began making...
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announces that the District 8 commercial beam trawl shrimp fishery bycatch limit of 6,000 whole pounds of spot shrimp has been reached effective 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, November 27, 2018. Pursuant to 5 AAC 31.116(d) all permit holders fishing in District 8 must retain, weigh, sell, and report on a fish ticket all harvest of spot shrimp taken that are less than 60 count per pound. The permit holder must then surrender all proceeds from the sale of this bycatch overage to the State....
Although this morning's earthquake in Anchorage was too far away to be felt in Petersburg, members of the Petersburg Indian Association were getting ready to leave Anchorage after attending a Bureau of Indian Affairs conference when the ground began to shake at about 8:30 A.M. "Oh my gosh, it was just really scary because it just kept going," said Jeanette Ness, a social worker with PIA who was in the airport waiting for the number 64 jet when the earthquake started. Ness said that ceiling... Full story
