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Both the Petersburg Borough and former Parks and Recreation Department employee Chris Allen have been dropped as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the Estate of Molly Parks, one of two women killed in a July 4, 2016 crash on South Nordic Drive. Allen was the driver of the parks and recreation van, which crashed after Allen suffered a seizure while driving with three other persons in the vehicle. Allen is serving a 7-year sentence after entering a guilty plea to a single...
The borough assembly took a neutral position on the future of the Roadless Rule at Monday's assembly meeting when they voted against a resolution that supported keeping the Roadless Rule intact and a resolution repealing it. Resolution #2019-14 was in support of alternative one of the draft environmental impact statement released by the United States Forest Service regarding the future of the Roadless Rule. Alternative one, or the do nothing option, keeps the Roadless Rule in place. Resolution #...
People in Petersburg know her has their school bus driver or driver's education teacher, but on Friday evening Hoopie Davidson was this year's tree lighter during the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Davidson was born in Petersburg, but moved to Squaw Harbor on Unga Island in third grade with her family to catch crab. The family then moved to Kodiak in time to experience the Good Friday earthquake of 1964, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 that hit near Prince William Sound. Later...
December 12, 1919 Last Monday night the Sons of Norway Trading Union store was totally destroyed by fire. The blaze started about half past five in the evening and within two hours the building was a blackened ruin. The loss is estimated at between thirty and forty thousand dollars, with about one third covered by insurance. The fire started in the upper rear corner of the building, presumably from a defective electric wire. Although the firemen fought valiantly they were unable to stop the flames. The Sons of Norway store was owned by a large...
Rachel Newport's Peruvian turkey soup and Bev Siercks' crabapple cordial were named best in show in this year's Brew and Stew Festival hosted by the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers on Friday. There were 28 submissions in this year's festival, up from the 21 submissions last year. Contestants entered homemade "brews" and "stews" in various categories and were judged by participants in the festival who went around sampling each submission. Though each category had...
November 24 — An intoxicated individual was removed from Kito’s Kave. November 26 — An individual on 4.5 St. mistakenly reported a burn barrel as a structure fire. Extra patrols were conducted on Fram St. A disturbance was reported at a location on Haugen Dr. Authorities assisted in separating the two parties that were arguing. November 27 — Authorities made contact with an intoxicated male at a location on 3rd St. and asked him to quiet down. The man agreed and went to bed. Authorities responded to a disturbance at a location on Corneli...
The borough is in the process of renewing an agreement with the state to receive $6,200 annually for the maintenance of the Ernie Haugen public use area, according to Public Works Director Chris Cotta at an assembly meeting on Monday. At an assembly meeting last month, the borough assembly approved letters to Sen. Bert Stedman and Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins asking them to inquire into cooperative agreements between the borough and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources for the management...
Leila Gharbi recounted her journey from Newfoundland to Port Townsend, Washington through the Northwest Passage, while sharing pictures and stories to a captive audience at the Petersburg Public Library last Wednesday. Gharbi was working for a film archive in Paris, one of the most famous archives in the county, when she read the book, "Woman at Sea" by Cathrine Poulain. The novel tells the story of Lili, a French woman who leaves her country in search of adventure and ends up working on a...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team invited Wrangell and Craig High Schools to town last Saturday for an "unconventional" tournament, said Head Coach Tyler Thain. Wrangell and Craig wrestlers teamed up against the Vikings in spotlight matches in the high school gym Saturday evening. All the lights were turned off except for one light directly above the wrestling mat. Round after round, a Viking would face off against either a Wrangell or Craig wrestler. Thain said he didn't keep team...
Petersburg's Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla is down to zero members, and if at least five members don't joined by February, the flotilla could be dissolved. Division One Commander F. Stuart Robards and Ketchikan Flotilla Commander Renee Schofield held two meetings this week encouraging members of the public to join the local Coast Guard Auxiliary. From 2015-2018, Ketchikan's flotilla almost disbanded as members retired and remaining members were unable to fill their roles, according to...
After the tree lighting ceremony on Friday, Erin Kandoll, of Twisted Ginger Designs, revealed a collection of rosemal inspired jewelry at FireLight Gallery & Framing. During the holidays, Kandoll always notices that people around town like to don their Norwegian sweaters to keep warm as temperatures drop. To accompany the town’s holiday attire, Kandoll handmade 135 pairs of earrings, 35 necklaces, 28 rings and four cuff bracelets with rosemal designs. “I really just had fun with it this yea...
Lower catches for Pacific halibut are in the forecast for the foreseeable future. That was the message from the International Pacific Halibut Commission at its meeting last week in Seattle. The IPHC oversees halibut stock research and sets catch limits for nine fishing regions ranging from Northern California and British Columbia to the Bering Sea. There are fewer of the prized flatfish (down 4%), they weigh less (down 5%) and no big pulses appear to be coming into the stock was the grim and the results of summer long surveys at nearly 1,370...
Wednesday night, the Sons of Norway hosted their 45th annual pickled herring contest. Contestants submitted in four categories: pickled herring, pickled seafood, smoked/cured seafood and smoked salmon. Judges sampled each of the dishes and named first, second and third place winners. Contestants could also submit a dish into the taster's choice category, which was judged by the public. In the pickled herring category, Sig Mathisen tied with himself for third place with his south of the border an...
In a couple of months, Petersburg High School senior Kole Sperl has turned a pile of aluminum sheets into a skiff. He has plenty of work left to do before it's seaworthy but Sperl said in its current state, it would float. "There might be a couple leaks that I'd have to patch, but it'll definitely float," said Sperl. "All the main welding is done down by the water line." Sperl spends anywhere from one and a half hours to three hours a week working on his skiff as part of his marine fabrication...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new study of environmental threats to Alaska Native communities has found the greatest challenges include erosion, flooding and thawing permafrost. Alaska’s Energy Desk reported Sunday that the study results issued last month found the environmental hazards continue to worsen due to climate change. The Army Corps of Engineers and researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks conducted the study for the Denali Commission’s Village Infrastructure Protection Program. Officials say the three-year, $700,000 study exami...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Last December, poor weather scrambled Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s inaugural plans, a bumpy start to a turbulent year marked by budget disputes and a recall threat. Dunleavy told The Associated Press recently he hopes to move past the rancor. Whether he can repair strained relationships with legislators and calm the public anger over cuts that fueled the recall push will be telling. Courts will decide whether the recall effort advances. The Republican, who marks a year in office Tuesday, defended the cuts as a tough decisio...
Former Petersburg resident Lawrence E. (Lonny) Heiner was born on 24 August 1938 in Grand Junction, Colorado, to Larry and Lola Heiner, and died on 14 November 2019 at home in Anacortes, Washington. When he was a year old, he and his parents, along with his paternal grandmother and an aunt and uncle, moved to Skagit County, Washington, to join a number of Heiner family members who lived in the area. His immediate family moved to Southeast Alaska when Lonny was 12. Lonny graduated as salutatorian from Petersburg (Alaska) High School in 1956. He... Full story
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Cub Scout Pack 10 came face-to-face with nature in the Harborview Elementary School cafeteria. After creating bird-enrichment toys, the Scouts met Juneau Raptor Center education ambassador birds Phil and Justice, a “very social” gyrfalcon and fish-head-loving bald eagle, on Nov. 22. Scouts like 8-year-old Oliver Robertson and 9-year-old Joseph Race kept their eyes trained on the birds, speaking up whenever one made sudden movement or sounds. “He’s trying to say something,” one Scout said in earnest after Phil squawked. T...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The committee that will plan Alaska’s redistricting that occurs every 10 years is set to begin meeting, officials said. The state’s Redistricting Planning Committee is scheduled to hold its first meeting Wednesday in Anchorage, KTOO-FM reported Monday. Redistricting involves redrawing Alaska’s legislative districts to align with figures from the federal census, which also occurs once every decade, officials said. Final decisions about where district lines are drawn will be made by a separate redistricting board authori...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A southeast Alaska commercial fisherman convicted of fishing in a state research area has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined more than $35,000. Alaska State Troopers say 45-year-old Jonathan McGraw Jr. of Naukati Bay pleaded guilty last week to fishing in closed waters of Whale Pass and providing false information on a fish ticket. Both are misdemeanors. Wildlife troopers determined that McGraw in late 2017 and early 2018 harvested sea cucumbers in the research area where commercial diving is never p...
New York Restaurant was located on Sing Lee Alley where Helse is today. From around 1919 to 1927, prior to operating the "Good Eats Cafe and Restaurant" in Wrangell, Sam Nakamoto served as Proprietor of the restaurant and lodgings. Ads in the Petersburg Weekly Report boasted "Everything of the Best of the Season" as well as proximity to the post office. Sam was succeeded by Dick Kuwata as proprietor. By the 1930s, the restaurant became a pool hall and card room, attracting bachelor fishermen... Full story
