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John Glenn, owner of Stikine River Forest Products, announced Monday evening his plans to build a mill in Petersburg. “I have contacted several property owners and we are in the process of sending offers or accepting offers of sale,” Glenn said during his announcement to the borough assembly on Monday. Glenn said he has located a piece of property near the airport that exists within industrial zoning and has power and water connections. He said the construction of the mill would be done in two phases. Phase one would consist of a full bre... Full story
The Petersburg Borough Assembly released Monday night an entire memorandum written by its borough attorney concerning the borough’s relationship with the Petersburg Medical Center that had previously been redacted. The assembly released a redacted version two weeks ago after The Petersburg Pilot and KFSK submitted public record requests. The motion to release the entire document failed after two of the three assembly members, John Havrilek and Nancy Strand, voted against its release. The assembly then unanimously voted to pass a redacted v... Full story
December 20, 1913 – Mr. B.B. Haugan, the famous lecturer who arrived last Saturday, left Monday evening for Vancouver, B.C. where he will make his headquarters for the next few months. The three lectures given while here and before the largest and most enthusiastic audiences that ever congregated in the Sons of Norway Hall, were well worth listening to. From his introductory remarks to the end of his lectures, Mr. Haugan held the undivided attention of his audience. Mr. Haugan will return in May next for the purpose of making a tour of A...
The Petersburg Borough assembly unanimously voted Monday evening to give local construction company Tamico Inc. the contract to build the commercial drive-down dock. Of the six companies bidding for the project, Tamico quoted the lowest total price at $7,775,625. The project will be funded from more than $10 million worth of accumulated state grants awarded to Petersburg over three years. Harbormaster Glo Wollen said she’s been waiting for this project a lot longer than that. “I was on a black cod trip in 1993 in Sitka when the first one in... Full story
The borough assembly will hold a public hearing concerning the recent changes made to the landfill’s salvage program. The changes come after the sanitation ordinance was updated to include the new recycling program. Karl Hagerman, public works director, reworked the fee structure. Originally, a salvage permit cost $5 for two days and $100 for an annual permit. After the changes, the annual permit was eliminated and a day use permit now costs $10 for one day. Ole Whitethorn has now objected to the change several times during assembly m...
Cookie Walk results To the Editor: To the community of Petersburg, Petersburg Lutheran Church has been celebrating our centennial this year. Our theme has been "Celebrate and Serve.” Last Saturday we had the last event in the celebration of this centennial. We did a "Cookie Walk" with the proceeds to go to the Salvation Army for Christmas turkeys and also to our quilting group for the batting and postage costs. We would like to thank those who came and bought cookies - we had fun and we hope you did, too. The result is that we made over $...
The announcement at Monday’s borough meeting that construction of a new sawmill could begin as early as this spring, was good news. The employment of 35 to 50 employees will bring new people and new dollars to Petersburg. With the departure of Petersburg’s largest sawmill in 1987, which relocated to Haines, Petersburg lost over a million dollar annual payroll. Salmon and crab harvests were so substantial; the town’s economy barely felt the loss of the timber income. Both Stikine River Forest Products owner John Glenn and Forest Service Range...
The Borough Assembly acted correctly in releasing the complete text of the city attorney’s opinion on the relationship issues between the borough and the hospital. Important topics were previously redacted that need to be the part of the upcoming discussions between the hospital board, borough assembly and the public. While the hospital has operated in a largely autonomous fashion for decades, Petersburg Medical Center’s decision to request financial assistance from the borough logically shifts the discussion to who is ultimately res...
Three incumbent directors of the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce were elected to seats on the board in the annual elections. Hillary Whitethorn, Fran Jones and Donn Hayes were elected to two-year terms. When the new board members are seated, the directors will elect officers and make appointments to fill up to five vacancies on the board. Fran Jones was president of the board during the past year and served with Jon Wright, Beth Loesch, Seth Scrimsher, Dave Kensinger, Ron Loesch, Nick Ohmer, David Byrne and Cate Kowalski....
Two names were misspelled in last week’s paper. Nathaniel Leonard’s name, who was referenced in the ‘Vikings place second in regional tournament’ story, is correctly spelled Nathaniel Lenhard. Joyce Burke-Biggs’s name, who was referenced in the “Petersburg girls run 5K’ story, is correctly spelled Joyce Burk-Biggs....
Joshua Franklin plead guilty to five counts of Burglary in the 2nd degree yesterday after being accused of breaking into multiple businesses around Petersburg last August. The five Class C felonies are connected to break-ins at Petersburg Motors, AP&T, Wikan Enterprises, the Petersburg Parks and Recreation building and the Hammer & Wikan grocery store. Police received reports on August 28 of break-ins and burglaries throughout the day from those locations and later obtained search warrants after viewing surveillance footage from the parks and r...
December 11 A caller reported an unruly individual. A caller reported their medications have gone missing at Narrows Inn. Police located the son of a caller who reported his teenager was not where he was supposed to be. December 12 A caller reported a family dispute. Police received a report of a stolen black, Trek 850, 18-speed mountain bike. A caller reported an individual’s suspicious behavior. December 14 A caller reported an individual in an area moving things around. Police received report of suspicious activity in Eagle’s Roost Par...
December 11 Magistrate Judge Burrell denied an ex parte request in a case between Jessica Ray vs. Cristian Gallardo. The court set a long-term hearing. December 12 Hugo DeLaCruz appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell to plead guilty to a charge of Drunken Person on Licensed Premises. The court ordered the defendant to 15 days of jail time and $100 in surcharges. December 17 Martin Chase appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell on charges of Failure to Appear, Driving while License Suspended, Canceled or Revoked and Violating Conditions of...
The Petersburg Viking wrestling squad took 9th place in the state tournament in Anchorage last weekend-ahead of every other Southeast team. "We ended up in a good position," Assistant coach Ed May said. "We're very, very happy with the outcome." Freshman Buddy Stelmach, wrestling in the 98-pound weight class, placed 4th in the tournament. "It was pretty fun," Stelmach said. "There were a bunch of other kids up there that were a lot bigger and more experienced." Stelmach broke his wrist early in...
The boys Viking basketball squad came home with a win from last weekend’s series against Ketchikan. They beat Ketchikan 58-46 on Friday night and lost a close game Saturday 46-55. The games were the Vikings first this season and head coach Rick Brock is happy with his team so far. “It was a great way to start the season,” Brock said. “Anytime you can go on the road and come away with a win is a success.” The Vikings led Friday’s game by ten points at the half. Ketchikan came back and played a strong second half but the Petersburg team was ab...
Petersburg High School's advanced culinary arts students will be cooking at the ProStart culinary competition in Anchorage this spring. The nationally recognized program brings student chefs from around the state where they'll form teams and cook a three-course meal in one hour. Louise Lindley, culinary arts teacher, said she's gearing her class up for the tough competition. "They'll have 20 minutes to set up their station and they have one hour to execute two identical recipes," Lindley said....
Heather Thomas, owner of the local video store and director of Sea Monster Films, stands shivering underneath the porch as rain beats down. "I just need a few seconds to think," Thomas says to her crew. But Thomas and her crew don't have the luxury of seconds. Starting Thursday evening, Sea Monster Films had 360,000 seconds to come up with an idea, write a script, shoot scenes, edit and produce a short film. It's now Saturday. With roughly 180,000 seconds left, they have an idea, a script, now...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht presented the following report to the Assembly on Monday night. Joe Nelson and power and light staff are working on incorporating a thorough capital project plan into the electric rate study to better outline the needs of our electric system. Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs officials are drafting a letter to the Alaska Department of Transportation in an effort to partner with Alaska Marine Highway to curb illegal controlled substances being transported on state ferries. Postal interdiction efforts...
It’s traditional during the Christmas season to decorate a downtown with lights – for Kodiak and other coastal communities “downtown” means the boat harbor. This month, alongside the local businesses on shore, Kodiak’s floating storefronts will be showcased in the downtown lighting festivities – meaning the 650 or so fishing businesses that each support one or several Kodiak families. Think of it as a mall in a marina! The revamped Harbor Lights Festival is an old theme with a new twist, said Toby Sullivan, director of the Kodiak Maritime Mu...
PETERSBURG — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that seasons for the 2013/2014 commercial Tanner and golden king crab fisheries in Southeast Alaska will open by regulation at 12:00 noon on Monday, February 10, 2014. The season start date for the Tanner and golden king crab fisheries is based on the date with the smallest Juneau tidal range between February 10 and February 17 [5 AAC 35.110(a) and 5 AAC 34.110(b)]. Fishermen are also reminded that weather delay criteria for Tanner and king crab fisheries have been recently a...
Dear Santa, I want a butterfly net and any toy from the frozen movie is my Christmas wish. Miranda Carr Dear Santa, I would please want a big metal toy excavator. I love you. I deserve a toy because I really want one badly. Ariston Warmack Dear Santa, I have been a very good girl this year. Here are some things I would like: American Girl Doll Kit Kitteredge and dog Kit Kitteredge’s bed American girl doll snowpant gear Kit’s summer dress Kt’s birthday outfit Kit’s holiday dress Kara Newman Dear Santa, I was so good everyday. Every single day I...
