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The U.S. Forest Service will soon be accepting comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Kake-Petersburg Intertie, a proposed electrical transmission line that would connect Kake to a SEAPA substation in Petersburg. The proposed project would bring cheaper power to Kake whose 550 residents are currently using costly diesel to power their homes and businesses. "In 2011, the full retail cost of power in Kake was 62 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), more than five times the... Full story
Residents from the Mountain View Manor and PMC Long Term care served as judges for this year's Chamber of Commerce holiday light contest held Friday. Ross Nannauck and Rudy Nannauck's colorfully lit and musical home won the judges over for first place in the homes category. Ken Yuen took second place for best decorated home. Petersburg Rexall Drug, Inc. took first in the business category for their window display celebrating The Nutcracker, which was performed by the Mitkof Dance Troupe. Robin... Full story
Though 97 percent of respondents said they are satisfied with Petersburg’s commingled recycling program, Public Works staff have also been alerted to possible improvements – including a switch to a cart-based program and bringing collection in house – after reviewing the results of a community survey that wrapped up last month about the program. At Monday’s Assembly meeting, Public Works Director Karl Hagerman presented the results of the survey, which was intended to help the department assess community satisfaction, cost effecti... Full story
December 26, 1914 – ALASKA – Wrangell Strait – Petersburg Float Light and Middle Grand Buoy 17 reported displaced on December 15, 1914, were replaced on their respective stations December 18, 1914. By direction of the Commissioner of Lighthouses. December 29, 1939 – Flying instruction for 20 handpicked University of Alaska students, including two co-eds, was tentatively scheduled to begin Wednesday of this week. There were 39 applications for the course, which is to be run by Richard C. Ragle, commercial pilot and former instructor in mining...
Borough Assembly members moved speedily through the agenda at Monday’s regular meeting, approving a resolution to dedicate $950,730 of Property Development fund money to the Municipal Building renovation project. At the last meeting, Assembly members approved moving the monies – which are the surplus from the 2014 fiscal year’s General Fund – into the Property Development fund, so the Borough can have more financial options for funding local projects in anticipation of receiving fewer State funds this year. The renovation is the top priority on...
This fall’s Dungeness crab fishery preliminary harvest estimate is totaled at 975,000 pounds with 137 recorded permit holders fishing. According to Alaska Department of Fish and Game data, as of November 30, 19 percent of this year’s total fall harvest was caught this fall. During the previous ten year average, 25 percent of the annual harvest is taken in the fall. This year’s total harvest so far is a heaping 5.04 million pounds, well above the 3.78 million pound ten-year average. “With some areas still open it remains to be seen whether...
Petersburg's Fedrelandet #23 Sons of Norway membership should take a bow. According to Rikke Saetermo who hails from Alta, Norway, Petersburg is more Norwegian than many communities in Norway. Saetermo (a visiting foreign exchange student) elaborated that Petersburg's version of Little Norway represents a time past in her home country. (See interview in last week's Petersburg Pilot) Saetermo explained, "It's old Norwegian. Norway is nothing like this at home, but I definitely see some old stuff...
December 17 A caller reported a civil matter. The fraudulent use of a credit card was reported. December 18 A caller reported a dump truck left on Fram Street. An officer responded and put cones out. December 19 An officer responded to a family dispute. Police dispatch notified DOT of black ice on Mitkof Highway. A disabled vehicle was reported on Haugen Drive. An officer responded to a report of loud music. The caller reported this was the third noise disturbance this week. December 20 A caller reported offensive smoke and odor coming from a...
The Lady Vikings took first place in last weekend's Little Norway Tournament. Petersburg's girls hosted teams from Haines, Ketchikan and Metlakatla. The Lady Vikings came out swinging Thursday night, defeating Haines' Glacier Bears 57-19. Head Coach Dino Brock said he was pleased with his team's solid performance Thursday night. "We ran up and down the floor," Brock said. "Our defense did a great job against them. We had really balanced scoring. Everybody on the team scored in that game so...
The Petersburg Vikings placed third in last weekend's Little Norway Tournament. Petersburg hosted Craig, Ketchikan and Metlakatla. Head Coach Rick Brock said the Vikings played a solid game Thursday night beating Craig 82-44. "It was our first home game and everybody was probably a bit nervous but all the players on the team had a chance to get some time on the floor," Brock said. The Vikings jumped out to an early lead scoring 19 points in the first quarter and continued to dominate throughout...
On Dec. 18 Wrangell’s advisory committee to Alaska Department of Fish and Game held the last and lengthiest of its public meetings to discuss Board of Fisheries proposals for the 2014-15 meeting cycle. This 12-person committee let the public review and discuss new finfish management proposals, providing their recommendations to the state board of Fisheries. Consulting them on management policies were Troy Thynes and Patrick Fowler from Petersburg’s ADFG office. Among the policies the committee supported, it voted ten to two in favor of cre...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report to the Assembly at Monday’s regular meeting: Power and Light is proposing the addition of a new capital project to add a high voltage switch immediately upstream of PFI. This will improve reliability and aid in power restoration after an outage. The project would include replacement of the overhead primary metering installation which is very close to school property. The Harbor Security/Fire Vessel electrical upgrade was successful bid out to Bear Electric Inc., which came in as the app...
Walter Dawson, 85, died peacefully in Juneau, Alaska on Dec. 11, 2014. He was born in Seattle, Wash. on Jan. 7, 1928 to Cora and Floyd Dawson. Walter was the seventh of fourteen siblings growing up in the family home in Puyallup, Wash. In the middle 1940s Walter followed in his brother's footsteps and joined the U.S. Army. He spent a nine-year career in the Army serving his country in Japan and Korea. After an honorable discharge, he worked at the Boeing plant in Seattle. Walter met Ruth Elaine... Full story
Alaska seafood innovators are getting serious about ‘head to tail/inside and out’ usages of fish parts, and they see gold in all that gurry that ends up on cutting line floors. Fish oils, pet treats, animal feeds, gelatins, fish scales that put the shimmer in nail polish – “almost anything that can be made out of seafood byproducts has increased in value tremendously in the last few years,” said Peter Bechtel, a US Dept. of Agriculture researcher formerly at the University of Alaska. In today’s climate of planet consciousness “co-product...
Robert G. Kinnear, 86 died December 10, 2014 in Tacoma, Wash. with family at his side. Bob was born on April 30, 1928 in Seattle, Wash. He grew up in Petersburg, Alaska and lived in Edmonds, Wash. He was preceded in death by his brother Conner Kinnear, and his wife of 51 years, Gloria. Bob is survived by his sons, Mike and Chris, and their families. A memorial donation can be made to World Concern worldconcern.org/donate or call (800) 755-5022.... Full story
