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The Southeast Alaska Power Agency Board voted against a half-cent rate increase at their meeting earlier this month, but will vote on a possible rate increase again in March. The Tyee Lake hydro project dedicates its power to Petersburg and Wrangell, and the Swan Lake hydro project produces power for Ketchikan. In the past, the Tyee Lake hydro project has always produced more power than the two communities could use, so the excess power was sold to Ketchikan. Low lake levels in Tyee Lake this ye...
The Petersburg Borough has teamed up with other members of the Alaska Municipal League to create the Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission which will oversee the collection of online sales tax. The borough assembly appointed Finance Director Jody Tow as the borough's representation on the commission at their meeting last week. The online sales tax would only apply to online vendors that have gross sales of over $100,000 in Alaska annually, or have over 100 transactions in the state, said Tow...
Jaynee Fritzinger ventured outside of her comfort zone by capturing the natural beauty above water in her paintings that were on display in her art show "Alaskan Wilderness" on Friday at FireLight Gallery & Framing. Fritzinger said she has always been painting, but in 2017, she began to take her art more seriously. After a successful show in that same year that featured fish and underwater scenes, Fritzinger was inspired to paint more, but she wanted to appeal to a wider audience. She motivated...
One of four submarine cables providing Petersburg with power from the Southeast Alaska Power Agency has been damaged and needs to either be repaired or replaced, but the SEAPA board is concerned with the success of repairing the cable and the price tag of a new one. Bob Lynn, Petersburg's voting member on the SEAPA board, said the board was updated on the condition of the submarine cable, which is located between Woronkofski and Vank islands, at their meeting earlier this month. According to...
The Petersburg Medical Center Board of Directors continued their talk about the upcoming completion of phase one of the master plan to build a new hospital at their board meeting last Thursday, which began at a joint work session with borough assembly earlier this month. Several analyses have been conducted by NAC Architecture in order to prepare the master planning documents. Dan Jardine, project manager with NAC Architecture, said at the joint meeting that the master planning would be...
Petersburg Medical Center had an operating loss of $205,855 for the month of November, according to the hospital's financial report. PMC's net operating revenue came in above the budgeted $1,313,250, at $1,493,828. Year-to-date, PMC is above its net operating revenue by $928,060 with a budgeted $6,956,250 and a total of $7,884,310 for the first five months of the fiscal year. The year-to-date net operating revenue is just enough to make up for the year-to-date total operating expense of $7,873,6...
KAKE — After continued and extensive investigative efforts by Juneau-based Alaska State Troopers, Isaac Friday, 27, of Waitsburg, WA, was indicted on the charge of Murder 1 in the 2017 death of Jade Williams on Dec. 19. The following day, Troopers contacted the Walla-Walla County Sheriff’s Office and requested their assistance. On the 21st, Friday was arrested by WCSO Deputies in Dayton, WA, and remanded to the Walla Walla County jail on $500,000 bail. The arrest happened as a result of an August 15, 2017 report that Jade Williams 19 yoa fro...
Four Petersburg High School wrestlers placed in their weight classes at the state championship tournament in Anchorage last weekend. Kole Sperl came in second place, Ruby Massin placed fourth, Deirdre Toyomura came in fifth place and Merrick Nilsen finished in sixth place. Reed Anderson, Sawyer Bryner, Adam Ware and Kyle Biggers also competed at State, but according to Alaska School Activities Association state championship scores, their place in the tournament is unknown. Head Coach Tyler...
The girls varsity basketball team had a rough start to the season this weekend, losing both their games to Wrangell. The Lady Vikings gave the Lady Wolves a 17-point led early on in their first game of the season. Petersburg was able to close the gap to 10 points by halftime, but was unable to catch up to Wrangell. The Lady Vikings ended up losing the game, 37-57. Head Coach Dino Brock said the team missed some crucial shots and had some early season mistakes, but the girls still put up a fight...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team kicked off the season with two wins against Wrangell during homecoming this past weekend. The Vikings had a sluggish start to the first game of the year. Head Coach Richard Brock said the team made miss-able shots and missed three free throws in a row. Instead of calling a timeout, he let the Vikings figure out their mistakes on their own. "We have a lot of returning guys that have good varsity experience, so I didn't call a timeout to see if they...
December 17— A damaged vehicle was parked at the six mile mark of Mitkof Highway. Authorities responded to a report of a drunk driver at the five mile mark of Mitkof Highway. A disturbance was reported at a location on Ira II St. An individual was acting indecently at a location on S. Nordic Dr. Dec. 18 — An alarm was going off at a location on S. Nordic Dr. An alarm was reported on the 500 block of N. 1st St. A fire was reported at the Narrows Inn, but it was a false alarm. A drunk driver was reported at Scow Bay. Extra patrols were req...
The 2019 homecoming court was crowned on Saturday between the girls and boys basketball games against Wrangell. From left to right: freshmen prince and princess Malcolm Fry and Saphire Weathers; junior prince and princess Andras "Kovi" Kovacs and Annie Christensen; homecoming king and queen Thomas Durkin and Miranda Nilsen; senior prince and princess Zephrie Whitethorn and Nina McCay; sophomore prince and princess Caleb Pfundt and Bergen Kludt-Painter. In the front row are the king and queen's...
The Oxford Carolers, led by Mark Kubo, performing "See Amid Winter Snow" at a community winter concert on Sunday at the Petersburg Lutheran Church. Back row from left to right: Jim Roberts, Nicole McMurren, Sarah Hofstetter, Orin Pierson, Joe Stratman, Alec McMurren and Chris Romine. Front row from left to right: Michele Pfundt, Lizzy Walsh, Grace Bieber, Carin Christensen, Sunny Rice, Chris Weiss and Elise Kubo....
Logan Haley, in the front on the left, on trumpet and Thomas Phillips on clarinet had dual solo parts in "Christmas Concerto #3" by Robert W. Smith in the Mitkof Middle School's winter concert last Thursday....
Director Matt Lenhard leads the Petersburg High School concert band on Dec. 17 in "March of the Toys" by Victor Herbert, arranged by Jones. The concert band also performed "Midnight Carols" arranged by Jerry Davis and "Where Christmas Began" by Paul Clark....
About 20 residents gathered on the evening of Dec. 18 at Buschmann Park to mark the United States House of Representatives' vote to impeach President Donald Trump. The group is also committed to reaching out to Sen. Dan Sullivan and Sen. Lisa Murkowski to encourage the two senators to act as impartial jurors when the articles of impeachment reach the United States Senate, according to Assembly Member Chelsea Tremblay, one of the organizers of the event. "Speaking for myself, I was relieved to...
January 2, 1920 Smaller paper publishers all over the country are faced with temporary suspension or bankruptcy if the condition is not remedied as this price of 13.5 cents per pound cannot be paid by them. Before this was this same paper sold for two and a half cents. The people of Petersburg will not be without their paper, however, for some time as the Report was able to secure a supply at a moderately high figure, just before the last raise and now has enough paper on hand to turn to for nearly a year. Bills have been introduced in...
Anchorage, AK – Rasmuson Foundation is accepting applications for the 2020 Individual Artist Awards (IAA). Applications will be accepted through March 2. In addition to individual artists, groups and collaboratives — two or more artists working together — for the first time will be eligible for Project Awards and Fellowships. A musical band, a dance company and a multimedia collective are some examples. The awards support artistic growth and exploration of new creative ground for artists living and working in Alaska. In 2019, award recip...
Haley Kelley graduated from UAA on Dec. 15 with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree. She's the daughter of Loreen Granberg and John Kelley. She graduated from Petersburg High School in 2012....
They say good things come in small packages and that’s the case for Alaska cod fishermen heading into the new year. A small cod fishery will occur in Gulf state waters (out to three miles) for 2020, putting to rest speculation that no cod would be coming out of the Gulf next year. A catch quota of about 5.6 million pounds, down from 10.2 million pounds, will be split among five regions: Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, Kodiak, Chignik and the South Alaska Peninsula, with limitations on gear and staggered openers. That will be a relief to thous...
David J. "Andy" Armstrong, 71, passed away in his sleep on Dec. 7, 2019 at his home in Craig, Alaska. Andy was born in Shelton, Washington on October 21, 1948 with his twin brother Donald to parents Stan and Annabelle Armstrong. Shelton was his home and workplace (Simpson Timber Co.) until 1979 when he took a job as an equipment operator for Mud Bay Logging in Rowan Bay, Alaska. While working out of Petersburg, Alaska, he met his wife Barbi at the annual Little Norway festival in Petersburg in... Full story
