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Orin Pierson, currently general manager of the Petersburg Pilot, will take over as Publisher of the Petersburg Pilot effective January 1, 2022. Pierson is purchasing 100% of the stock in Pilot Publishing, Inc. (the Pilot's parent company) that is held by Ron and Anne Loesch. The business will continue at its current location on Nordic Dr., as well as the printing operations on Harbor Way. The office supply business will also continue under Pierson's ownership and all subscriptions and advertisin...
January The assembly approved of a COVID-19 dashboard which tracked cases in the community. Local businesses received a total of $15.08 million in aid in the first round of COVID-19 aid released through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. PMC vaccinated approximately 350 residents aged 65 or older at a vaccine drive in the community gym. PMC was given permission by the borough to apply for a second PPP loan totaling $1.8 million. PMC applied and received a loan of...
The Petersburg Medical Center reported eight active cases Wednesday evening with a positivity rate of 7.6% in the week preceding the last update. According to PMC's COVID-19 Dashboard, the hospital is currently at a moderate risk level and is showing one healthcare worker infection. PMC is recommending that people planning on gatherings take a COVID-19 test two days before and on the morning of the gathering. The hospital is also encouraging masking, physical distancing, and maximizing fresh...
December 30, 1921 The corner of the heating plant at the Petersburg Hospital caught fire last Friday night about 10 o’clock, the flames being caused by sparks from the furnace. Dr. A.B. Jones was in the building attending a patient and noticed the flames. He ran out and extinguished them with buckets of water without assistance. Practically no damage was done. Another fire last Friday evening in the house occupied by Charles Birdsell and family caused considerable excitement. The alarm was rung at 5 o’clock and by the time the department arrive...
The US Forest Service announced on December 8 that it has authorized silvicultural treatments on 105,224 acres of land in the Petersburg and Wrangell Ranger Districts to improve the ecosystems of young-growth stands. The goal of the treatments is to improve habitats and timber production in young-growth stands which face issues caused by overstay trees blocking light as forests regenerate after being clear-cut according to Petersburg Ranger District Silviculturist Ben Case. Problems include...
Susan Doherty has been named the new general manager of the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA) according to a press release. The SSRAA is a non-profit corporation which currently operates seven hatcheries in southern Southeast Alaska, including the Crystal Lake Hatchery which produces 600,000 chinook salmon and 100,000 coho salmon that are released into Blind Slough and 100,000 chinook salmon for City Creek, as well as six remote release sites. Overall, the SSRAA typically produces up to 235 million juvenile salmon for...
It all began about 45 years ago on my second visit to Petersburg to seek bank financing for the purchase of the newspaper that replaced the failed Petersburg Press just 28-months earlier. At 23 years of age I was to become the youngest newspaper publisher in Alaska. After filling out the loan application for National Bank of Alaska branch manager Fred Morino, it didn't look good. The newspaper assets that would collateralize the 3-year note didn't even total 50% of the requested loan ... even...
December 22 — An officer provided courtesy transport for a stranded individual. Low hanging power lines making noise were reported. Petersburg Municipal Power & Light was notified. An injured deer was reported at 1.5 mile Mitkof Hwy. Officer verified deer limping but okay. A warning was issued for inoperable taillights. December 23 — Officer responded to a noise complaint on Chief John Lott Street. Music was turned down at direction of officer. A parking complaint was filed. Owner moved vehicle at direction of officer. A power outage was rep...
November 15 — Judge Carey denied a request to change Levi Scott Newman’s bail conditions. A trial is called for January 18. November 17 — Aaron Wayne Bradford entered a guilty plea on the count of Tampering with Physical Evidence and was sentenced to 30 months probation with $200 police surcharge and $100 jail surcharge. Other counts of violating conditions of release were dismissed by the prosecution. Roderick Vasquez entered a guilty plea to three counts: Attempted Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance 2, Attempted Escape, and Viola...
The Salvation Army's signature red kettles raised $13,911.30 for its social services budget during the holiday season according to Major Loni Upshaw. Though it was about $6,000 less than last year's total, Upshaw was still surprised with how high the final tally was and said that it was only $90 dollars short of the goal given to the local branch by the Salvation Army's headquarters. The Petersburg Vessel Owners Association, which had volunteers ringing the bells on Christmas Eve, topped the...
An Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act was introduced in Congress last week by Alaska Senators Murkowski and Sullivan that, if passed, aims to gain better understanding about causes of salmon declines, especially in the Northwest regions. The task force of up to 19 people would conduct a comprehensive review of salmon science and management in Alaska. The bill also would establish a working group specifically focused on salmon returns in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region of Western and...
Tokens were used throughout the U.S. cannery industry from the East Coast to the West as part or all of the pay cannery workers received. They could be redeemed at local businesses which had arrangements with the canneries. Steve Rundell found a Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Co. token at Conclusion Island Fox Farm site in Rocky Pass and in 1985 donated it to the Museum. A 1911 token found by Thomas Moore at an unknown location was donated by his widow Ruth. Tokens are known to have been used...
Birders canvassed Mitkof Island on December 18 as part of the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count as they looked to collect data on local bird populations. It was a smaller group of people than usual according to Brad Hunter, the coordinator of Petersburg's bird count. Of the 23 people who participated, 10 people watched bird feeders while 13 split up to cover the group's regular routes near Hungry Point, Sandy Beach, the Beachcomber Lodge, and Blind River Rapids. "It's a lot...
