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January-June January Petersburg School Superintendent Lisa Stroh resigned from her position citing family medical issues as her reason for leaving although communication between borough staff and student letters indicated turmoil between Stroh and school staff. Two third and fourth grade elementary students published their own class newspapers. Former Petersburg School District Maintenance Director Tye Petersen was sentenced to 12 years in prison for Distribution, Receipt and Possession of... Full story
A fire blazed in a blacksmith shop near Muddy River on the mainland Tuesday evening. Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department spokesperson Dave Berg said PVFD received a call around 4:50 p.m. on December 29 after someone reported seeing a fire on the mainland to the Petersburg Police. Berg said volunteers asked over a VHF radio if anyone knew anything about a fire. “Orie Bell on the M/V Lindy came back to me and said they had a fire in their blacksmith shop over there and that it was fully engulfed and everyone was accounted for, there were no i... Full story
Petersburg Police are charging a man with multiple counts of burglary and theft after a Christmas Eve break in left a family without a vehicle, tools and firearms. According to charging documents, police charged Neil Ray Hacker, 37, with 12 felony counts after a confession to police where he admitted to stealing nine firearms, including rifles and shotguns, along with a 2012 Toyota pickup truck, vehicle parts and tools from a warehouse on Hungerford Hill owned by Albert Hofstad. The charging... Full story
December 25, 1915 – According to a letter received by the Report this week from Nels Nelson, who has been transacting business in the Puget Sound cities for several weeks past, the Glacier Fish Company, of Tacoma, are evidently satisfied with the experimental trial of buying and shipping fish from Petersburg, and are now ready to take up the business much more extensively. Mr. Nelson says, under date of Tacoma, December 11: “I wish the Report to announce that I am going Petersburg and to take up the fish business for the Glacier Fish Company on...
The next generation is here To the Editor: The “PFI changed Petersburg 50 years ago” story was remarkably accurate. Along with Bob Thorstenson, Gordon Magnus and Tom, the Swansons, Conns, McKays, and many many more PFI employees and, of course, the fishermen are what made this company. My company founders shared their vision, risk and reward far and wide and that made all the difference. All Alaskan companies outta be set up this way. The new guys would be well served to set up the 1965-2007 success story all over again. The next gen...
December 23 A caller complained of loud music being played in a residential area near Lumber Street. Police issued a citation to Jessica Owens, 23, for an expired registration. December 24 A caller reported a possible suicide attempt. A caller reported a suspicious person near an unoccupied residence on Haugen Drive. A caller reported an unoccupied vehicle that was running for a couple of hours. Police received a report of a dog barking and preventing sleep on Skylark Way. December 25 A caller reported a burglary and vehicle theft. A caller...
December 29 Dylan Swainson appeared before Superior Court Judge Carey for a change of plea hearing regarding a DUI. The defendant entered a guilty plea and the court ordered Swainson to serve two years of probation among other fines. Joseph Hedland appeared before Superior Court Judge Carey for a charge of Reckless Driving. Hedland entered a guilty plea and the court sentenced Hedland to 20 days in jail with 20 days suspended, one year of probation and $500 fine with $250 suspended....
PETERSBURG — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Dec. 18 that seasons for the 2015/2016 commercial Tanner and golden king crab fisheries in Southeast Alaska will open by regulation at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. 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. Any delay to the start of the 2015/2016 Tanner and golden king crab fisheries due to weather will be announced 24 hours before the start of the f...
It's a question Petersburg's Northern Nights Theater manager Anne Tate fields every now and then. "I've been asked, I think, about a million times," Tate said. "I'm not certain I can leave my house without someone asking." It's no surprise people are inquiring. 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' shattered records, including the largest box office record of all time, and will likely continue to eclipse previous big movie box office sales. The movie has already grossed more than $1 billion...
“Tis the season for even bigger Alaska fish catches when groundfish seasons open at the start of the New Year. Catches of pollock, cod, flounders and other groundfish account for nearly 85 percent of Alaska’s harvest poundage, and 67 percent of the nation’s total groundfish harvests. Those numbers could increase due to boosts in several catch quotas in both the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea for the next two year. For pollock, the nation’s largest fishery, the catch is up slightly to 1.3 million metric tons, or just under three billion pound...
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A judge has ordered the city of Kodiak to release records related to an encounter between three police officers and an autistic man whose mother says he was traumatized by the experience. A lawsuit filed by Kodiak Public Broadcasting Co. says the 28-year-old man was checking his family's mailbox on Sept. 16 when three police officers handcuffed and pepper sprayed him. He was not arrested or charged, KMXT-FM reported. His mother said he was traumatized by the experience, which left her son bloody and bruised. Authorities h...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and another Alaska newspaper are being sold. The News-Miner announced Monday that the newspaper and the Kodiak Daily Mirror are being purchased by the Fairbanks-based Helen E. Snedden Foundation, which was created by the late wife of former News-Miner publisher Charles W. Snedden. The deal is expected to close early next year. The sales price was not immediately disclosed. The current owner, William Dean Singleton, and late business partner Richard B. Scudder bought the Fairbanks paper f...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Data released by the U.S. Department of Education shows Alaska has one of the lowest graduation rates in the country. Only the District of Columbia, New Mexico and Nevada had lower graduation rates during the 2013-14 school year than Alaska, whose graduation rate was 71.1 percent. Federal data shows Alaska's rate has hovered around 70 percent since at least 2010-2011. Nationally, the graduation rate was 82.3 percent. Brian Laurent with Alaska's education department says the state's preliminary graduation rate for 2...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Lawmakers are a step closer to moving out of office space in Anchorage that costs $4 million to lease. The Legislative Council voted Saturday to recommend that lawmakers pull funding for the lease, while also carving out 45 days to try negotiating a competitive purchase price, the Alaska Dispatch reports. The office space was renovated and priced almost six times more than what had been a $680,000 lease. This year, lawmakers expect a $3.5 billion state budget deficit. Developer Mark Pfeffer said he was willing to d...
Petersburg rubber boots sloshed through 135.22 inches of rain so far this year, putting 2015 on track as the second rainiest year on record—biting at the heels of 1991’s title as rainiest year with its 136.88 inches of precipitation. January and April of 2015 both broke precipitation records with January receiving 21.05 inches beating the 1985 previous record of 20.89 inches. Rain poured last April with a total 12.31 inches beating 1952’s previous record of 11.1 inches. Last July came in secon...
The Salvation Army’s largest fundraiser the ‘Red Kettle’ campaign provides assistance to those in need throughout the year in the form of utility and rental assistance, food boxes, heating oil, emergency lodging and transportation. The year 2015 saw a large increase for those needing rental and utility assistance and food boxes compared to 2014. In 2014, the local Salvation Army provided rental assistance to six people in two households in the amount of $265. That number leapt up to 17 people in 10 households in the amount of $9,004 durin...
