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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A third air ambulance will be servicing a southeastern Alaska community. Juneau patients got a third option for their medical evacuation needs in early May, the Juneau Empire reportedLifeMed Alaska joins Airlift Northwest and Guardian as an air ambulance service in the area, a frequent stop for tourists. LifeMed Alaska has two Lear jets based in Juneau that can carry two patients each. Their medical team is experienced in pediatric, obstetric and neonatal care as well as adult care. LifeMed Alaska is the preferred provider...
WRANGELL – Topping Tuesday’s city agenda was a continued discussion of the city’s residential and commercial water rates, which have lagged well behind covering costs. In light of looming supply problems (see water plant story), significant capital investments ahead for a new plant, and prospective development at the Institute and former mill sites, every penny counts for the water enterprise fund. At the past several meetings, interim city manager Carol Rushmore presented Assembly members with an assessment of rates charged to local water...
WRANGELL – A relatively recent resident to Wrangell took a novel view of the place, in February self-publishing a fictional adventure set here. K.E. Hoover’s book West of North follows character Josh Campbell, a man who has come to Wrangell looking for a new start at life. He makes some new friendships – and new enemies – in the process, learning to live in the Alaskan wilderness. “It’s a thriller in addition to an adventure story,” Hoover explained. One of the characters is loosely based on his own father, Jack Hoover, a resident of W...
April 24 — Police responded to civil matters at 4.5 Street, Towne Trailer Park and at South Nordic Drive. Police made a traffic stop at the 800 Block of N. Nordic Drive. April 25 — Police made a traffic stop along Mitkof Highway. Police responded to a civil matter on S. Nordic Drive. Police responded to multiple disturbance calls. April 26 — Trespassing was reported on N. 12th St. April 27 — Police responded to suspicious activity reports on Fram St. and Sing Lee Alley. An assault was reported on Rambler St. Disorderly conduct was reporte...
April 12 — Police investigated a theft on Sing Lee Alley. April 13 — Two abandoned vehicles were reported on Hungerford Hill and Howkan Street. Suspicious activity was reported on Sing Lee Alley and at Towne Trailer Park. Disturbance calls were reported on N. Nordic Drive and on S. Second St. Police responded to a harassment call on S. Nordic Dr. Police made a traffic stop at Mile 1.5 Mitkof Hwy. April 14 — Police responded to a civil matter at Magill’s Trailer Court. A call of suspicious activity was received from a Mitkof Highway address...
A small cadre of volunteers picked up cigarette butts for two hours last Saturday. The collection effort brought in 3.5 lbs. of cigarette waste and filled 6-plastic containers. Sponsored by Petersburg Indian Association's Quit Tobacco program, the clean up areas started at the Park & Rec facility and continued to Nordic Drive, Sing Lee Alley, 1st and 2nd streets to the library and around Petersburg Medical Center. Areas that were heavily soiled with cigarette litter were around the Harbor Bar...
Work is underway to stabilize the foundation and expand areas for parking and gear storage at the Libby Straight warehouse owned by Jeff and Susan Erickson. "We're shoring up the building and making more space for equipment storage," explained Jeff Erickson on Wednesday. The building was a part of the Libby Cannery located in Taku Harbor, according to Erickson. After a cannery fire, the building was constructed and never used and the building sat empty for many years. In the early 1950s the stru...
April 5 — A theft was reported on Vesta St. Police provided assistance at the Papke’s Landing boat launch ramp. Suspicious activity was reported on Cornelius Road. Police responded to three disturbance calls. A motor vehicle accident was reported on Haugen Dr. A trespassing report was made at a Scow Bay Loop Rd. address. A domestic violence report was reported on S. Nordic Drive. Police responded to a disturbance at LeConte RV Park. A traffic offense was reported on Fram St. April 6 — A burglary was reported on S. Second St. A traffic stop...
Petersburg's National Ocean Science Bowl Team traveled to Seward in February to compete with 16 schools statewide. The PHS team placed 8th overall, 5th on their research paper, 4th for the oral presentation and 4th on the overall project (a combination of the research paper and the presentation.) Teams conducted research, wrote a paper and made presentations on the topic of the warming Pacific Ocean and its impact on a resource in the community. Students selected the LeConte Glacier for their ce...
Mar. 29 — An abandoned vehicle was reported at Charles W and Dolphin St. Luis G. Arce, 49, was arrested on a charge of Unlawful Contact in the 1st Degree. He was not taken into custody. Trespassing was reported on Odin St. Suspicious activity was reported on N. First St. and, 4 hours later, on Lumber St. Mar. 31 — A process service was made at a Neptune St. address. Police made contact with a person regarding sex offender registration. A motor vehicle accident was reported on N. Nordic Drive. Police investigated a drug offense at a Charles W S...
The Sitka Sound herring sac roe fishery is closed for the season. The fishery was opened in northwest Sitka Sound on March 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on March 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, as a controlled fishery. Preliminary hails from processors put the total harvest for these openings at 1,100 tons, with a cumulative harvest for the season of 14,600 tons. That was just under the guideline harvest level (GHL) proposed for the 2017 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery of 14,649...
Mar. 22 — Police responded to a disturbance call in the South Harbor and another on Birch St. Harassment was reported on N. Nordic Drive. Police made a traffic stop on S. 2nd St. A chimney fire was reported on Chief John Lott St. Mar. 23 — Suspicious activity was reported at Magills. Following traffic stop Jean S. McCay, 64 was cited for driving without a valid license. Police continue to investigate a report of suspicious activity on N. Nordic Drive. Mar. 24 — Police will file charges in court against a defendant observed in violation of co...
WRANGELL – This year’s annual Tent City Days celebration will start tomorrow, opening up with the dog show at 5 p.m. Celebrating the town of Wrangell’s rustic beginnings, the annual late-winter festivity was held a bit later than usual this year due to scheduling conflicts. “I ain’t competing with the Super Bowl,” event organizer Kelly Gunderson joked. Involved with the festival in past years, she took organization of the celebration off the hands of Penny Allen, who in recent years has been working to revitalize it as a local event. For ma...
The Petersburg Borough assembly unanimously voted to eliminate a prepayment discount on annual moorage rates in an effort to align with a rate study that recommended the borough increase harbor fees by 12 percent. Harbormaster Glo Wollen told the assembly the harbor department loses between $22,000 to $30,000 a year because of the prepayment discount. Petersburg has the second highest rates in Southeast Alaska and Wollen said eliminating the discount would cushion an overall rate increase. “We had a pretty drastic rate increase two years ago an...
City Manager Steve Giesbrecht presented the following information to the Borough Assembly at Monday’s meeting. We have been getting a false alarm indication at the Main Street Sub transformer. We plan to replace the faulty switch during the scheduled maintenance shutdown of the transformer. The top of this unit often needs cleaning (branches, leaves, moss, etc.) because of the size and close proximity to the grove of trees. Joe Nelson’s been working with Parks and Rec to address lighting issues in their back parking lot. We are hoping to com...
Mar. 15 — Police made traffic stops on S. Nordic Drive and Lumber St. Mar. 16 — A traffic citation was issued to Heather L. Conn, 39 for unauthorized parking in a snow dump area. Suspicious activity was reported in the Middle Boat Harbor. Traffic stops were made at S. Nordic and on Haugen Drive. William A. Ware, 20, was cited for expired vehicle registration. Suspicious activity was reported on Excel St. David T. Schulz, 32, was arrested on charges of Assault 3rd Degree DV and Criminal Mischief 5th degree DV. Mar. 17 — Police made a traff...
The Port and Harbor Advisory Board recommended against changing the zoning on waterfront parcels along Nordic Drive at its Friday meeting. The zoning change request is now before the Planning and Zoning Commission. The owners of five lots at 806, 804, 710, 712 and 708 Nordic Drive are making the request and told the commission in a letter dated Jan. 27 that Commercial 1 Zoning would be more appropriate to potential development of the lots. Water access to these lots is restricted due to...
While not a line item on the harbor advisory board agenda, sea lion activity in the harbors was a board discussion item at the March 10 meeting. "There are not a lot of issues in the winter until the bait herring shows up," Harbormaster Glo Wollen told the board. Harbor policy continues not to allow fish scraps to be dumped into the harbors, she added. Wollen referenced a story out of Sand Point at the Peter Pan Seafoods dock where a Petersburg person aboard the F/V Cape St. Elias was attacked b...
Mar. 8 — Suspicious activity was reported on Cabin Creek Road. Trespassing was reported on N. First St. Police are investigating a theft on Chief John Lott St. Mar. 10 — Police made a traffic stop on Skylark Way. Police cited Eric L. Cole, 30, for Liability Insurance Required. Police cited Alvin E. Quezon, 43, for Expired Registration. A theft was reported on S. Second St. Police made a traffic stop on Hungerford Hill. Mar. 12 — Police responded to an alarm on S. Nordic Dr. Police received a call of a DUI at Nordic and Fram. Police provi...
SITKA (AP) – On a cool spring day, Sitka veterinarian Burgess Bauder went down to the harbor and stripped down to his long underwear, socks and Crocs - all in the name of charity. With little more than a quilt covering his body, Bauder became a model in the Ocean Wave Quilt Guild’s “Alaska’s Undercover Men” 2018 calendar. “I make a fool of myself many times,” Bauder said. “Why not do it for something good?” Proceeds from the calendars will fund the guild’s projects that benefit cancer survivors, senior citizens and victims of violence. The Ocea...
WRANGELL – Residents of Wrangell concerned about the state’s evolving budget proposals joined those from Cordova, Nome and other rural communities in testifying on House Bill 57 over the weekend. Proposed by the House Finance Committee as part of a package of budget cuts, HB 57 proposes cutting state payments to municipalities for school construction debt. Homer Rep. vPaul Seaton (R-District 31) co-chaired the proceedings on March 4, seeking input ahead of an amendment process scheduled for Tuesday. Wrangell is among the communities that would...
Mar. 1 — An abandoned vehicle was reported at 1300 Howkan St. A traffic offense was reported at the Borough Parking lot. Mar. 2 — Lepasi S. Mikaio, 32 was arrested on a charge of Assault 4th Degree and was taken into custody. Police responded to a lockout call on Harbor Way. A Hit and Run was reported at the school parking lot. A Theft was reported at the elementary school involving a juvenile. No charges were filed. Police responded to a parking complaint at Tango and S. Nordic Drive. Mar. 3 — Harassment was reported at a Lumber St. addre...
The spring troll fishery in Southeast Alaska (SEAK) is designed to target Alaska hatchery-produced Chinook salmon. However, with similar migration corridors and return timing, wild stock, SEAK originating Chinook are also harvested. The overall 2016 run to the 11 systems monitored for SEAK wild Chinook salmon is one of the lowest on record in 42 years of documented Chinook escapements. With arguably the poorest overall run on record in 2016, recurrent failures to meet lower bounds of escapement goal ranges in several systems, and with the 2017...
Glenn Cooke, CEO of Cooke Inc. was the keynote speaker at the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and banquet on Saturday night at the Sons of Norway Hall. His company purchased Icicle Seafoods in June of last year. Cooke lives in Saint John, New Brunswick with his wife Pamela and two young children Allison and William. "Every time I come to Petersburg I discover we have many more things in common than we have differences. We all speak the language of seafood. We all depend on the sea for our liv...
