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Thank You To the Editor: We would like to express a heartfelt THANK YOU to the community of Petersburg and all the volunteers that made November Rain possible this past weekend! The three day swim meet hosted teams from Petersburg, Ketchikan, Craig, Wrangell, Juneau and Sitka with a total of 114 swimmers participating in over 100 events. Without our dedicated volunteers and their many hours of work, this meet would not have been possible. The Board of Directors and over sixty Viking Swim Club swimmers want to say Thank You to each person that...
The Petersburg High School swim team competed in the Sitka Invitational on Oct. 14-15 in what was the team's third meet of the season. The two-day meet offered the Vikings their last chance to face their local competition before the regional championships. Freshman Brooklyn Whitethorn finished third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:15 and fourth in both the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. Logan Tow swam the 500-yard freestyle in 5:46, his fastest time of the season, to place...
The Petersburg School District board unanimously voted to revise its FY23 budget during its Oct. 11 meeting to account for $262,000 in one-time funding allocated to the district by the Alaska Legislature. The one-time funding will make up for cuts to activities, instruction, and support line items made when the budget was first adopted in June-before the legislature approved the funding. The initial budget did not include the $262,000 in one-time funding and was also based on a district student...
October 20, 1922 – Considerable excitement in a quiet way has been caused by the announcement of a discovery of nickel on Baranof Island near Snipe Bay by Arthur Hofstad, young son of I. M. Hofstad of Scow Bay. The deposit was found accidentally by the young fellow while hunting and it is claimed that a seventy-foot ledge was found. Engineers in the employ of the Granby Company are now on the ground looking into the report and it is understood that a bond will be arranged if the ledge shows any promise. October 17, 1947 – Some old-timers amo...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team has been tackling and grappling on the mats for the past three weeks as they ramp up for their first tournament of the season. The team, made up of 12 students, features a core group from last year's team who have returned for another year in the ring including seniors Kyle Biggers, DD Toyomura, and Wyatt Litster. Head Coach James Valentine and Assistant Coach Mike Corl are also entering their second year of coaching. Valentine said the team's training h...
The Petersburg High School cross country team booked its ticket to the state championships after a dominating showing at the Region 5 Championships last Saturday in Sitka. The PHS women finished second as a team with their five runners scoring 40 points, behind first place Haines with 25. Haines' Ariel Godinez Long finished first overall with a time of 19:56. "We did really good as a team," said junior Kinley Lister. "It was a bit of a rainy day so we were fighting the weather a little but I...
Bikers and paddlers gathered at Scow Bay Saturday morning to participate in the annual Paddle and Pedal Battle fundraiser, which raised about $15,000 according to Community Wellness Coordinator Julie Walker. The donations will go toward continuing education for Petersburg Medical Center staff and scholarships for Petersburg High School graduates. "I think our goal this year was to revive the event and it really felt like we did that," Walker said. About 70 participants made it out to the event... Full story
Towards the end of last month, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) held a community tour aboard the cutter Pike to help introduce the latest vessel that will continue the legacy of service in Southeast. Prior to the event, Commanding Officer Jack Loewenstein and Executive Petty Officer Kevin Chapman made sure to get off the ship and meet some people around town while spreading word about the event. "We did the rounds, we ended up walking over to the police station and meeting Jim there, meeting Glo at...
May 26, 1922 The inauguration of a weekly mail service between Petersburg and Juneau including Cape Fanshaw and other way points beginning July 1st has been announced by postmaster Jacob Otness. The contract for the service has been awarded to George Remstead, of Fanshaw. The contract covers a period of four years. It calls for weekly trips between Juneau and Petersburg with calls at Gambier Bay, Pybus Bay, Brothers Island, Five Finger Light, and Cape Fanshaw. Under certain conditions on each second trip between October 1 and March 31 calls...
After a meeting last Tuesday, National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions is allowing passengers and crew from their ships to go ashore and inside business in Petersburg according to Dave Berg, president of Viking Travel and a ships agent for Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska. Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht, PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter, Dr. Mark Tuccillo, who serves as the borough’s public health officer, and Berg met with representatives from Lindblad to discuss the company’s policy COVID-19 policies and work toward allowing people to visit town. Acc...
Abigail Anderson Who are your parents? Julie and Jason Anderson Number of years in Petersburg schools? 10 Please describe something you are most proud of from your time at PHS: Going on exchange. What are your plans following graduation? Right now it is up in the air, but mainly work throughout the summer then maybe go to college. What was your favorite class or activity during school and why? Art, for the most part I can just plug in my headphones and block out the world and focus at the task...
Forty-five years ago, Kathi Hammer was helping Carol Hall at a concession booth downtown, during Little Norway Festival. When, all of a sudden, Hammer got kidnapped by Vikings. Shortly after earning her freedom she was holding her daughter, Cari, when a photographer came up and asked who they were. Hammer thought he was just a tourist, until a few weeks later when she saw a picture of them on the front page of the Southeastern Log, a popular publication in Southeast at the time. Under the image... Full story
The Petersburg Borough Assembly voted unanimously to appoint 11 people to the Early Childhood Education Task Force during Monday’s meeting. The task force will be made up of Jessica Doril, Hannah Flor, Denise Gubernick, Katie Holmlund, Sharlay Mamoe, Jeff Meucci, Stephanie Payne, Chelsea Tremblay, Becky Turland, Glo Wollen, and Chad Wright. The assembly also voted unanimously to appoint Tremblay as the chair of the task force. The task force was created following multiple public meetings and work sessions which identified problems with r...
The Viking Swim Club ended its season with five swimmers attending the Alaska Junior Olympics meet in Anchorage from April 21-24. Tori Miller, Lexie Tow, Logan Tow, Brooklyn Whitethorn, and Lucia Worhatch each competed in multiple events at the competition after meeting the challenging time standards required to race in their final meet of the year. Miller finished first in the 50 fly and third in the 100 fly. "Just making it to the meet is an accomplishment in and of itself and then making it...
Petersburg is expecting a 35% increase in passenger berths from last year as the cruise ship industry rebounds from two summers hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. This summer has the potential of seeing 11,000 cruise ship passengers across 107 port calls according to Dave Berg, president of Viking Travel and a ships agent for Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska. Some of the cruise lines that will visit Petersburg this year include Alaska Dream Cruises, American Cruise Lines, National Geographic, and...
As a junior, Ines Larson helped the Lady Viking's basketball team reach the state tournament. Going into her senior year, she felt pressure to duplicate that success, so she made returning to state a top priority. But, unfortunately, the team didn't make it out of regionals. Two weeks ago, seconds into what would be her last high school basketball game, Larson went to intercept a pass and stepped on an opposing player's foot, rolling her ankle in the process. She had dealt with ankle injuries... Full story
Thomas Andrew (Tommie) Willis, age 31, of Juneau, Alaska passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 1, 2022. Born in Juneau, Alaska on October 25, 1990, Tommie was raised in Petersburg before moving to Columbia, Missouri. He returned to Juneau during high school. Tommie was a state champion swimmer with his beloved Viking Swim Club. His relay team still holds the state record. He was an active boy scout, gifted and talented student, enjoyed playing drums, attended Petersburg Presbyterian Church,... Full story
March 3, 1922 The epidemic of chicken pox which has been going the rounds of the school children and which has seriously hampered the work in the lower grades, has about run its course and the attendance is gradually picking up. Earl N. Ohmer, city councilman, is the latest victim of this great malady of childhood to be reported. While Ohmer has passed the school age we have not found out as yet whether he is entering his second childhood or not. March 7, 1947 This Friday evening at 7 o’clock in the Sons of Norway Hall, halibut fishermen and v...
The Viking Swim Club traveled to Fairbanks last weekend for the Age Group Championships which saw 10 of its members swim in over 40 events against hundreds of swimmers from across the state. Head Coach Scott Burt said the level of competition pushed his team to up their game and helped them improve their times across the board in both preliminary races and in the finals. "Having the energy of a swim meet when you have hundreds of people there cheering and having intense, talented competition to...
The Petersburg High school boys basketball team played three games last weekend, two of which were their first matchups against a conference opponent this season. On their way to Haines the Vikings stopped in Juneau on Thursday and faced the Thunder Mountain varsity team in a non-conference game, beating the home team 66-52. "Any time you can play a bigger school gives you an opportunity to really test yourself and our kids really rose to the occasion," Head Coach Rick Brock said. Petersburg...
The Viking Swim Club held its November Rain meet last week, hosting the Glacier Swim Club from Juneau over two days of competition. Across the 88 events, the 32 VSC swimmers and 12 GSC swimmers fought the clock in their last shot to record qualifying times for the Alaska Swimming Age Group Championships which will be held in Fairbanks from February 18-20. Friday and Saturday's meet was originally scheduled in November but was delayed due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Petersburg. "It was just so nice...
Attendees to the upcoming Séet Ká Festival in town should leave with a wealth of knowledge because the goal of the event is to increase cultural awareness for, and uplift, the Indigenous people of Séet Ká Kwáan. The event spans five days, Feb. 10-14, and the idea for it came largely from Avery Sakamoto, a busy, local Lingít advocate. Last spring, Sakamoto was invited to join the Rainforest Festival Committee, and it only took a couple days after the first meeting for inspiration to strik...
