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On August 17, 1913, the Pacific Coast Steamship Company's steamship State of California had just departed the new Admiralty Trading Company's salmon cannery in Gambier Bay with 74 passengers and 76 crew aboard when she struck an uncharted pinnacle rock, opening the entire length of the port bilge. Bound from Puget Sound to Alaska with passengers, mail and freight, Captain Thomas H. Cann Jr charged straight toward shore, where the ship rolled to port and quickly sank into 36 fathoms of water....
To register a new student, please stop by the office at 303 Dolphin Street by August 22. You will need to bring a current immunization record and birth certificate – a legible copy is okay. For questions, please call or text the office at 907-302-2385 or 877-526-7656, ext. 400 Mrs. Willis, Kindergarten: Julie Baguley, Levi Bateman, Mia Carr, Levi Clemens, Esmae Corrao, William Hussey, Jackson Josey, Kaylee Lenihan, Tora Marohl, Harlan McKay, Knox Mendoza-Einerson, Ca’Nay Mitchell, Sophie Morin, Chloe Morrison, Lydia Padgett, Henry Paul, Kno...
A rare sight in summer, last week a strong display of northern lights was visible on the night of the new moon. The team of scientists conducting whale research based out of Five Finger Lighthouse photographed the phenomena. That team, known as WhaleSpeak will depart the lighthouse this week and will be offering a community presentation at the Petersburg Public Library this saturday about their research on the loud aerial vocalizations of Southeast Alaska’s humpback whales....
August 15, 1924 – This afternoon a most disastrous fire broke out in the power plant of the Kennecott Copper Corporation resulting in the total loss of the plant, at an estimate of between $1,500,000 to 2,000,000. The fire began about 3:15 on the top side of the number four boiler and in two minutes it was a roaring inferno of smolder and flame barely giving time to the men on shift to make good their escape. The mill, machine shop and a number of the employees residences in the immediate vicinity escaped with a similar fate through the p...
A big black bear went through the Petersburg Airport Subdivision on Saturday night looking for an easy meal inside any unsecured garbage cans. Luis Silva's motion activated camera picked up the bear struggling to get into this big can that was secured with ratchet straps....
The featured exhibit in the lobby of Petersburg Public Library is a tribute to Petersburg English teacher, basketball coach, and longtime local Poet Laureate Lee Ribich. It proudly showcases his five books of poetry along with school yearbooks and momentos that attest to Ribich's contributions over the decades. On Saturday afternoon, after the exhibit was unveiled, friends and family gathered at the library's fireplace to hear a reading of selected poems from Ribich's collection. Lee and his...
Lifted on a yellow forklift, Jeff Randrup pulls the chord of the steam whistle at the OBI plant to signal the milestone achievement of processing 100,000 cases of pink salmon this season. The whistle bellowed throughout downtown just past noon on Monday, Aug. 12....
Smokey Bear turned 80 years old on August 9, 2024. Community members joined the U.S. Forest Service and Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department to celebrate Smokey Bear's birthday with cake, crafts, and photos with the longtime icon of wildfire prevention at a birthday party held behind the Forest Service building on Friday. From left to right: Carin Christensen, Smokey Bear, Tiare Simbahon, Caroline Dowd, Alex Rodriguez-Smith....
Calvin James Hankins was born on July 23, 2024, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces. He was 20.5 inches. Calvin is welcomed by his parents, Aaron and Keely Hankins, his sister Aria and his brother Greyson....
The ridge ascent up Manzanita Peak, on the east side of Mitkof Island, traverses just over 11 miles without a marked trail and gains 2667 feet elevation. These hikers spent 12 hours hiking the peak on Sunday to see the views of Dry Strait, Coney Island, and LeConte Bay from the top....
August 8, 1924 – A trap watchman at Lime Point, at the entrance to Hatta Inlet on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, was shot by alleged fish pirates, according to federal officers. Alvin B. Carr and the crew of the gasboat Dolphin have been arrested and are now being held in jail at Craig, suspected of doing the shooting. “Reports received at this office indicate that there is a serious outbreak of trap robberies in the lower end of the district,” said U.S. Attorney Shoup. “We have taken measures to combat the pirate boats and have go...
Tuesday evening’s sunset as seen from the Crystal Lake Trail....
Sally Dwyer holds a Primary ballot and an "I Voted" sticker at the Petersburg's early and absentee voting location. Registered voters who signed up in advance can drop off their completed absentee ballots, and local voters unable to vote in person on the day of the primary, can come vote early from Aug 5-19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the training room, downstairs at the Petersburg Municipal Building. The Alaska Primary Election is Aug. 20, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. as in recent years, the polling...
This vintage Grumman Goose model airplane sports the color scheme of Alaska Coastal Airline, is made of die-cast metal, plastic and paint. It is 13.25 inches wide, 10.75 inches long and has a diameter of 3.75 inches. It is made as a bank for collecting coins. Alaska Coastal Airlines was a Juneau based company established in 1939 when Alaska Air Transport and Marine Airways merged. In 1942, Alaska Coastal Airlines received its Civil Aeronautics Board operating certificate and began to share...
August 1, 1924 – Petersburg claims to have the best postmaster in Alaska. No matter what hour a boat comes in, Sunday or any other holiday, it is soon in the boxes after being received in the post office. In any other employment, save that of the government, such faithful service would bring its own reward. Measuring the pay they get, postmasters can hardly be blamed sometimes for not working except as required by the regulations. Postmaster Otness, however, has the old fashioned idea that he is here to serve the public. Such public servants a...
Boaters visiting LeConte Bay last Friday encountered numerous orcas including this large bull....
Judy Forgey - treasurer of the Muskeg Maleriers, the local rosemaling group who hosted the class - shows off the progress on her door crown on the third day of Kim Garrett's rosemaling class. Founded in 1974, the Maleriers have worked on several large-scale rosemaling projects in Petersburg, including the Sons of Norway Hall shutters and interior, Hammer and Wikan's 36-foot-wide panel, and numerous downtown storefronts....
Youth kayakers get a head start on the rest of the competition during the 10th Annual Pedal/Paddle Battle on July 27, 2024, in Petersburg. The annual event raised a total of $17,040 in donations for local education and medical employees. This year's race included a total of 60 participants, 38 bikers, 21 paddlers and 1 runner....
July 25, 1924 – M. Susuki, Japanese, shot and killed Margaret Adrianoff, aged seventeen, and fatally wounded her mother, Mrs. Casper Adrianoff, at the Alaska Glacier Sea Food Company’s plant Thursday. After the double tragedy, Susuki ran down the dock towards town, reloading his gun, then suddenly sat down and shot himself through the temple. For some time Susuki had been paying attention to and bothering the girl, and had wanted her to marry him. As far as the Adrianoff family was concerned, he was just an acquaintance. The shooting took pla...
July 17 – Found property was returned to its owner. Petersburg Police Department (PPD) received a report of a disabled and unattended vehicle blocking access on Dock Street. A skiff on Harbor Way was impounded. July 18 – PPD received a report of a wandering pup on Howkan Street. PPD received a report of juveniles drinking in a vehicle parked in the South Harbor lot. James Clark, Erik Edwards and Isaiah Etcher were issued citations for minors in possession of alcohol. Elizabeth Burns was issued a citation for operating a motor vehicle with an...
This sign was Petersburg’s first museum sign. Installed in 1967, it was cut from plywood and hand-painted white with yellow and brown lettering. In August of 1962, Elsie Clausen and the local Pioneers of Alaska opened a ‘museum’ in Petersburg’s City Council Chambers. Elsie and Claire Strand chose the name “Petersburg Museum Society.” Elsie and Carroll Clausen worked with the City of Petersburg, individuals and many organizations to establish community interest in the region’s history while they acquired and maintained items for the museum to...
While the king salmon struggling to get upstream are benefitting from the past week of heavier-than-normal rainfall, the townsfolk of Petersburg are finding the weather less enjoyable. A resident heads down to check the bilge pump on his boat moored at "poor man's float" in North Harbor, where, according to harbor staff, a 16-foot jet skiff was sunk by the rain on Wednesday....
July 18, 1924 – Two men, one masked, held up Ole Jackson aboard the gasboat Jiggs shortly after midnight in Auke Bay at Pelton Cove, and made their escape with $500 ($9,186.40 today) which Jackson had in a sack to purchase fish. Ole Jackson, who is a buyer for H.R. Thompson, of Juneau, left on the Jiggs from City Dock the same evening, going over the bar to Pelton Cove where he anchored for the night. About seven o’clock, Jackson turned in to make an early start in the morning for Hoonah and adjacent places to buy fish from trollers. Som...
Former photographer and current sketcher and painter Ron Hall is having his first big art show called "Colors Speak To Me," on display July 22 through July 31 at the Clausen Memorial Museum. Ron began his art career as an aerial photographer. "I took aerial photos for the Forest Service in Southeast Alaska, California and Florida," said Hall. After moving into Petersburg Medical Center's Long Term Care several years ago, Hall took up sketching and eventually painting as a hobby. Hall has been...
After days of heavier-than-normal rain in Petersburg, the Rainforest Festival is taking advantage of a potential reprieve from the weather over the weekend to bring wildflowers into the spotlight with their Mountain Meadow Wildflower Walk at the Twin Creek this Sunday. Hosted by Mary Clemens, the event will bring participants on a "slow meander" through the muskeg in front of the Twin Creek Shelter with Clemens pointing out local flora and answering questions along the way. "It's not going to...
