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The sun sets over Kupreanof Island on Tuesday....
November 19, 1920 Alaska will soon be made a separate forestry district by the Secretary of Agriculture, according to word received from Col. W. G. Greeley, the chief Forester, by Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr. At the present time and heretofore, Alaska has been a part of the Northwestern District with headquarters at Portland, Oregon. The present district includes Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The headquarters for the new Alaska forestry district will be in the territory and C.H. Flory will be in charge. November 16, 1945 Everyone who failed to...
Nate Olson on Sandy Beach's troll bridge on Saturday....
Jacob Neil Hegar was born on Oct. 23, 2020 to Brie and James Hegar in Soldotna Alaska. He weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz. and was 20 inches long....
Public Works staff set up this year's borough Christmas tree on Nov. 13. This year's tree came from 40,000 Rd., about four miles out Mitkof Highway, said Public Works Director Chris Cotta. The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce will be hosting this year's tree lighting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 27. Two separate showings will be held this year, at 5:30 P.M. and 6:30 P.M., to allow for social distancing....
Fog covers the muskeg near the Twin Ridge Ski Trail last week....
A lone wolf wades through the waters of Blind Slough near the Swan Observatory....
The C.W. Hume Company was founded in 1864, and initially had canneries in California. By 1922, they expanded to Union Bay and Scow Bay, Alaska.The Scow Bay cannery was originally Doyhof Fish Products, a one-line operation that operated for three years. G.W. Hume assumed operations after 1918. Over the years the company weathered controversies. Petersburg Packing Company complained that Hume had placed fish traps too close to their operations, but a judge found in favor of Hume. Hume was also...
November 12, 1920 Active preparations to engage in the shrimp and crab fishing business out of Petersburg are now being made by the Ness Fish Company a new co-partnership formed by Erick Ness former mayor of Petersburg and Carl Wold. The new concern has secured quarters on the approach to the Public Dock, and a force of carpenters is busy making the necessary repairs and alterations to the buildings. The new plant will make two concerns handling shrimp and crab out of Petersburg. The new shrimp plant will give employment to about twenty people...
November 5, 1920 The pupils of the 5th and 6th grades wrote original Halloween poems last week. The five best ones were put on exhibition. They were written by Anita Allen, Adolf Matheson, Hedvig Mjorud, Jonas Hallingstad, and Ruby Rodgers. On Thursday afternoon a Halloween party was given in the primary building for the first grades. Bobbing for apples and other Halloween games were played and apples, doughnuts and animal cookies were refreshments. November 2, 1945 At a meeting of the Town Council on Thursday, the City of Petersburg accepted...
Castle Island Barium-Barite Mine was located in the Kupreanof Mining District from 1966 to 1980 and operated by three companies – Alaska Barite Co., Inlet Oil and Chromalloy America. Castle Island produced about 750,000 metric tons of ore during that time. Mostly a large offshore rock, the site now sits under water. Barium is critical to well-drilling for the petroleum industry and used around underwater pipelines. It is valuable because of its denseness, chemical inertness, and softness. At p...
Southeast Alaskan electrical vehicle owners are hosting a one-hour knowledge sharing session outlining the economic and environmental advantages of EV ownership, including saving money, supporting the local economy, and reducing CO2 emissions. There are now several hundred EVs in both Sitka and Juneau. The fundamental advantages of EV ownership that exist in Sitka and Juneau also exist in other locations, as the presentation will outline. After the presentation, there will be a Q&A session for...
The Aurora borealis lit up the night sky and gave a green tint to the Wrangell Narrows last week....
October 29, 1920 A rare treat was given to the lovers of the beautiful when the exhibition of the hand colored photographs of the various glaciers and other Alaskan scenes were placed on exhibition at Howel’s Camera Shop here yesterday. The exhibition was well attended and everyone expressed their delight in the wonderful coloring of the ice of the famous Taku and Dawes glaciers. Mrs. E. Chester Roberts, the artist who did these pictures has her studio in Juneau, and she certainly is an artist in every sense of the word, as she has the c...
Tombstones and skeletons stand ready to greet trick-or-treaters this Halloween at the Bisset residence at 1304 N. Nordic Dr....
New security gates are being installed along the perimeter of the James A. Johnson airport this fall. Island Contractors of Juneau is completing the $2,220,666 project, according to Garrett Paul construction project manager for AK DOT-PF. New style hatchet or cantilever gates are replacing rolling gates and the project includes seven pedestrian and four vehicle gates. Pictured above are passenger gates near the Alaska Airlines terminal and a vehicle gate at the DOT-PF maintenance facility on...
Residents were able to shop from about 35 different vendors on Oct. 24 at the 44th annual Oktoberfest Art Share. Polly Koeneman, one of the organizers of the event, said there was a steady flow of people throughout the five hour long event that was hosted by the Muskeg Maleriers in the Parks and Recreation's community gym. Not once was there a moment where the flow of people to the gym stopped, she said. Those that attended were happy to follow the COVID-19 mitigation plan that was in place and...
