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KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Ketchikan author Patrice Motschenbacher-Hammer has recently released her new fantasy novel, “The Weavings of Akaria,” the first in her planned series: “The Veils of Wisdom.” Motschenbacher-Hammer sat down at a local coffee shop Wednesday with her husband, Bob Hammer, to talk about the journey of publishing her first novel. “It just evolved,” she said, of completing the novel. “I like fantasy, so I wanted to write something about a fantasy type. I found that creating different worlds is wonderful.” Creating a fantas...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Two Alaska high schools hope to end their difficulties fielding football teams by merging their programs, according to school officials. Monroe Catholic High School in Fairbanks and Tri-Valley School in Healy have signed an agreement to establish a joint football team, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Sunday. A teacher and a community volunteer will serve as coaches in Healy and then at least twice per week the squad will join Monroe players and coaches in Fairbanks 112 miles (about 180 kilometers) north, o...
The first-ever ADF&G Small Game Hunting and Field Dressing class will be held in Petersburg on Tues., April 9 from 5:30-8:30 pm in the life science classroom at Petersburg High School. Participants will be able to field dress actual birds and learn about bird anatomy, what meat is best to preserve and how to care for it in the field. To register, go online to http://alaskansafield.adfg.alaska.gov. Click on the “Petersburg” tab. There is a fee. For information, contact Abby McAllister, Phone: (907) 465-4292, abby.mcallister@a...
Juneau - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the 2019 sport fishing regulations for king salmon in Southeast Alaska and Yakutat. These regulations will be effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2019 through 11:59 p.m. Friday, May 1, 2020. The regulations are: • Alaskan Resident o The resident bag and possession limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length. • Nonresident o The nonresident bag and possession limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length; o Fro...
Harbormaster Glo Wollen presented a list of possible sites for a new maintenance shop to the Harbor and Port Advisory Board on Friday that showed Petro 49, Inc.'s warehouse, that the fuel company wants to trade to the borough, as the best site. Nine properties were presented on the list that showed advantages and disadvantages of each location. Estimated costs for some of the properties were over $1 million. One possible location was at Scow Bay, but it only had one advantage, the property is...
About 500 parking tickets were issued by the Harbor Department between May and September 2018, which is consistent with 2017 and 2016, but only 375 tickets have been paid, according to Harbormaster Glo Wollen Vehicle owners tend to pay off their parking tickets before reaching their sixth ticket which is when a wheel clamp, or boot, is placed on the offending vehicle. In the South Boat Harbor, where most of the tickets were given, there is a seven day parking period. After the seventh day, a $15...
The Petersburg Medical Center Board of Directors approved a request for proposals to Jensen Yorba Lott, Inc. for the design and administrative oversight on the renovation of a portion of the hospital. To become compliant with standards that regulate the handling of hazardous drugs, PMC will be remodeling the part of the hospital where the drugs for chemotherapy are prepared. Currently, the drugs are prepared in a negative pressure hood. The completed project will have a negative pressure hood,...
The Petersburg School Board approved $39,996.28 from the capital fund at their monthly meeting last week to replace Rae C. Stedman Elementary School's fire alarm system. The current panel was installed around 1990, according to director of facilities and maintenance Dan Tate. Every year the panel passes inspection, but about two years ago, Tate was warned that parts for the panel may soon become unavailable. Last year, parts for the fire alarm system were no longer available. "It's pretty...
To provide a cleaner environment to students, teachers and staff free of germs and bacteria, the Petersburg School District has begun using a disinfectant spray that wraps 360 degrees around an object. Known as the Protexus, the cordless, gun-shaped device sprays magnetically charged droplets that allow the disinfecting spray to wrap around objects and get to hard to reach places. The custodial staff uses the Protexus daily to sanitize classroom furniture, bathroom fixtures, drinking fountains...
March 20 — Petersburg Search and Rescue was activated to South Mitkof Island to locate a stranded individual. The individual was located by friends shortly after the activation and was in good condition. March 21 — An individual was reported missing at a location on Mitkof Highway, but was located just after the call was placed to authorities. A dangerous driver was reported at a location on N. 1st St. Ivan Gil, 24, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence. Authorities responded to a report of an individual attempting to ent...
WRANGELL — The Wrangell Borough Assembly discussed a proposed noise ordinance once again during their meeting onTuesday. The ordinance has been the source of some controversy around town, some seeing it as the result of two feuding neighbors, or that the regulations proposed by the ordinance are unrealistic. When the ordinance was brought up for discussion in the last meeting, on March 12, there was a very large public turnout to speak their minds on the topic. During that meeting, the assembly proposed various amendments to the ordinance. P...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — One of the U.S. Navy's newest class of warships has docked at an Alaska port for a rare visit. The USS Zumwalt docked in Ketchikan for a weekend stay beginning Saturday, the Juneau Empire reported . The 610-footlong guided missile destroyer launched in October 2013 and based in San Diego was scheduled to be open for public tours Sunday in the southern Alaska city, officials said. Steve Corporon, Ketchikan's port and harbors director, said bigger fenders were needed to make sure the ship would fit without damaging the ve...
WRANGELL - Alaska is not home to many reptiles, according to Joshua Ream, cultural anthropologist with the Alaska Herpetological Society. Alaska is home to some marine turtles, as well as garter snakes, but not much else. On the other hand, he said, the state is home to a variety of amphibians. From 2010 to 2018, Ream has researched the kinds of amphibians that can be found in Southeast Alaska, particularly around the Stikine River. There has not been much research into Alaskan amphibians, he...
On March 13, Petersburg Attorney Fred Triem was ordered to provide full accounting of Hanson Class funds being held in his trust account, or face a sanction of $50 per calendar day until compliance is achieved, according to an order from Superior Court Judge Daniel Schally. The sanction begins on March 22. Triem has been ordered to provide the accounting under two orders from Superior Court Judge Menendez in May and June of 2018. Schally wrote, “Triem knew of and clearly understood Judge Menendez’s orders — the orders are brief, simple, direc...
The borough assembly requested that the planning commission look at the development code, which has already been passed by the assembly, listen to comments from the public and return to the assembly with any recommendations on changes to the code or zoning map. “Obviously there’s a lot of people that feel strongly about this,” said assembly member Brandi Marohl, who requested the action item be placed on the agenda. “I think that it was somewhat misleading as to what the purpose was and so I think that a lot of people weren't maybe paying...
The borough assembly failed to pass an ordinance that would have designated borough assembly seats in its third reading on Monday. Ordinance #2019-01 was amended at the previous assembly to, if passed, be put on the municipal election ballot in October to allow voters to make the final decision to change the borough assembly election process. The ordinance would have required borough election ballots to no longer allow voters to choose which candidates they wanted to fill the open assembly seats, but instead, the candidates would choose a...
The borough assembly shot down the idea of creating a disturbing the peace ordinance at their assembly meeting on Monday. Assembly member Taylor Norheim requested the assembly entertain the idea of creating a disturbing the peace ordinance after a Petersburg resident asked him if the assembly could create such an ordinance because she has a neighbor who makes a considerable amount of noise at night. “She had an issue with apparently one of her neighbors who is a drug addict or something like that and does weird stuff in the middle of the night...
The Petersburg School Board officially approved the hire of Heather Conn as Rae C. Stedman Elementary School principal on Tuesday beginning August, 2019. "I am sure as I walked through the halls today and saw the two principals together meeting already, that Heather has already hit the ground running and planning for next year," said school board president Mara Lutomski at Tuesday's school board meeting. Conn has been with the school district since 2014 when she began working on her internship...
WRANGELL — A sentencing hearing was held Monday afternoon, March 19, for Kelly Gunderson. Back in October, Gunderson was charged with selling marijuana to a minor. The incident happened on Oct. 1, 2018, according to Wrangell Police Chief Doug McCloskey. They became aware of somebody selling marijuana to underage persons when a 15-year-old boy, who will not be named as he is a minor, was caught high by his parents. The teen was brought to the police, and he informed officers where he had received the marijuana from, and helped them to catch G...
Dave Kensinger, former chairman of the Marine Transportation Advisory Board, anticipates that the Alaska Marine Highway System could face difficulties restarting services if it were to shut down in October. Under Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed 2020 fiscal year budget, cuts to the AMHS would prevent the ferry system from operating past Oct. 1. Should the ferry system shut down, Kensinger said that a ripple effect would make it increasingly hard to get it up and running again. Specialized employees would find themselves without work and have to s...
WRANGELL - A meeting was held at City Hall last Wednesday to discuss the upcoming cruise ship season, as well as some proposed projects around City Dock. In a previous meeting to discuss the city's priorities for the cruise season, held last January, it was agreed to look into the feasibility of two improvement projects at City Dock. One idea was the construction of a covered area along the dock's walkway. Having a covered area on the dock could serve as booths for vendors on one half of the w...
An aerial survey was conducted Wednesday covering Sitka Sound from Windy Pass to Krestof Sound. schools were observed in Deep Inlet, the Channel, and in the Magoun Inslands. No herring spawn was observed. The highest concentration of herring predators appeared to shift toward Inner Point and Hayward Strait. Whales were seen working the shallower waters of the Kruzof Island shoreline between Inner Point and Hayward Strait. Sea lions were scattered between Inner Point, Bieli Rock, and Hayward Strait. South of Sitka herring predators were still ob...
A town hall meeting was called by Mayor Mark Jensen last week to hear comments and concerns from the public regarding Gov. Mike Dunleavy's proposed budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The community was overwhelmingly against the proposed budget, which would balance Alaska's $1.6 billion deficient by cutting expenditures to equal revenues without create new sources of revenue. According to a document created by the borough, Petersburg could face a total economic impact of over $3 million. It was...
After becoming five time Region champions, the Petersburg High School cheerleaders look to competing in Anchorage next week for a shot at the state title. Of the ten cheerleaders on the team, Trinity Davis, Martha Johnson, Avery Skeek, Miranda Nilsen and Sage Johnston are all returning members. Davis, Johnson and Skeek are also seniors. "We have some really good leadership on our team this year," said co-coach Sara Hadad-Dembs. "The whole five returning girls were excellent in getting these new...
Representatives from the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs held a town hall meeting on Tuesday to give local veterans an update on the VA system in Alaska and help them file any forms or documents. Timothy Ballard, director of Alaska VA Healthcare System based in Anchorage, led the meeting by explaining changes to the VA at the national and local levels. The second half of the meeting was reserved for answering questions and helping local veterans get VA healthcare ID cards, file claims,...
