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Petersburg City Manager Steve Giesbrecht voiced concerns in his report to the Petersburg City Council during its regular meeting Monday evening. “The road improvement project is ongoing,” he stated. “The rain and warmer weather allowed concrete to be poured, but now it needs to stop or the road will not be paved in this phase.” He also explained that if the roads are not paved before the winter shutdown, the city and residents of Petersburg will have to deal with gravel on these project...
The $2 million dollar deficit for the North Harbor Project causes issues with Petersburg's city council members. Petersburg City Manager Steve Giesbrecht, made a funding proposal for the council to consider that provides funding for the shortfall in the cost of reconstruction for that project. “We tried to do the same thing with this that was potentially done for the Reid Marine Property,” Giesbrecht said. The plan is to take $600,000 from the harbor fund, coming from the raw fish tax that the harbor will receive this year; $350,000 from pro...
The time to file to run for borough office has come and gone and there are still remaining positions that will need to be filled after the election. At this time, Mark Jensen and Don Koenigs are the two choices for mayor. The candidates that have filed for assembly seats are Sue Flint, John R. Havrilek, John Hoag and Nancy Strand. School Board candidates are Jean Ellis and Cheryl File. Hospital Board candidates are Tom Abbott, Timothy Koeneman, Rocio Tejera and Darlene Whitethorn. The remaining seats will be filled by appointment if the...
The City and Borough of Wrangell held a workshop on Monday, Nov. 5 to deal with a number of issues related to the Southeast Alaska Power Agency, Thomas Bay Power Authority, and a report by an engineering and consultancy group that is recommending a change in the way Tyee Lake’s hydropower facility, among others, is operated. A report by D. Hittle and Associates, which was commissioned by SEAPA, is calling for the cancellation of the partnership agreement between TBPA and SEAPA for the o...
At the Oct. 23 meeting of the Petersburg Indian Association Board, Jeanette Ness was appointed to the vacant seat on the board. Ronelle Beardsly, who stepped down from the board seven months ago due to health reasons, formerly held the position. According to PIA board mandate, the open slot should have been filled at the meeting following Beardsly’s departure. “I received the next highest number of votes at the last election,” Ness said. “I should have been appointed seven months ago.” N... Full story
One of Petersburg’s Halloween contest festivities was called to an early halt as police evacuated Kito’s Kave Saturday evening. Officers responded to the report of an individual armed with a firearm heading downtown and threatening to kill people. Derek Knudsen, 24, allegedly left his home with a loaded weapon with the plan of killing police, his girlfriend and anyone else that may be in his path. “We knew there was a big possibility that he would be headed back to the bar,” Petersburg Police Chief Jim Agner said. “We wanted to make sure that...
Phase I of the Petersburg Road Improvement Project is coming to an end – and Dowl HKM Project Engineer Matt McGuan recapped the construction activities over the last two weeks during a recent meeting. “All curb and gutter have been poured except for two damaged pieces by Tides Inn,” he stated. “We have also poured sidewalks on Dolphin Street from the top of the hill down to the PIA parking lot and sown to the Nordic Drive intersection.” Concrete and parking aprons have been poured on Dolphin and the majority of the sidewalks along both side...
The Thomas Bay Power Authority Commission met Tuesday, Oct. 30 and discussed a presentation to be given at the upcoming City and Borough of Wrangell workshop session to be held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5. TBPA General Manager Paul Southland presented information to the commission regarding a report by D. Hittle and Associates and made note of information that he feels needed to be explored a little further by the commission. “The report that D. Hittle has provided to the SEAPA Board is incomplete,” Southland said. “And I believe that this...
“Lets Talk Petersburg” invites the community to an open forum from 6:15-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Sons of Norway Hall. Nicole McMurren of the Petersburg Community Foundation and Jessica Ieremia of the Petersburg Public Library will host, as a part of Lets Talk Petersburg, a round table event to discuss issues in the community that may need help. “We have been meeting as a small group since March,” McMurren said. “We are hoping to take this to a higher level and get community support.” Lets Talk Petersburg is a group of individuals w...
Aaron Murph’s Boy Scout Troop 24 Eagle Scout Project to the Community was constructing a deck around the old fireplace along the trail from Sandy Beach Park to City Creek. Scouts and community members gathered to help with construction....
A tugboat had to guide the ferry M/V Taku into Petersburg following mechanical trouble early Monday morning....
KENAI, Alaska (AP) – A Department of Fish and Game study of moose calf mortality in a Kenai Peninsula game unit concludes that 83 percent of the animals died and grizzly bears killed many of them. A second high source of moose calf death was more surprising – researchers who frightened cow moose into abandoning their calves. The Peninsula Clarion reports the study in Game Management Unit 15C, covering an area south of Tustumena Lake and west of the Kenai Fjords National Park, began in February. It was part of an ongoing look at moose pop...
With the deadline for filing for a position on the Petersburg Borough Assembly, Hospital Board, School Board and Planning Commission coming to an end, the list of candidates has grown. But all positions are still not spoken for. As of the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday, the names of people who have filed were Mark Jensen and Don Koenigs for the Mayor seat; Susan Flint, John Havrilek, John Hoag and Nancy Strand for Assembly seats; Tom Abbott, Timothy Koeneman, Rocio Tejera and Darlene Whitethorn for Hospital Board positions. The petitions and forms... Full story
The Petersburg Borough election date is looming before the area and facts regarding this issue are in debate for all involved. The Petersburg Borough Promotion Committee met for the first time Friday morning with the tag line, Petersburg Borough. We’re stronger together. “We need to make sure that all of our promotional information is based in fact,” Petersburg City Manager Steve Giesbrecht said. “The purpose of this promotion is not to change the minds of those who have already decided, but to help those undecided know the facts.” This Boro... Full story
Seppo and Paula Koutaniemi, of Kuusamo, Finland, made their first trip to the United States and Petersburg to visit family member Sue Paulsen and fell in love with the area. “Petersburg is a beautiful place,” Seppo said. “The scenery is so different and we feel at home here.” Seppo and Paula spent about five days in the community and were able to take in many of Petersburg’s fall tourist offerings. “We were able to visit the museum and really enjoyed that,” Paula said. “It was interesting tha... Full story
The funding for the completion of the North Harbor project is a main area of concern for the Petersburg Harbor Advisory Board. The Petersburg City Council Members and Harbor Board members met Friday afternoon to try to find ways in which to complete the project with funds available. “We have $7 million and that is the amount for the base bid with two alternatives that will bring the total to $9 million,” Petersburg Harbormaster Glorianne Wollen said. “We are hoping that next year the costs...
After making an issue of the declining quality of XTRATUF boots after its manufacturer, Honeywell, moved production to China, Sen. Mark Begich may have found some common ground with the beleaguered boot-maker – both believe the U.S. corporate tax rate is too high. Begich joined with Senate colleagues Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Dan Coats (R-Ind.) in the “Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2011” to cut the six existing corporate tax brackets to a flat corporate tax rate of 24 perce...
ANCHORAGE (AP) — State researchers looking for answers to Alaska's diminishing king salmon returns were urged Tuesday to take a look at the critical days after smolt leave fresh water and to closely examine how humans may affect salmon in marine waters. “The two leading hypotheses for things that might cause declines of chinook salmon in the ocean are climate change and fishing,” said retired University of Washington fisheries biologist Kate Myers. She was part of a panel that spoke at the state's two-day Alaska Chinook Salmon Symposium, organ...
Petersburg will be a winter home for the 46-foot vessel, Polar Bound, while owner, David Cowper awaits the opportunity to take her out again. The vessel can be recognized easily by the bright yellow color. “The color is for easy identification by the icebreakers,” Cowper said. “The boat is so small, if it was a darker color, it wouldn’t be seen.” Cowper, whose home is near Newcastle, England, has completed six circumnavigations of the Northwest Passage and three of the trips included the Arcti...
Petersburg City Councilors Mark Jensen and Don Koenigs have filed with the Division of Elections to run for the position of Borough Assembly Mayor. “This is my sixth year on the council and I’ve been mayor pro-tem for most of those years and I’d just like to see the transition process through,” Jensen said. “It will all depend on the vote, but I believe I can help it go smoothly.” Koenigs, who briefly worked as Petersburg’s City Manager in the early 90s and was Petersburg’s Mayor in the early 80... Full story
The Petersburg City Council unanimously approved a renewal contract for Petersburg City Manager, Steve Giesbrecht, during its regular meeting Monday evening. The current contract held an annual salary of $105,000 and with the renewal, Giesbrecht’s salary would increase to $108,675 with a 3.5 percent salary increase. Another change proposed by the renewal is a severance package increasing from six to nine months of salary should Giesbrecht be terminated from his position with the City. This renewal will also provide an annual family m... Full story
The possibility of streamlining the operations of Thomas Bay Power Authority and Ketchikan Power Utility into a single operator was brought before the Petersburg City Council Monday evening. “The operations and management report was commissioned by SEAPA to see how we are doing with our business,” Trey Acteson said. “We are hoping to see if there are any opportunities for savings in the near future.” Acteson also explained that with the addition of the Swan Lake and Tyee intertie, the dynamics have changed as to the management of the power r...
Using a $245,000 grant from the Alaska Energy Authority, the City of Petersburg improved the energy efficiency of their city shop building, harbor office, Scow Bay fire hall and the community gym. According to Community Development Director Leo Luczak, the city kicked in an additional $50,000 from the city’s building maintenance fund to complete additional work on some of their buildings. Luczak said $85,000 of the funds were used for weatherization and insulation upgrades to buildings and the balance went to upgrading light fixtures in each o...
