Articles from the January 5, 2017 edition
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Paving proposal unanimously approved
Paving proposal unanimously The Petersburg Borough Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday to approve a program known as a local improvement district or...
Petersburg news highlights for 2016
January Public Works rolled out the borough's highly anticipated blue cart recycling program. The...
Yesterday's News
January 6, 1917 – C. A. Arness has installed a power gurdy and winch in Capt. Strand’s gasboat Agnes. The boat was also recently equipped with a new...
Police reports
December 28 Suspicious activity was reported on S. Nordic Dr. December 29 There was a call concerning drugs on N. Nordic Dr. Suspicious activity was...
Courts
January 3 Orion Fenner appeared before Magistrate Judge Burrell for arraignment on a charge of commercial fishing illegal storage of crab pots....
Trooper report
On Dec. 22, 2016, the Alaska State Troopers received a report from an adult female that her daughter in law was trying to get into her Kake residence...
Raw fish tax figure from state finalized
Borough finance director Jody Tow recently had a small scare concerning the annual fish tax the borough receives from the state. The original figure...
Assembly deals with dangerous Lumber St. structure
The borough assembly held its first meeting of 2017 on Tuesday, and had a somewhat full slate on the agenda including a noncompliance hearing of an...
School News
Petersburg High School 2008 graduate, Alix Oyler, has graduated summa cum laude from University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). She received a Bachelors...
Attorneys seek time for possible Pebble Mine suit resolution
JUNEAU (AP) – Attorneys want a federal judge to halt temporarily proceedings in a long-running legal dispute between the group behind the proposed P...
Fisherman celebrates 100th birthday
WRANGELL – A lifelong Wrangell resident, Lawrence Bahovec, celebrated his 100th birthday this wee...
Lady Vikings win three, lose one
The Lady Vikings’ basketball team traveled to Anchorage for the Rally of The Regions Tourney and ended up going 3-1. Head coach Dino Brock said the t...
Viking boys 4-0 at Rally of The Regions
Head coach Rick Brock liked playing four games against unfamiliar teams with different styles last weekend in Anchorage, and the Vikings won all...
Alaska union files grievance over Walker's budget plan
ANCHORAGE (AP) – A union representing nearly 8,000 state employees has filed a complaint against Gov. Bill Walker and his administration for an a...
Fish Factor: A year in review: Fishing Picks and Pans for 2016
The start of 2017 marks the 26th year for this weekly column that targets news for and about Alaska’s seafood industry. The goal is to make all r...
Sourdough Lodge sold, to become assisted care center
WRANGELL – Wrangell's second-largest travel lodging has been sold, and will be repurposed as a sen...
Correction:
Last week’s story on the Salvation Army Christmas collections stated the collections were $17,000 under the amount budgeted for the event. $17,000 w...
Stork report
Katherine Crusoe Thomas was born Dec. 26, 2016 to Heather and Brandon Thomas at Bartlett Regional...
Forest Service plans restoration of creek near Petersburg
PETERSBURG (AP) – The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with a project to restore a stream south of Petersburg. Ohmer Creek has been damaged by d...