Articles from the October 9, 2014 edition
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Financial disclosure for local officials, tobacco tax pass in Tuesday's election
Though local public officials have been exempt from doing so in the past, they will now have to file financial disclosure statements in accordance... Full story
Assembly finalizes Capital Projects list, bumps school kitchen up
Petersburg Assembly Members finalized the 2015 Capital Projects list for the borough, looking to primarily address infrastructure upgrades in the top... Full story
Banana Point to host Rainforest Island Ferry - for now
Petersburg Assembly members voted, with a few caveats, to express their support to the state for a new ferry service to land in the borough. Despite... Full story
Yesterday's News
September 26, 1914 – Mrs. Maude E. Gilson of Snohomish, is anxious for information in regard to her husband, Chris or C. E. Gilson, who disappeared f...
EDITORIAL: Timber sale benefits S.E. mill
And the contract goes to . . . Viking Lumber. Hoooooray! It’s wonderful to witness in this day and age a Prince of Wales Island sawmill win the Big T...
Police reports
October 1 A caller reported a black bear tipping over garbage cans. Police booked Cheryl J. Crawford, 55, on charges of Misconduct Involving a Control...
Courts
September 18 Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell presided over a proceeding for Levi Newman for Petition to Revoke Probation. The defendant entered a den...
Borough receives DHS grant for tower, police gear
Assembly members accepted a large grant from the Department of Homeland Security and Federal...
Swimming Vikings lead individually, swamped by numbers in Ketchikan
Petersburg's Vikings continue to pull ahead of other schools at swim meets, leading in many of the events over Friday and Saturday in Ketchikan....
Cross country Vikings retire for the season
Petersburg's Cross Country Vikings have ended a stellar season that saw both teams, boys and girls,...
Borough to launch design of Scow Bay haul out
Assembly members unanimously moved to go out to bid for the design of a haul-out facility at Scow Bay, looking to begin the long process that will eve...
Assembly uncertain on letter, spirit of parking laws
Petersburg’s revised parking laws are on the books, but assembly members may be waiting for the return of Police Chief Kelly Swihart in January for he...
Applicants sought for Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Board
The Federal Subsistence Board is accepting applications through January 23, 2015 to fill seats on the 10 Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils....
Fish Factor: US Senate candidate Sullivan faces Begich on fisheries
I must admit that US Senate candidate Dan Sullivan achieved something I have been trying to accomplish as a fisheries writer for more than a quarter...
Alaskan Red and Blue King Crab fisheries won't open in Southeast
Crab harvests in southeast Alaska this year won’t feature the state’s historic cash crops of Red King Crabs, as historically low population levels per...
Week three moose totals comparable to last year
As the third week of this year’s moose hunt came to a close this past Sunday, the current harvest is still slightly ahead of last year’s numbers. Acc...
Borough accepts bid for Comprehensive, Harbor Master plans
Petersburg Assembly members accepted the bid from Agnew::Beck, an Anchorage firm, to design the borough's new Comprehensive Plan and included Harbor...
Timber sale awarded to mill in southeast Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The U.S. Forest Service has awarded a contract for a timber sale in southeast Alaska to the region's last mid-size mill, V...
Assembly approves PILT payoff, other business
Assembly approves PILT payoff, other business by Erik LeDuc The aftereffects of Petersburg incorporating as a borough continue to shake out, with the...
Borough awards janitorial contract to lone bidder
Assembly members took a look at the cost of cleaning for the borough’s departments, briefly weighing their options between contracting out or keeping...