Week of November 27, 2025
Week of November 27, 2025
When clients aboard the charter vessel Dauntless suggested helping chef Alisa Jestel create her long-dreamed-of cookbook two years ago, she didn't imagine it would lead to cameras, a film crew, and a documentary premiering at Petersburg's Wright Auditorium next week. "Tide and Table," a short documentary from Two Doors Down Productions, began as a modest 8-10 minute film concept. But after Emmy-winning director Brian Bill and his crew arrived in Petersburg last May, they realized they'd... Full story
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Inside a workshop tucked behind Charles Davis's legendary junkyard, Jordan Reid stands beside a nearly completed aluminum 17-foot jet sled which has taken shape over the prior three days, its pre-cut panels fitting together with the precision of a high-end puzzle. "Everything is self-jigging," Reid explains. "It took years of math and design engineering, CAD drawing, trial and error to get to this point, to be able to have everything click together like this." After 20 years of running jet...
State ferry officials on Monday were trying to work out a new early-December schedule after learning that the Kennicott will be delayed coming out of a yearlong layup at a Puget Sound shipyard for new generators and maintenance work. The Columbia had been scheduled to leave service to go into its winter maintenance layup starting Wednesday, Nov. 26, when it pulls into Ketchikan on its southbound run. The Kennicott had been scheduled to pick up the route, replacing the Columbia, between Bellingham, Washington, and Southeast Alaska starting...
"Just get it out of me. I don't want to play games," this is what 68-year-old Jim Stolpe said when he got diagnosed with prostate cancer. His choice lead him to needing several types of therapy: radiation, drugs, etc. in hopes of slowing down the testosterone, one of the things that makes prostate cancer worse. Since his diagnosis in 2005, Stolpe has, as he would describe, "gone up and down the chemo ladder," which has resulted in the loss of several things for Stolpe. "Get in the shower and...
Though several industries in Alaska are shedding jobs, the ones that are hiring share a common problem: Not enough applicants. “Our working-age population has had a pretty significant and consistent decline over the past decade,” said Dan Robinson, chief of research and analysis at the Alaska Department of Labor. The working-age population (ages 15 to 64) dropped from 478,00 in 2015 to 449,200 in 2024, he reported at the Resource Development Council’s annual conference in Anchorage on Nov. 12. He attributed the loss of working-age...
The Moose Lodge hosted a free burger and potato salad dinner for federal workers and their families on Wednesday, November 19. About 41 people attended the event. Callie Bell and Ellie Hagar prepared the potato salad, Duane Bell cooked the burgers, while Sue Short prepared them. Hammer and Wikan donated the ingredients, and Maureen Floyd and Terry Falter assisted Sue Short with...
With the playoffs quickly approaching, every meet becomes critical for the Petersburg High School Wrestling team to fine tune their techniques and strategies. As stated by head coach James Valentine, this was the team's best tournament performance so far. "After this weekend, we are doing really well. Myself and Tyler Thain, we both have been talking about it a lot. I think this is the best weekend we've seen our kids wrestle all year long," Valentine said. The Bill Weiss Tournament brings the...
Seeking their first state berth since the 2017, the Petersburg High School Varsity Volleyball team controlled their own destiny. The Vikings first game was against the Haines Glacier Bears. The Glacier Bears won the first set 25-15. The Vikings rebounded and won the first set 25-11 with the set now tied 1-1 in a best-of-five. “We came out slow in that first set. We were kind of off trying to get our offense rolling,” head coach Jaime Cabral said. The Vikings won set three 25-18 to take a...
To the Editor: I just read a letter to the editor where a subscriber laments a person being charged with reckless driving instead of assault IV. I have been out of law enforcement for many more years than I care to think about so I may be all wet, but in my day reckless driving was a much more serious offense than assault IV. Memory fades but I recall reckless driving as being a misdemeanor criminal offense punishable by up to a year in jail, a fine of $1,000 and 10 points on your driving record. Assault IV typically got a 10 day suspended...
To the Editor: It has recently come to my attention that there has been some talk in Petersburg implying that Raliegh Cook and his wife Marsha have befriended me in order to obtain some type of advantage. Absolutely nothing could be further from the truth. My wife and I have known Raliegh Cook since he was about ten years old and have been friends with him ever since. Plotting to take some type of advantage over us is completely out of character for him. All the many years we have known him he has been totally honest and shown himself to be...
To the Editor: Last week I received a call that was the worst of my life. It was from the Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation who said they plan to build a cell tower on their newly purchased lot at Papke’s. We share the same lot line. He wanted to know if I had “any concerns.” I was and remain stunned. I told him my home is my life. The main part of my home is the windows and view of nature. If you take take away that view with a massive tower at my door, you take away my life. And the lives of all my neighbors who surround their...
To the Editor: A couple years ago, I got sick-and-tired of consuming most standard news stories. I chose to learn about the UFO disclosure movement, which was then a developing story. Since then, I have immersed myself in the UFO-world. Among other things, I have studied skepticism about UFOs, the history of UFO reports both globally and within the USA, the interaction of the UFO topic with American culture, and attempts to scientifically explain UFO behavior. An understanding of each of these subtopics is required in order to fully grasp why...
November 19 - An officer responded to a report of suspicious behavior on Fram Street. The described individuals could not be located. Dogs on the loose were reported on Sing Lee Alley. November 20 - Suspicious behavior was reported on S 2nd Street. It was determined to be non-criminal. A citizen spoke with an officer about a civil issue on Kiseno Street. November 21 - An officer responded to a disturbance on Chief John Lott Street. The individual left the residence at the officer’s direction. A caller was advised to contact the appropriate...
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