Articles from the July 9, 2015 edition
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EMS rate increase goes back to the drawing board
Rates for the Petersburg EMS ambulance service will soon be increased to help the service keep pace... Full story
Paddling with a purpose:
Organizers are gearing up for the second annual Paddle Battle in the Narrows to be held next... Full story
Summer sailings from South Mitkof terminal cancelled
The Alaska Department of Transportation (ADOT) has cancelled the scheduled summer sailings of the... Full story
Yesterday's News
June 10, 1915 – At an adjourned meeting of the council Thursday evening it was decided to send a delegate to Juneau to take up the matter of the...
Borough Manager's Report
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report at Monday’s regular Assembly meeting: - Utility bills mailed out at the end of the month...
Mayor's Report
At Monday’s Assembly meeting, Vice Mayor Cindi Lagoudaki reported that the Southeast Conference’s annual meeting will be held in Petersburg in...
Report exculpates B.C. of Mt. Polley disclosure violations
An investigation conducted by a British Columbia commission found that the provincial government had not violated public disclosure laws by...
Police reports
July 1 A caller spoke with an officer about a civil matter. An officer was unable to locate a suspect who was reportedly urinating in the street on...
Courts
July 2 Magistrate Judge Desiree Burrell presided over an ex parte hearing between petitioner Donald Akins and respondent Tom Fisher. After hearing fro...
Fourth of July winners
Log Roll: Men's - Max Peeler Women's - Sue Erickson (Over all champ as well) 2 x 6 Stomp – Team...
Museum presentation aims to identify WWII pictures
The Wrangell and Petersburg museums are teaming up in an attempt to identify several hundred individuals in a collection of photographs that dates...
Feds: Plane in deadly Alaska crash had safety technology
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A sightseeing floatplane that crashed in a mountainous area in southeast Alaska, killing all nine people on board, was equipped...
Fish Factor: Juneau-based company begins manufacturing salmon leather
“Upcycling” seafood byproducts is the business model for Tidal Vision, a Juneau-based company of five entrepreneurs who are making waves with thei...
Walker reduces amount available for oil tax credits
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker is limiting the amount available to pay for oil and gas tax credits this fiscal year, saying Wednesday that...
Three-year IBEW contract ratified
Assembly members voted unanimously in favor of ratifying a new collective bargaining agreement for IBEW member employees in the Electric Department....
Approved by the Assembly
Though three Assembly members were absent for Monday’s meeting, but the quorum present—Cindi Lagoudakis, Nancy Strand, Jeigh Stanton Gregor and...