Week of October 31, 2024
Week of October 31, 2024
The PHS Wrestling team grappled through their second meet in Juneau-Douglas over the weekend. While the young squad didn't have the best results, Head Coach James Valentine is focused on the experience his young team is getting early in the season. The majority of the Vikings who traveled to this meet were freshmen, except for sophomore Fyscher Humphrey and senior Kaden Duke. "It was still their very first tournament ... the first tournament in Hoonah. It was a majority learning curve...
Petersburg's Uriah Lucas, age 20, wins Juneau's Halloween Half Marathon in 1:16:05 on Saturday along North Douglas Highway. The actual distance of the half was slightly longer at 13.27 miles. 53 runners entered the Half Marathon and another 51 the...
The PHS Volleyball team lost their first home matches of the season against the Ketchikan Kings on Oct. 25-26, though the Vikings were able to be more competitive against the 4A Kings, compared to earlier in the season, in part due to some lineup adjustments. We put "people in specific positions and it helped us a lot being defensively and offensively stronger – all of our games, I think the biggest emphasis was to find points," Head Coach Jaime Cabral said. "We took a set off of them...
Ballot Measure 2 To the Editor: I often find myself frustrated by our state and national politics being strictly dominated by two political parties. If you’re anything like me, you’re frustrated when there are two candidates and neither of them agrees with your views enough to feel like they’ve earned your vote. Politics always require compromise, but the dominance of two parties at the state and federal level means that the goalposts between which those compromises occur gets decided by powerful political influencers instead of the...
It’s not only the fault of the people who post insults on social media, who embrace the politically inspired lies and accept the politically driven threats of violence as a necessary means to the end they favor. Nor is it only the fault of people on the other side of the political world who lecture but don’t listen, who can’t understand why so many Americans are drawn to the ever-expanding lies and ever-cruder insults yet sit by all too quietly, waiting for the turmoil to pass. It’s like the entire nation is living through a Florida...
David Woolley and Britni Birchell got married last Saturday at the face of LeConte Glacier. The extraordinary ceremony took place with the couple and their wedding parties aboard the MV Golden Eagle and more friends and family witnessing the nuptials from nearby aboard the FV Monsters and the MV...
October 31, 1924 – Thursday evening, November 6, in the schoolhouse, the Petersburg Parent-Teacher Association will once again convene. There is to be a business meeting which will likely not be long. The following program will be rendered for the pleasure of those present: piano solo, Miss Reep; reading, “Maggie Clancy has her say,” Lanore Martin; vocal solo, “The Hour of Memory,” Mrs. Martin Enge; and a reading by Miss Thorp. Refreshments are promised. So bring yourself, a friend and lots of pep and interest! October 28, 1949 ...
Oktoberfest...
On Saturday, the Petersburg Lutheran Church Sanctuary hosted the Rain Country Quilters annual quilt show. Attendees cast their votes for best in show, and this year's honors went to Wende Westre's Ode to Mom, pictured hanging second from the left. This quilt, first started in August of 2022, was completed in partnership with four of Wende's close relatives to help commemorate her mom, Bev...
The Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker, or Eumicrotremus Orbis, is a species of bony fish in the family Cyclopteridae. Lumpsuckers are tiny round fish, typically measuring from one to three inches long. They have wide mouths with large lips and protruding eyes. Their rounded shape and small fins make Spiny Lumpsuckers feeble, haphazard swimmers, but the Lumpsucker has a pelvic fin that acts like a large fringed suction cup, allowing the fish to attach itself to solid objects. A Lumpsuckers body is...
A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing environment caused Alaska’s seafood industry to lose $1.8 billion from 2022 to 2023, a new federal report said. The array of economic and environmental challenges has devastated one of Alaska’s main industries, said the report, issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And the losses extend beyond economics, casting doubt on prospects for the future, the report said. “For many Alaskans the decline of their seafood industry... Full story
October 23 – An officer responded to a report of suspicious activity on Haugen Drive and provided a courtesy transport to an individual in need. A deer was struck by a motor vehicle on Mitkof Highway. Its meat was not salvageable. Additional patrols were requested on South 3rd Street. An officer responded to a noise complaint on North 1st Street and determined it was unfounded. October 24 – An officer responded to a reported disturbance on Ira II Street and determined it was unfounded. The Petersburg Police Department (PPD) received a...
Petersburg Pilot... Full story
Petersburg Pilot... Full story
