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The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers lost their second match of the season 104-155 against Boom Town Roller Derby on Saturday in Wasilla. "I think we surprised ourselves a little bit in this game," said Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers Captain Alice Williams. "I think we were anticipating that they would beat us by quite a bit more points." In the first half of the game, Boom Town Roller Derby was behind because they were making jammer penalties that put Petersburg in a position to score points; h...
Over the course of five days this past week, The Alaska Board of Game held five meetings where they heard public testimony and held deliberations for over 50 proposals for changes to hunting regulations in Southeast Alaska. The Alaska Board of Game, a division of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, is a regulatory board that has an open public process where anyone can submit proposals to change hunting regulations. Once every three years, the board members, which are all appointed by the governor, vote on whether or not to adopt submitted...
As the United States Government shutdown continues into its fourth week, employees of local federal government agencies such as the United States Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Transportation Security Administration are carrying on without pay, while others have been furloughed. On Tuesday, the United States Coast Guard reached its first pay period where personnel did not receive a paycheck. After the shut down began on Dec. 22, those in the USCG that were still working and had not been furloughed received a...
Petersburg hosted the Little Norway Tournament this past weekend with the boys junior varsity basketball team placing third overall and the Lady Vikings coming in second. The boys JV team lost their first game of the basketball tournament against Thunder Mountain 37-43, but they were able to make a comeback in their second game, which was against another Thunder Mountain team, and won 70-44. On Saturday, the Vikings had their last game of the tournament against Sitka. They weren't able to carry...
A warehouse on a piece of land that the borough would receive from Petro 49, Inc. in a land exchange could be utilized by the Port and Harbor Department by upgrading the facility for approximately $18,000 to $20,000, according to harbormaster Glo Wollen. "I think it's a great opportunity for the harbor," said Wollen. "The location is good. It's a decent facility. It's not a Taj Mahal Hall by any means, but it's something that is a good skookum building that doesn't need a lot of maintenance to...
Although negotiations between the Petersburg Borough and Petro 49, Inc. over a possible land swap haven’t begun, borough manager Stephen Giesbrecht anticipates Petro 49, Inc.’s 22-year lease of borough land to be one of the main talking points of the negotiations. In the land trade, the borough would receive Petro 49, Inc. owned land that includes a warehouse, in exchange for borough owned land that is leased by Petro 49, Inc. The borough assembly gave Giesbrecht permission to conduct negotiations in early December. According to borough finance...
In its second reading, the borough assembly approved ordinance 2018-21 at an assembly meeting on Monday, which allocates $400,000 from the sanitation fund and $200,000 from the Motor Pool to replace the borough’s baler. Last month, the assembly voted to completely replace the baler after public works director Chris Cotta suggested it be replaced because of deteriorating parts that included the belt conveyor, control system and wear surfaces on the rams, hopper and baler chamber. Mayor Mark Jensen was hesitant in voting for the ordinance last m...
Borough manager Stephen Giesbrecht submitted a list of potential budget discussion items to the borough assembly on Monday that outlines possible cuts in funding to services as the assembly begins talks on the 2020 fiscal year budget. “The direction that I’ve heard from the assembly prior to today via informal conversations and various meetings is not that we don’t want to consider cuts if the budget’s balanced. What I was hearing from the assembly is we need to reduce the size of the borough government,” said Giesbrecht. One suggestio...
The Petersburg High School boys varsity team won two out of three games in a basketball tournament in Nome over the weekend, and came in second place over all. On Thursday, the team’s first game was against Grace Christian School. The first quarter ended with the Vikings behind 10-12. Grace Christian is an aggressive and quick team and has a strong half court defense, said Viking head coach Richard Brock. Petersburg went into half time down 18-30. “We missed some makeable shots and they don’t give you very many opportunities to score,” said Br...
The Petersburg High School girls varsity basketball team game came in fourth place in a tournament in Nome playing against Grace Christian School, Nome-Beltz High School and Unalakleet School. “I thought that we did a nice job on the board against games that were big and physical,” said head coach Dino Brock. “Overall, we responded pretty well to it.” The team’s first game of the weekend was against Grace Christian. At the end of the first quarter, both teams were tied at 7-7, but by half time, Petersburg was ahead 15-14. In the third qua...
The Petersburg School District school board accepted the resignation of Rae C. Stedman Elementary School principal Teri Toland on Tuesday. She will be retiring at the end of the school year in June. "I'm appreciative of the opportunity to serve the students and families of Petersburg," said Toland. "I am just really grateful for that. It has been a wonderful experience for me." Toland, 59, first arrived in Petersburg 13 years ago with her husband Kim Toland who had just retired from the...
Flight 64 was expected to land in Petersburg on Saturday at 2:43 P.M., but was rerouted to Wrangell, because the 737-700 jet was experiencing problems with its auxiliary power unit, according to Alaska Airlines spokesperson Ray Lane. Additionally, the air cart at the Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport was not operating correctly. The flight was rerouted to Wrangell where the air cart was operational and the jet could connect to a power source. There was not a safety issue, according to Lane. The aircraft was taken out of service for...
The borough assembly approved an amended version of the capital projects list for the 2020 fiscal year on Monday that lists the replacement of the E911 system as the borough’s first priority. On the list are capital projects from every department in the borough and how much each project costs. Those projects that were approved by the borough will be put on its capsis list, which is a list that goes to the state legislators. When oil prices were high and the state had plenty of money to fund capital projects, an online system called capsis w...
January The borough assembly received a proposed update to its zoning code that would introduce a new form of affordable housing, an expansion of the historical and industrial districts and the end of a requirement for businesses to include parking downtown. The borough assembly held a work session to discuss a plan to impose restrictions on the senior tax exemption. A possible annual fee to sales tax exemption card holders was agreed upon ranging between $50 and $60. Police Chief Kelly Swihart...
The United States Government shut down at midnight Eastern Standard Time on Dec. 22 after the Senate failed to come up with an agreement on a spending deal, which resulted with interruptions in the operations of government agencies, including the United States Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and the United States Forest Service. Despite falling under the Department of Homeland Security, one of the agencies that were impacted significantly, the USCG will continue to provide essential services, including search and rescue...
Data has come to light that shows Petersburg Medical Center’s medicated-assisted treatment program, or MAT, is helping those with opiate or substance abuse issues save money and manage their problem by being seen in the clinic instead of the emergency room. “You want them coming into the clinic, because it’s a scheduled appointment,” said PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter. “There’s better case management. They’re managing their issues and health issues more.” The MAT program helps those with opiate or substance abuse problems by providing medic...
The borough assembly passed ordinance 2018-21 on Dec.17 in its first reading which allocates $400,000 from the sanitation fund and $200,000 from the Motor Pool to replace the borough’s baler. Last month, the assembly had voted to completely replace the baler after public works director Chris Cotta suggested it be replaced because of deteriorating parts that included the belt conveyor, control system and wear surfaces on the rams, hopper and baler chamber. Recently, the borough’s baler has been experiencing issues with its hardware, Cotta rep...
To give back to a community that supports them year round, Petersburg High School held their second annual Day of Giving where students in the high school volunteered around town on Friday. "A day like this shows we hear you, we feel it," said PHS principal Richard Dormer. "You support us and this is at least one small thing." Throughout the day, students and staff rotated between three time slots. Students chose from about a dozen activities to fill each slot. Some of the activities where stude...
On Dec. 17, the borough assembly approved ordinance #2018-18, which is the borough’s updated development code, in its third reading after approving and denying amendments to the updated code made by community members. The assembly went through each of the 19 amendments to the updated development code one-by-one and voted either to approve or deny the change to the code. A recommendation from staff and borough attorney comments were featured on the amendments to help assembly members make a decision. Amendments one through three all passed as t...
The Petersburg School Board awarded the food service renovation bid to Jay-Brant General Contractors based out of Homer and transferred $300,000 from the allocated capital funds to the food service renovation. Jay-Brant General Contractors had the lowest bid out of three other bidders at $1,473,322. The state has the project on its capital projects list and will be funding 65 percent of the total costs, according to the school board. The food service renovation will build a full commercial...
Petersburg Medical Center CFO Doran Hammett gave his financial report for the month of November on Thursday to the hospital’s board of directors that showed the hospital’s net operating revenue for the month was above what was budgeted but a decrease in operating cash on hand. “We had a consistently good year so far,” said Hammett. “The volumes have continued to be up. Revenue is up.” For November, PMC’s net operating revenue was set at $1,243,250, but the hospital brought in $1,382,848 in operating revenue. Hammett credits the $139,598 increas...
Hilary Hunter hosted her first solo art show titled Vita Gasy at FireLight Gallery and Framing on Friday showcasing photos and art from her two years living in Madagascar. Growing up, she was around people who had volunteered with the Peace Corps and was interested in living abroad. She was accepted with the Peace Corps, but due to her dietary requirements and inability to speak a second language, Hunter was eager to go whereever they could send her. She ended up teaching English in Madagascar...
The borough assembly voted on Monday to continue moving forward with negotiations for a possible land swap with Petro 49, Inc. after new information regarding costs to the borough were revealed. In the land swap, the borough would acquire land owned by Petro 49, Inc. that includes a warehouse that could be utilized by the harbor department. A roof inspection by Curtiss Improvements of the warehouse, showed that although it appears to be in good condition, there is some rust and maintenance issue...
The borough assembly approved an amended fiscal year 2020 budget policy and community service grant application. A decision on the fiscal year 2020 capital projects list was postponed until January and the manager’s addendum to the budget policy, a document with suggestions on how to balance the budget, was also postponed until a time to be determined. Assembly member Bob Lynn made two amendments to the budget policy, which is a document that outlines how each department head will put their budgets together. One was a request for the a...
In their first game of the season, the girl's junior varsity and varsity basketball teams played close games against Metlakatla over the weekend at home. The varsity team lost both their games, and the JV team won their game on Saturday and lost their Friday game. "It was a very good weekend for us," said head coach Dino Brock. "It gave us a lot of information of where we are and where we need to be. Metlakatla's competitive and plays hard and I thought that we matched that." On Friday, the...
