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During Tuesday's meeting, the Petersburg Borough Assembly voted 4-2 in favor of conducting a housing needs assessment with Vice Mayor Bob Lynn and Assembly Member Donna Marsh opposed. The housing needs assessment, which was recommended by the Housing Task Force, was proposed to evaluate local housing needs, provide recommendations for improving the housing situation, and help secure grant funding. The estimated cost of the assessment is $55,040 and will be paid for with funds received through...
The state ferry Matanuska will not return to service from its winter overhaul as scheduled next month and will require millions of dollars more of steel replacement work if it is ever to get back to work. In its place, the Alaska Marine Highway System plans to put the Columbia back to sea after almost 30 months in layup status to save money. The loss of the Matanuska will mean more than a month without ferry service for Petersburg. The ship had been scheduled to resume sailings the first week of February to replace the Kennicott, which was...
The Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department released its year end report last week, which shed light on the true value of community volunteers. According to the report submitted by Fire/EMS/SAR Director Aaron Hankins, having a volunteer-based fire department saves the borough between an estimated $759,200 and $1,138,800 in personnel costs per year when compared to a full-time career fire department. The estimation is based on having 8-12 employees staffing the local fire department-enough to...
January 19, 1923 – Neil C. MacGregor, who has just returned from a trip to Morningside with insane patients, reports that Captain George Torrey, who was sent there from Petersburg recently, is now a raving maniac and the physicians in charge say that he can not live over two years and possibly only six months. Captain Torrey is confirmed in the violent ward and is kept strapped to his bed by the wrists. He recently enticed one of the other patients close to him on a pretext of wanting to whisper to the man and bit his nose off. Mr. MacGregor s...
The Petersburg Borough is pursuing the possibility of constructing a new float and dock at Papke's Landing with the help of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to keep the facility operational while the borough pursues full ownership. The Petersburg Borough Assembly has approved conceptual plans for an eventual major improvement project, but the rapidly declining state of the facility and delays to obtaining ownership have users of the facility questioning if it will...
The Local Emergency Planning Committee held its first meeting since April 2020 last Thursday where new and returning members were admitted to the committee to discuss the current state of emergency preparedness in Petersburg. According to Fire/EMS/SAR Director Aaron Hankins, the LEPC is a congressionally mandated program whose mission is to gather information on hazardous materials in the region, making them known to the public and planning for spill response, and to review and recommend local...
For the 10th year in a row, more Alaskans moved out last year than new residents moved in. That’s a draining fact, with no real plan to plug the leak. To confirm the Alaska Department of Labor’s statistics about population and persistent out-migration, drive no farther than U-Haul. America’s do-it-yourself movers reported this month on its annual numbers for traffic into states and one-way rentals leaving each state. The traffic count for Alaska is not good. The state fell 25 spots in the nationwide ranking of growth states, from 16th place...
January 11 – A subpoena was served. An officer conducted a welfare check on South Nordic Drive. Officers assisted the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD) with a structure fire on Mitkof Highway. January 12 – An officer responded to a report of gunfire on Mitkof Highway and found a citizen was training their retriever to be a hunting dog. Petersburg Police Department (PPD) received a report of trespassing. An officer assisted a citizen on South Nordic Drive. An officer responded to a noise complaint on Gjoa Street, the individual had...
December 27, 2022 In the Petersburg District Court, Magistrate Judge Rachel Newport presided over a minor offense trial for Maxwell Charles Peeler. The defendant entered a change of plea to no contest. The charges were amended to a minor offense of four counts of giving a false statement on the license application without any culpable mental state. The defendant also entered a no contest plea to failure to affix the locking tag to a big game animal. He was fined $1700, a $20 police surcharge and a $1000 restitution for game fine. The state has...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team earned back-to-back wins on the road against Craig last weekend. The Vikings, led by Assistant Coach Mik Potrzuski for the two games, routed the Panthers 59-29 last Friday. Petersburg had an electric start, scoring 30 points in the first half including two early threes from Owen Anderson to take a 13-point lead into halftime. Craig bounced back in the third quarter, but the Vikings shut down the game in the fourth, scoring 19 to the host's four. Ja...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team lost twice on the road last week to the Craig Lady Panthers. The Lady Vikings, led by Assistant Coach Matt Pawuk for the weekend, fell 39-18 last Friday. The young team lagged behind in the first half as Craig came out shooting and were down 22-5 by the half. Though the game had gotten away from them, Petersburg improved to 13 points scored in the second half and tied the hosts 7-7 in the fourth quarter. The Lady Vikings had a better start to the...
Tasha Lee Prus, age 57, passed to her eternal life peacefully surrounded by loving family on January 9, 2023, after a long illness. Tasha was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 3, 1965. As a member of a military family that moved many times, her childhood sparked her love of travel. After college she worked on a fish processing barge in Alaska. When it stopped on Mitkof Island, she fell in love with the small fishing village of Petersburg. She made her vision of living there come true when sh... Full story
The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) will offer a Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor class in Petersburg, Alaska on February 4, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., in the Petersburg Parks and Rec Activities Room, 500 N. 3rd Street. This class is $125 for commercial fishermen and $225 for all others. Participants may receive up to $95 off the purchase of their next personal floatation device. Interested mariners may register online at www.amsea.org or call (907) 747-3287. The class will cover...
