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On Tuesday, the state reported 72.94 percent of Petersburg residents had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which was the second highest percentage in the state after Skagway Municipality. The Petersburg COVID-19 Dashboard reported 51 percent of Petersburg residents had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. The Petersburg Borough's COVID-19 Dashboard and the state's COVID-19 Dashboard show two different numbers for the percentage of local residents who have received at...
Jack Slaght, right, and EMS Coordinator Josh Rathmann, left, drive the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department's Model A fire truck to Scow Bay on April 14. For the past year and a half, the truck had been in Juneau, getting a new paint job by SS Auto Body & Paint. Assistant Fire Chief Dave Berg said the paint job cost between $10,000 to $12,000. Slaght, who performed a major overhaul of the engine in 2014, took the truck to Juneau and brought it back on April 14 on the ferry. "I personally think...
The Borough Assembly reviewed the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget at a work session on April 21, which has a balanced General Fund. In the proposed budget, the General Fund's total revenues and total expenditures equal $9,741,364 and is an overall increase of .39 percent from the adopted 2021 fiscal year budget, according to the proposed budget. The General Fund also uses a surplus of $231,805 to offset a loss in the state's reimbursement of the School Bond Debt payments. The General Fund's...
A story about updates to local health mandates on page two of last week’s edition of the Petersburg Pilot had a headline that implied all interstate travelers arriving into Petersburg are exempt from COVID-19 testing and isolation requirements. Only interstate travelers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are exempt from those requirements....
April 29, 1921 The Petersburg-Scow Bay road will be surfaced and finished for auto traffic this summer and that work will start within the next month is the assertion of John Lanterman foreman in charge who arrived from the south within the past week. April 26, 1946 Fishermen will leave for the fishing season early next week in preparation for the opening of the halibut fishing on May 1. For the first time in four years there are a number of young men in boat crews as returned veterans, many of whom are also veteran fishermen. An estimated...
Amy Wilkes' third grade class picked up enough litter on two streets near Rae C. Stedman Elementary School to fill up a trash bag on Earth Day, April 22. From left to right: Hakon Eddy, Alex Deberry, Silas Stanton Greogor, Tori Miller, Nadia Joekay, Devyn Flint, Andrew Ayriss, Jamari Tate, Gillian O'Soup, Kyra Chrissley and Declan Olsen....
Since January, Petersburg Medical Center has been operating with a negative bottom line, but Controller Rocio Tejera told the PMC Board of Directors at their meeting on April 22 that it's important to look at the year-to-date bottom line. On March 31, PMC reported a negative bottom line of $676,722 for the month, according to financial documents presented to the hospital board. However, the hospital has a positive year-to-date bottom line of $540,192. The bottom line is the hospital's total...
"Confidence in an economy matters," Dan Robinson, research chief at the state Department of Labor, told the House Ways and Means Committee earlier this month. "There is an economic cost of not solving these problems." He was talking with legislators about the state's job loss, population loss, economic loss and inability to agree on a fiscal plan to pay for public services long term. For most of the past 30 years, Alaska has taken from savings, prayed for high oil prices and rejoiced at any...
We're getting closer to achieving the required herd immunity levels needed to abate the spread of COVID -19 and the expanding variants as the virus mutates across the worlds' populations. According to the State of Alaska, Petersburg is second from the top (behind Skagway) in attaining the most vaccinations. Petersburg's rate stands at 72.94 percent as of Wednesday. Vaccine hesitancy is the major roadblock to the U.S. achieving herd immunity against COVID-19. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe...
Thank you for caring about Petersburg To the Editor: I know there is not a single citizen in Petersburg that has not walked by and admired one of our beautiful flower boxes or gardens created by Petersburg Borough Groundskeeper, Jesse O’Connor. Jesse’s 25 year long commitment to serve our community began in 1996 when he was hired as an assistant groundskeeper during the summer season. As that season ended, he moved over to help our sanitation department, both as a laborer and a supervisor. In 2001 he went back to the Public Works Dep...
April 21—A power outage was reported at Papke’s Landing. A phone was lost and later found at the ball field. Aaron Bradford, 41, was arrested on charges of violating conditions of release. Ramona Short, 50 was arrested on charges of violating conditions of release. Danny Rusk, 59, was arrested on charges of violating conditions of release. Suspicious activity was reported in the downtown area. An officer assisted a resident with gaining entry into their locked vehicle at a location on Lewis Ln. Authorities received a call about a missing ado...
For the past several weeks, construction has been underway on the Vakker Sted affordable housing complex at the corner of Excel St. and N. 2nd St. According to site supervisor Marsha Birchell, with Burlywood, Inc., crews have laid the footers and foundational walls of the building. In the coming weeks, a crew of framers will begin framing the first floor of the apartment building, she said....
Petersburg High School was ranked the number one high school in Alaska in terms of academic success by the U.S. News & World Report for 2021. Rankings are based on the students' performance on state testing, graduation rates and how well they're prepared for college. Additionally, PHS was ranked 904 among all the high schools in the country, which is in the top 40 percent of schools. Statewide, 71 high schools were ranked by the U.S. News & World Report, and 17,857 schools were ranked...
The Petersburg High School played their second series of the season against Ketchikan High School on April 22 and 23. While they suffered three more losses, Head Coach Jim Engell said the Vikings have been improving by the week. "It went real well," said Engell. "I know the scores don't necessarily show that, but we made a lot of progress. I was very pleased. Every practice that we have had since we got on the field in Sitka, we've just seen our kids get better and better." Brekin Davis, Lathum...
Two Petersburg High School wrestlers will head to the Alaska School Activities Association Wrestling State Championships in May after placing first in their weight classes at Regionals. Jonas Baekkelund placed first in the 171 pound weight class at the ASAA Division II Southeast Alaska tournament in Ketchikan last weekend. Baekkelund, a freshman, pinned his way to the final round to face off against Wrangell High School's Ethan Blatchley, said Coach Jeff Davidson. The two students had wrestled b...
Rock-N-Road Construction, Inc. excavates along Mitkof Highway near the site of the Scow Bay pump station one replacement project on April 23. The project cost $744,695 and was funded by a loan from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, which was approved by voters in 2019. Utility Director Karl Hagerman said the pump station is being replaced to increase its wastewater pump capacity and keep up with the demand in the Scow Bay area....
The Petersburg High School track and field team participated in their first meet of the season on April 23 and 24, which saw several of the Vikings take top spots in their events. PHS senior Aiden Luhr had the best showing among the Vikings at the Ketchikan Invitational. He took first place in the mens 100 meter sprint, the 200 meter sprint and the high jump. His performances in the preliminaries saw him set new records. His preliminary performance in the 100 meter sprint was a new season...
Rae C. Stedman Elementary School staff handed out information to families on how to sign their children up for preschool, along with goodie bags filled with seeds, gardening books, hot dogs and other treats on April 23....
Are toxins from road runoff a threat to salmon in Anchorage’s most popular fishing streams? A Go Fund Me campaign has been launched so Alaskans can chip in to find out. The push stems from an organic compound in tires called quinone that was newly identified by researchers at the University of Washington, said Birgit Hagedorn, a geochemist and longtime board member of the Anchorage Waterways Council. “The little flakes that rub off of tires, especially larger truck tires, can be transported into the streams via stormwater. And they leach out...
Nancy Carol Phillips, 83 took her last walk into the forest on April 21, 2021. She was born to Edward and Leona Hamilton in Hydaburg, Alaska. She was raised at Hydaburg and Waterfall Cannery along with her brothers and sisters. Her father was a salmon seiner and her mother worked the cannery line during the salmon season. She later attended Sheldon Jackson High School. She married Jake Phillips and they moved to Pelican in 1962. She fished many years on the ocean - fishing salmon, halibut, and sablefish. She started fishing with Jake in 1956 tr... Full story
Samuel William McCallum weighing six pounds, four ounces and Bristol Lynn McCallum weighing six pounds, 10 ounces were born on April 4 in Seattle, Washington to Reba Temple and Seth McCallum....
Gage Aries Bullard weighing nine pounds, four ounces and measuring twenty-one and three quarters inches long was born on April 20 in Sitka, Alaska to George Bullard and Samantha Lindsey (Bullard)....
Working Against Violence for Everyone held an anonymous art show at the Clausen Memorial Museum from April 17 to 24. Hillary Hunter, of WAVE, said the art show featured 11 pieces created by survivors of sexual assault or other survivors as a means to express their emotions. Hunter said the artists used their art to show other survivors that their situation can get better or to process their pain and anger if they're currently experiencing sexual assault. "The people who attended the event were...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has agreed to settle for $85,000 with a former state employee whose application was rejected because she supported the recall of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The out-of-court settlement was announced Monday by the Alaska chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented Keren Lowell, a former employee for the Alaska State Council on the Arts. Lowell had worked for the Alaska art council in 2019 when Dunleavy vetoed the organization’s funding and caused Lowell to lose her job. Lowell then bec...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has decommissioned a ship whose home port was in Alaska after almost 50 years in service. The cutter Douglas Munro was decommissioned in a ceremony in Kodiak on Saturday. The ship was commissioned in 1971 and has served across the world. The Coast Guard said the Douglas Munro had been used for search and rescue, fisheries enforcement, counterpiracy efforts, disaster relief and oceanographic research support. “During my time aboard I have witnessed the sacrifices of the crew as they spent time away fro...
