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Juvenile bald eagles perch on an iceberg in LeConte Bay which appears to be the scene of recent harbor seal whelping....
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From July 28 through Aug. 25, candidacy forms will be available for Petersburg residents interested in running for elected office. Borough Assembly, Hospital Board, Planning Commission, Harbor and Ports Advisory Board, Library Advisory Board, Parks and Rec Advisory Board, and Public Safety Advisory Board all have seats up for election. July 22 the candidacy packets will be available at the borough clerk office. If running for assembly, school board, or hospital board a certain amount of signatures in support of running are needed. Early...
Rebecca Shatwell has been a teacher for three decades, teaching in Texas most recently. Now she brings her experience to Petersburg High School, where she will teach assigned math courses and has also been entrusted with two courses of her choice starting this fall. Those courses are Petersburg Maritime Math, and Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Ethics. "I just want learning to be something that [students] enjoy and that's truly beneficial, not just something that they're going to go...
Sharlay Mamoe started work as executive director of WAVE on July 1, taking over from Rikki McKay, who departs Petersburg this month to continue her education in social work. Mamoe comes to the job from the Petersburg Children's Center, where she spent eight years, most of them as director. Before that she worked a decade at the cannery. McKay is staying on through July 24 to help with the handoff. The two have been working side by side since July 1. WAVE board treasurer Indigo Hanahan said the...
June 25, 1926 – About 20 onlookers were present at an informal boat launching this afternoon. Neil MacGregor tried out his new speed boat starting at the Trading Union float. The new boat is about 15 feet long and has a Universal four cylinder engine. She was built by Carl Johnson. The hull is nicely fixed up with cushioned seats around the sides and an awning over the top. No, they didn’t break a champagne bottle over the bow. July 13, 1951 – A species of fish rarely found in the Pacific waters along the Canadian or Alaskan coasts was broug...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly voted last week to accept conveyance from the state of roughly 8.8 acres of tide and submerged land at Papke's Landing, along with the aging public dock and boat launch that generations of down-the-Narrows residents and Petersburg boaters have relied on. Resolution 2026-18, approved 5-0, accepts the parcel - comprising Alaska Tideland Surveys 251 and 921 - from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources under the state's process for conveying tide and submerged...
Until last week, Alaska voters were facing one important decision on this year’s ballot to choose elected officials who work for the public, not political parties. That decision would be to uphold the system of ranked-choice voting and open primaries that has been state law since 2022. The system takes away from political parties the power of selecting candidates and lets Alaskans make their own decisions on who can lead the state in open primary elections. Vote no on the ballot question in November to block a return to the days of partisan p...
The state ferry system’s mainline service to Southeast Alaska remains intact under the draft schedule for the fall/winter season of Oct. 1 through April 30, at one sailing a week. The rest of coastal Alaska is not so fortunate. The Prince William Sound communities of Cordova and Valdez would be left without any service for five months Oct. 1 through March 5 while the Aurora is in the shop for annual winter maintenance and to replace rusted steel on the 49-year-old ship. Gulf of Alaska service to Kodiak, Homer and a couple of small c...
Studious readers of the Pilot might remember Maditha Kröger from last summer - the German project manager who read a book called "Inside: One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage," decided to attempt the same epic adventure herself, and stopped in Petersburg for a few days' rest along the way and tell us about her journey so far. Last week, the author of that inspiring book came to Petersburg. On Tuesday, July 7, Susan Marie Conrad told an audience at the Petersburg Public Library about...
July 9, 2026— King Salmon: King salmon fishing in the Wrangell Narrows/Blind Slough Terminal Harvest Area (THA) has gone quite well. If you have not given it a try, you should get out there as the king season is winding down. While we are past the peak fishing time, there are still bright kings moving into the system. The area open to king salmon retention outside of the THA has also seen decent catches. If looking to target wild king salmon, an angler in the Wrangell could fish Steamer Pt, Earnest Sound, or Bradfield Canal. If starting from P...
In the mid-1800s Henry T. Gratacap, a luggage maker and volunteer fireman in New York City, combined his artisan expertise with his real life experience fighting fires to design a fire helmet that would protect the fireman and stand up in extreme conditions. The Smithsonian American History Museum describes Gratacap's original creation as a specially treated leather helmet with a segmented comb design for unparalleled durability and strength. The body of the helmet was primarily designed to...
Southeast would go a week without mainline ferry service at the end of November as the Alaska Marine Highway System transitions between ships for its winter schedule. But seven days without the weekly northbound and southbound return voyage between Bellingham, Washington, and Southeast is painless when compared to much longer service gaps in Prince William Sound and Southwest Alaska under the draft fall and winter schedule. Cordova and Valdez would be left without any ferry service for five months Oct. 1 through March 5 while the Aurora is in...
An agreement between the Canadian and British Columbia governments to boost resource development in the province includes a $500 million federal pledge (about US$350 million) to expand the capacity of a power line to the Red Chris Mine in the Stikine River watershed. The mine operator and 70% owner, Denver-based Newmont, along with its joint-venture partner, Vancouver-based Imperial Metals, are studying the feasibility of expanding the open-pit copper and gold mine to recover additional ore and extend its life. British Columbia regulators appro...
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