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Silver Bay Seafoods President and CEO Cora Campbell returned to her Southeast Alaska hometown of Petersburg recently to meet with the fleet. Local fishermen, processing plant staff and community members who gathered for a Silver Bay social hour in Petersburg's Sons of Norway Hall directed their attention to Campbell at front of the room. "If you find a member of the Silver Bay Leadership team, there's a very good chance that that girl grew up in Petersburg," she said. Campbell's family has...
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What started as casual airplane conversation between strangers last fall blossomed into a community harvest this week that supplied Petersburg's traditional weavers with a year's supply of yellow cedar bark. Juneau-based Alaska Native artist Lily Hope was flying from Seattle to Juneau in November when she struck up a conversation with her seatmate, Brett Martin, co-owner of Alaska Timber and Truss, the Petersburg sawmill located on Falls Creek Road. Hope recalled, "He said, 'Oh, you use yellow...
June 12, 1925 – U.S. Deputy Marshall H.O. Campbell and Special Deputy Earl West returned Sunday afternoon from Little Port Walter bringing with them the body of Adolph Falt who they left Wrangell last Thursday to arrest for having shot John Dahlstrom, a troller, five times. The officers left Wrangell on the gas boat Standard, owned by C.R. Bell who during the trip rendered the officers much valuable assistance. The fugitive was apprehended about nine o’clock Saturday morning in Tebenkof Bay, 20 miles from Little Port Walter. Owing to the Sta...
The public advisory board for the Alaska Marine Highway System has recommended that the state call an end to the Matanuska's 53-year career in the fleet. The final decision whether to sell the unseaworthy ferry rests with the governor and his Department of Transportation commissioner. "There is currently no set timeline for action," said Sam Dapcevich, the department's spokesman. The 408-foot-long, 499-passenger ferry has been out of service since the fall of 2022, when it went into the...
No surprise, but the state ferry Matanuska, once the stalwart of the fleet, needs more than 120,000 pounds of new steel to replace extensive sections of rust on the ship. Launched in 1963, the Mat has endured decades of saltwater and seas. But no more—it is tied to the dock in Ketchikan, serving as floating housing for ferry workers. It has been held out of service since late 2022. The citizens advisory board that watches over the Alaska Marine Highway System has recommended the state “make all due effort” to officially remove the ship from...
Hot dogs and inalienable rights To the Editor: Silos and echo chambers are comfortable, especially for folks on the far right or far left. The discord we see in the federal government does not belong in a community such as ours. Although we can agree to disagree, isn’t it better to find common ground instead? If you are uncomfortable with difficult conversations, there still is a way to meet part way. Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with someone and chat about all the things that make us human. Ask questions and listen. So many of our concerns a...
Two Indian nationals were arrested Monday in Petersburg in connection with an elaborate scam that defrauded a Petersburg resident of nearly $200,000, authorities said. Shubham Patel, 24, and Harshilkumar J. Patel, 22, both face charges of Scheme to Defraud and Theft in the First Degree, Class B felonies carrying penalties of up to $100,000 in fines and up to 10 years in prison. The arrests resulted from an investigation that began June 2 when a local resident reported being targeted by callers...
Petersburg Medical Center (PMC) completed a complex water system repair project last week that highlights both the ingenuity of local maintenance crews and the mounting infrastructure challenges facing the community's critical access hospital. The project began February 5 when the six-inch sprinkler main suddenly developed a hole. "We threw a patch on it that we got from the city, and that actually stopped the leak," explained Wolf Brooks, PMC's Facilities Engineer. But this leak revealed a...
June 4 - A report of a driver speeding on Scow Bay Loop Road was unfounded. An officer responded to a report of a vehicle leaking gasoline. The Fire Department was notified and responded. Fire retardant was sprayed on the fuel puddle. An officer responded to a parking complaint on S Nordic Drive. Subpoena papers were delivered. An officer assisted a citizen on S Nordic Drive with concerns she had regarding her neighbors. An officer responded to a disturbance on S 6th Street. June 5 - An officer provided lockout assistance on Mitkof Highway. An...
Petersburg's Devil's Thumb Shooters wrapped up their season this past weekend at the AK YESS State Tournament to huge results. For the first time, DTS won the High Over All Grand Champion Team. For long-tenured seniors such as Cayden Turland, who has been in this program since the spring of third grade and Trent Kittams, who has been with the team since fall of fourth grade, this accomplishment ended their careers with a bang. However, despite the accomplishment, it wasn't all smooth sailing...
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