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The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the Alaska Division of Elections late Thursday, Oct. 22, seeking to block the division from certifying the result of the state's U.S. Senate election if the Democratic challenger, Mary Peltola, wins. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday in Florida that he ordered the lawsuit be filed. "I'm the one that said, 'do it,'" he said. Peltola is the leading opponent to incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, and polls show her with a small... Full story
Final harvest numbers for the fall moose hunt near Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake show hunters had another record-high season. The month-long moose hunt closed Oct. 15. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, hunters harvested a new high of 162 moose this fall. That total tally exceeds last year's record harvest of 147 moose, which outperformed the prior record set in 2023. The fall moose hunt in central Southeast Alaska covers several main islands in Unit 3, plus Unit 1-B on the... Full story
Turning down a request to wait until union members vote on the offer, the Petersburg Borough Assembly on Oct. 20 approved the second reading of an ordinance funding the borough’s last, best and final wage offer to its employees’ union. The final reading likely comes before the assembly next week. Ordinance 2026-22, which adjusts the fiscal 2027 budget to pay for the offer’s first-year raises, passed its second reading 5-1, with Member Donna Marsh opposed. A motion by Marsh to postpone the ordinance to Nov. 16 failed on a 3-3 tie. Marsh, Bob M...
October 29, 1926 – Herewith is the letter from Commissioner of Fisheries Henry O’Malley, read at the Wednesday night meeting of the Petersburg Commercial Club, in response to a letter sent by the local club asking for relief of the critical situation which now exists in the herring industry. “Secretary, Petersburg Commercial Club, Dear Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of September 23. I note that it is the desire of your organization to start a program for the conservation of herring in Alaskan waters and also note the state...
Petersburg Lutheran Church hosted the Rain Country Quilters annual quilt show Petersburg last Saturday, with dozens of colorful quilts drapes across pews and hanging from the balcony. Attendees cast a vote for their favorite and this years top vote getter was Sue Flint's "Tropical Snowflakes ... made with friends at their spring sewing get together." Pictured above, Liz Bacom and Susan Holmes, two of the event's organizers, hold Flint's quilt up for a Pilot photo after the votes were...
Cyber attackers who locked up Petersburg Borough computers in July demanded about $1 million in Bitcoin, and the borough refused to pay, Borough Manager Stephen Giesbrecht told the Pilot this week. “We got a ransomware notice from an outside bad guy, basically saying if we wanted our computers to work again, we should pay them,” Giesbrecht said. “We’re not going to pay ransomware.” The borough disclosed the July 11 attack in a public notice issued Oct. 16, more than three months later. Giesbrecht said outside experts told the borough to stay q...
Thank You from Viking Swim Club To the Editor: On behalf of Viking Swim Club, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Petersburg community for helping make our annual swim auction another wonderful success! This event would not be possible without the incredible generosity and support of our community. To the businesses and individuals who donated auction items, the community members who purchased raffle tickets, attended the auction, bid on items, joined us for dinner, or simply cheered us on from the sidelines – thank you! We a...
A U.S. Senate seat in Alaska is worth the same as one from any other state when Democrats and Republicans try counting to 51, the number needed to control the chamber. All 100 senators get an equal vote, regardless of whether they represent states of far less than 1 million residents, such as Alaska and Wyoming, or more than 30 million, such as California and Texas. The men who drafted the U.S. Constitution almost 239 years ago — yes, it was all men, 133 years before women finally won the right to vote — had to find a compromise between the...
October 21 – An officer assisted Emergency Medical Services (EMS) on Wrangell Avenue. An officer responded to a report of trespassing on Ira II St and directed an individual to depart the area. An officer assisted EMS on Wrangell Avenue. An officer spoke with a complainant. A runaway chicken was reported on S Nordic Dr. An officer notified its owner. An officer responded to a vehicle fire on Cornelius Rd and assisted the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD). A cellphone found on Sandy Beach Rd was returned to its owner. A citation is t...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly will decide at its next meeting whether to make the land beside Fire Station 1 on Haugen Drive the permanent home for the volunteer fire department's training props. The props must leave Scow Bay by Nov. 30 to make way for the borough's boatyard project. At the Oct. 20 assembly meeting, Emergency Services Director Aaron Hankins presented cost estimates for two relocation sites. In the meantime, the three-story burn tower and six-container training prop will be...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Alaska Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola to be criminally charged and drop out or be removed from the ballot. His comments followed the publication of a New York Times article revealing that her campaign worked with the national Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to recruit spoiler candidates that could dilute votes for her principal opponent, incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan. The U.S. Department of Justice has already filed a Trump-directed but legally dubious lawsuit... Full story
One week before Election Day, turnout in Alaska’s general election is nearing 10%. As of 4:43 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, according to figures published by the Alaska Division of Elections, 58,168 people had cast early or absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election. The number of early votes cast through Tuesday afternoon already exceeds the number of early votes cast before the last midterm election, in 2022. Other states across the country are seeing a similar surge in early voting. According to a daily report published by the Alaska Division of E...
Despite losing one full meet due to bad Alaska weather, the Petersburg High School Wrestling team had a strong outing in their first meet of the season this past weekend at the Southeast Showdown. The tournament saw over 300 wrestlers try and grapple their way to victory – which was the case for the Vikings as senior Eli Anderson won the tournament in the 189 weight bracket, going a perfect 4-0. This was also Anderson's first tournament win since last season in Metlakatla. "My mentality was j...
The Petersburg High School Volleyball team looked to remain unbeaten in conference play this past weekend during their latest conference tournament. They remained unbeaten in the southeast conference by beating the Haines Glacier Bears. On Friday, in set one, the Vikings beat the Bears 25-17 and in set two, got out to an 18-8 lead and ended up winning 25-10. The final set was a closer affair that saw the Vikings win 25-20. "Volleyball is a game of momentum. This year, we're pretty good at...
An Alaska Airlines aircraft was expected to depart Wrangell on Wednesday after spending six days in town for replacement of a failed engine. The right-hand engine - the starboard side, for mariners - failed as northbound Flight 65 was just starting its takeoff roll last Friday, Oct. 23. There were no injuries, and the plane returned to the terminal. Within a second or two of starting to rev up the engines and roll for takeoff, "there was a loud pop off the right side," said Orin Pierson, a...
Dan McMahon and his collection of volunteers hosted another Elks Soccer Shoot last Saturday morning. 18 trophies were distributed in six age categories. (Pictured above) Big brother Owen cheering on little sister Emmie Shumway for winning second place at 2.5 years old for 7 and under....
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