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Feb. 22 — Police made a traffic stop at 3.5 mile Mitkof Highway. Process papers were served to an Odin St. address. A protective order was served at a S. Nordic St. address. Feb. 23 — Police responded to a civil matter at a S. Second St. location. A trespassing complaint was reported at a S. Second St. location. Police responded to a trespassing call at First and Haugen. Feb. 24 — Police assisted with a repossession on Gjoa St. Police assisted with a vehicle lockout. Suspicious activity was reported on N. First St. Feb. 25 — Process papers were...
Feb. 15 — An abandoned vehicle was reported in the Petersburg Medical Center parking lot. Three disturbance calls were reported at three locations along Nordic Drive. Paul Jacobsen-Wilson, 32, was cited for expired registration and Liability Insurance Required. An intoxicated person was reported along Haugen Drive. A hit and run was reported at Mountain View Manor. A disabled vehicle was reported at 3-mile Cabin Creek Rd. Suspicious activity was reported along Nordic Drive. Feb. 16 — Stewart R. Conn, 18, was cited for Failure to Exercise Due...
Gary James Stevens passed away February 12, 2017, just two days after his 75th birthday. Born on February 10, 1942 to James C Stevens and Patricia Youens, he was one of five children. Gary was a member of the Pioneers Alaska, The Moose in Sitka, The Elks in Wrangell, and Sons of Norway in Petersburg. Gary spent most of his life commercial fishing, first on his father's boat then later building and fishing/shrimping on the Miss Susan. He would regularly donate his catch to local businesses, benef... Full story
Tanner crab estimates are down from the previous season although there is enough to go around for a successful fishery. Mature male Tanner abundance estimate is 4.9 million pounds, down from the 5.6 million estimate from the previous year, according to a Alaska Department of Fish and Game press release. "The Tanner crab harvest strategy sets the season length based on the mature male biomass estimate and the number of pots registered at the start of the fishery," ADFG region one lead crab...
Feb. 8 — Mavis R. Worthington, 66 was cited for expired registration. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident in the 400 block of S. Nordic Drive. Police responded to Petersburg High School for a minor in need of supervision. A theft was reported in the Middle Harbor. Feb. 9 — Police received a call reporting intimidation in the Towne Trailer Court. A disturbance call was reported at Parks and Rec. Feb. 10 — A sex offender registered. Transportation was provided to Unimak St. A disturbance was reported at the Narrows Inn. Police respo...
The Borough Power and Light Dept. has a fund balance of $7.5 million dollars. That's a lot of money by any standard, but remember, $3 million of that is required to remain in reserve, as mandated by the Borough's fiscal policy. It equals 6-month's operating cost for the utility. In 1985 when Petersburg and Wrangell went onto hydropower supplied by the Tyee Lake facility, rates were lowered, but set high enough to enable the utility to build reserves to move their downtown plant out the road....
ANCHORAGE (AP) – A volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has erupted again, sending a cloud of ash and ice particles 30,000 feet in the air. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the cloud was seen by satellite shortly after Bogoslof (BOH-gohs-lawf) Volcano erupted Thursday. Volcanic ash above 20,000 feet is a threat to airliners flying between Asia and North America. The Aviation Color Code was lowered from red to orange late Thursday evening after the ash cloud dissipated. The volcano 850 miles southwest of Anchorage has erupted more than 25...
JUNEAU (AP) – Juneau officials have begun removing boats from city harbors after identifying dozens of boats that have not moved in years. City Harbormaster David Borg started a campaign to clear harbors of inoperable boats in August and found 39 boats that could be cleared from the waterways, the Juneau Empire reported Sunday. A few owners were ordered late last year to prove their boats could move under their own power or leave the harbor. Two owners have shown their boats are operable and three boats have been impounded. City code r...
Over 30 people turned out for a meeting to discuss long-term goals for developing the Scow Bay turnout last Thursday at the Halingstad-Peratrovich building. Members of the PEDC committee and the Harbor Advisory Board were in attendance and the meeting was led by Dick Somerville representing PND Engineers, Inc. in Juneau. Somerville displayed three drawings showing possible development options for the property. One proposed upgrading the existing ramp into a 40-ft. x 420-ft. concrete plank struct...
WRANGELL – A new sample site shows more butter clams carry the risk of paralytic shellfish poisoning for consumers, according to a report released last week. Since last year Wrangell Cooperative Association's Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (IGAP) staff have been collecting samples of various bivalves from the beaches around Shoemaker Bay on a weekly basis. It added a new site further south to its monitoring, near Pats Landing. It was here that the butter clam samples showed u...
January 11 There was a report of disorderly conduct on N. Nordic Dr. There was a report of a disabled vehicle on Sandy Beach Rd. A traffic offense occurred on Sandy Beach Rd. January 12 A call was received concerning a burglary on N. Nordic Dr. January 13 Suspicious activity was reported on Cornelius Rd. A mandatory sex offender registration was completed. There was a report of an intoxicated individual on Sing Lee Alley. There was a report of an intoxicated individual on N. Nordic Dr. There was a civil matter on Sing Lee Alley. January 14...
The average temperature for Petersburg last year was 46 degrees, the warmest on record, and it also marked the 34th driest, according to NOAA warning coordination meteorologist Joel Curtis. Local records were set for warm weather in March and a new lowest recorded rainfall happened in October. The minimum temperature was also the warmest on record, he said. As for precipitation, Curtis said it was just under 93 percent of normal, with 101.18 inches falling. That's an 8.05 inch departure from...
January 5 Suspicious activity was reported at the South Harbor parking lot. There was a parking issue at Haugen and S. Nordic Dr. January 6 There was a civil matter reported on S. 2nd St. A traffic hazard was reported on N. Nordic Dr. There was a report of disorderly conduct on N. Nordic Dr. January 7 A traffic offense occurred on N. 1st St. A call was received concerning a burglary at Hungerford Hill. January 8 There was a report of disorderly conduct at Magill’s Trailer Park. January 9 There was a report involving an assault on S. Nordic D...
January Public Works rolled out the borough's highly anticipated blue cart recycling program. The borough received $820,117.61 from the annual raw fish tax. Dave Zimmerman was hired as the new Tongass National Forest Petersburg District Ranger. The assembly continued discussing the reallocation of the Kake access road funding. Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins took part in a budget crisis presentation at Sons of Norway Hall. The visit was the first of many by representatives throughout the...
December 28 Suspicious activity was reported on S. Nordic Dr. December 29 There was a call concerning drugs on N. Nordic Dr. Suspicious activity was reported on N. Nordic Dr. December 30 Suspicious activity was reported at Hungerford Hill. There was a call concerning trespassing on Birch St. A traffic hazard was reported on Frederick Dr. A call concerning criminal mischief on Excel St. was received. A motor vehicle accident occurred on Sandy Beach Rd. Suspicious activity was reported at N. 1st and Gjoa St. January 1 Suspicious activity was...
WRANGELL – A lifelong Wrangell resident, Lawrence Bahovec, celebrated his 100th birthday this week. Asked how he felt about reaching the milestone, he joked: "It makes me feel old." He was born in Chicago on January 4, 1917. Alaska and Hawaii both were still territories at the time, the United States had not yet joined into the fighting alongside the Allied Powers during the Great War, and Wrangell was still very much a frontier town on the nation's periphery. At a very young age, Bahovec was...
WRANGELL – Wrangell's second-largest travel lodging has been sold, and will be repurposed as a senior housing and assisted living center this spring. The owners of the Sourdough Lodge sold the property to a group of buyers, who are currently renovating its rooms and preparing it for the new use. Once completed, by April 1 the lodge will be rechristened Harbor House Assisted Living Center and Senior Housing. One of the buyers, Shannon Bosdell, explained the facility will fill a need in the com...
Earlier this month, PPD responded to a request from the harbormaster to conduct a welfare check of a harbor resident. On Dec. 16, Edward Bottani was found deceased aboard the M/V Glider moored in North Harbor. Bottani had not been seen for two or three days and harbor staff contacted PPD out of concern. The Medical Examiner’s office was contacted and is continuing the investigation, as no immediate cause of death was apparent, according to PPD Chief Kelly Swihart. The death is not believed to be suspicious, and Bottani’s next of kin have bee...
JUNEAU – Gov. Bill Walker has proposed cutting hundreds more state jobs as part of a budget plan that includes the use of earnings from Alaska’s oil-wealth nest egg and ultimately tripling state motor fuels taxes. Walker’s budget office said the governor’s overall budget plan, if implemented, still would leave a budget deficit of nearly $900 million that would need to be closed with lawmakers’ help. In a statement Thursday, Walker said the state has already slashed its budget and will look for more ways to reduce costs. But he said Alaska ca...
December 14 There was an issue with parking on N. Nordic Dr. December 15 A motor vehicle accident was reported on N. Nordic Dr. December 16 Suspicious activity was reported on Hogue Alley. Suspicious activity was reported on Lumber St. Suspicious activity was reported at the airport. A traffic stop occurred on Lake St. A death was reported at North Harbor. A traffic hazard was reported on Dolphin St. Disorderly conduct was reported on Chief John Lott St. Suspicious activity was reported at the ball field. December 17 There was a call...
WRANGELL – Things are looking up for possible project financing needed to replace float facilities at Shoemaker Bay Harbor. In a budget draft released by Gov. Bill Walker last week, the Department of Transportation and Public Facility’s harbor maintenance program would have $5,000,000 in its coffers for next year, precisely the amount Wrangell would need in order to proceed with its renovation at Shoemaker. The Wrangell project has been given precedence this year over other applications from around the state, after being passed over last yea...
December 7 A call involving theft was reported on Charles W. St. A traffic offense occurred at Nordic and Dolphin. A call involving burglary was received at 4 1/2 St. An intoxicated individual was reported on N. Nordic Dr. Suspicious activity was reported on N. 12th St. December 8 Suspicious activity was reported on S. Nordic Dr. There was a call involving theft on Chief John Lott St. There was a parking issue on N. 2nd St. December 9 There was suspicious activity reported on Charles W. St. There was an issue with parking at South Harbor...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly’s counter offer to the Alaska Department of Transportation’s initial offer for taking over ownership of state-owned docks haas been denied. The assembly received a letter saying the state could not accommodate the borough’s request to only transfer ownership of two of three proposed docks, and receive increased funding to maintain the sites. The state’s original offer included Petersburg taking over the Papke’s Landing float, Kupreanof float and Entrance Island float with a one-time payment of just over $732...
