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Since Gov. Mike Dunleavy's phase two and three of his Reopen Alaska Responsibly Plan went into effect Friday, businesses have been able to operate without mandated restrictions. Some businesses, however, are still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and the state health mandates that followed. One of the first state health mandates that affected businesses restricted restaurants to take out orders only. Papa Bear's Pizza complied and only allowed customers to enter the building to pick up their...
On April 24, Gov. Mike Dunleavy's first phase of his Reopen Alaska Responsible Plan went into effect, allowing some businesses to open their doors again with restrictions. Since then, businesses in town that had to close up shop have been scrambling to reopen their doors and make sense of the restrictions they now have to operate under. Kito's Kave, Roni's Hair Design, the Cedar Box and Sing Lee Alley Books are just a few of the businesses in town that have jumped at the chance to resume busines...
May 21, 1920 Charles Schuck, the local plumber and sheet metal worker, took an involuntary trip to Juneau on the City of Seattle this week. When the Seattle was in port northbound, Schuck accompanied a friend who was going away aboard the boat. As the Seattle only had one ton of freight for Petersburg, she remained but a few minutes and when Schuck came on deck to get off the boat he found himself several miles from Petersburg, bound north. May 25, 1945 Porter Apple, fox farmer on Roberts Island, was chipping ice from a big berg near his home,...
The Little Norway Festival may have been cancelled this year, but a Viking scarecrow on Bucky Eddy's lawn kept the spirit of the festival alive this past weekend....
Jim and Teresa Stolpe set up 42 plaques along the trails between Sandy Beach Rd.and Haugen Dr. over the weekend to celebrate the Little Norway Festival. Each of the wooden plaques had a different Viking related word on one side and a stamp of a Viking head on the other....
May 14, 1920 A forty one and a half pound king salmon was caught in the Narrows in front of Petersburg on Wednesday. The salmon sold for eighteen and a half cents per pound and is said to be the largest ever caught in the Wrangell Narrows. May 18, 1945 The Sons and Daughters of Norway, their families and a host of friends gathered at the Sons of Norway Hall last evening to commemorate the 17th of May. With the singing of “Ja,Vi Elsker” and the “Doxology” those assembled proceeded to partake of a bounteous supper. First on the program was a f...
The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce has officially cancelled this year's Little Norway Festival due to uncertainties over how long state health mandates to shelter in place and maintaining social distancing will remain in place. Chamber Administrator Mara Lutomski said the choice to cancel the 62nd Little Norway Festival was a hard decision for the chamber board. "No one wants to cancel a festival that has been such a rich part of Petersburg history," said Lutomski. The chamber of commerce and...
April 9, 1920 The Board of Directors of the Petersburg Cooperative have leased the store building formerly occupied by the Deep Sea Fishermen’s Union in the Sunde Building and work will start at once making the necessary alterations to fix the place up for a store. A competent manager has been selected by the board and he’s to leave for the south on one of the first boats to secure fixtures and stock. April 6, 1945 Fred Hanford, representative from the district who introduced the successful Petersburg hospital bill into the House during the...
Police Chief Jim Kerr suggested at Tuesday's borough assembly meeting that the assembly discuss and adopt an ordinance that would put rules in place for parades or events that take place in roadways and impact the flow of traffic. On Sunday, several organizations in town hosted an Elizabeth Peratrovich Day celebration that began with a parade downtown. Kerr said that he spoke to a Petersburg Indian Association tribal leader and was supposed to be informed if the parade grew in size, so that...
January Following the shutdown of the U.S. government on Dec. 22, 2018, the U.S. Coast Guard stated it would continue offering essential services. The borough assembly approved $600,000 for a new baler. The USCG located debris from an overdue medivac aircraft that had three people onboard that was due to land in Kake several nights before. A decrease in air cargo coming into Petersburg affected the timely arrival of residents' packages after the retirement of Alaska Airlines' combi 737-400...
David J. "Andy" Armstrong, 71, passed away in his sleep on Dec. 7, 2019 at his home in Craig, Alaska. Andy was born in Shelton, Washington on October 21, 1948 with his twin brother Donald to parents Stan and Annabelle Armstrong. Shelton was his home and workplace (Simpson Timber Co.) until 1979 when he took a job as an equipment operator for Mud Bay Logging in Rowan Bay, Alaska. While working out of Petersburg, Alaska, he met his wife Barbi at the annual Little Norway festival in Petersburg in... Full story
David J. "Andy" Armstrong, 71, passed away in his sleep on Dec. 7, 2019 at his home in Craig, Alaska. Andy was born in Shelton, Washington on October 21, 1948 with his twin brother Donald to parents Stan and Annabelle Armstrong. Shelton was his home and workplace (Simpson Timber Co.) until 1979 when he took a job as an equipment operator for Mud Bay Logging in Rowan Bay, Alaska. While working out of Petersburg, Alaska, he met his wife Barbi at the annual Little Norway festival in Petersburg in... Full story
Kim Aulbach has become Petersburg Post Office's new postmaster after the previous postmaster, Mark Eppihimer, transferred to Anchorage. Eppihimer was promoted to labor relations specialist and relocated to Anchorage in August. Once he left, Aulbach applied for the position while she and Nels Nielsen took on postmaster duties. On Oct. 12, she was promoted to postmaster. During her five and a half years with the post office, Aulbach said she would learn new skills every chance she got to increase...
Although Alaska Airlines is expecting to bring upgrades and improvements to its terminal in Petersburg through its 2020 Great Land Investment Plan, the airline company will not be increasing the number of available parking spots at the airport. According to a map provided by Lynette Campbell, chief of aviation leasing with the Alaska Department of Transportation, Alaska Airlines leases DOT land that is directly under the terminal, which extends to include several parking spots in front of the...
This past May was not my first visit to Petersburg as a Senator, but it was my first time attending the Little Norway Festival. And what a weekend it was! Little Norway is giving "Big" Norway a run for its money. I felt right at home from the moment I got off the plane. The Vikings and Valkyries were quick to whisk me away in the Grog Van and get the festivities and fun underway. I was sure to grab a Dale sweater at Lee's before the parade to fit right in (and avoid a second visit to Viking jail...
May 30, 1919 C. A. Arness, president of the Arness Lumber Company arrived Friday with the new tug boat which was purchased in the south. The boat is called the Wanderlust and is equipped with a 60 h.p. Speedway engine and makes an average of 12 knots and better. The boat will furnish a speedy means of communication between Petersburg and various camps and do the lighter towing. May 26, 1944 Roy Otness, our new fire chief, has taken on his responsibilities by asking different students what they would do if our school was on fire. Here are a few...
From left to right: Brad Connell, Elder Laumau, Valkyrie Lynette Odegaard and Casey Hosteler compete in a shrimp picking contest during the Little Norway Festival Pageant. The contestants had an undisclosed amount of time to peel as many shrimp as possible. Odegaard and Hosteler tied for first place with 1.75 ounces of peeled shrimp. Meanwhile, Odin's ravens Huginn (Sheena Canton) and Muninn (Orin Pierson) were circling the contestants trying to distract them. The two ravens sit on either side...
Damien and Deborah Ream stand on the bow of the F/V Charles T. The vessel celebrated its 100th birthday this year, so a special centennial celebration was held during Mayfest. The Reams traveled to Petersburg from Florida for the sole purpose of experiencing the Little Norway Festival....
Salmon Beyond Borders Campaign Coordinator Breanna Walker will be in Petersburg during the Little Norway Festival to show the film "Chasing Wild: Journey Into the Sacred Headwaters" and to provide a short update on the Stikine and other transboundary rivers. "Chasing Wild" follows three friends on a 250-mile bicycling and packrafting trip into the sacred headwaters of the Stikine River. More than 12 British Columbian large-scale open-pit mines are abandoned, in development or in operation near...
May 16, 1919 The workrooms of the Petersburg Branch American Red Cross will be open on regular days from now on and all ladies are requested to give a few minutes of time for completing the work on hand. The stock of yarn will be worked up into garments for the Belgian and French refugees. There are uncompleted garments which must be finished any time before fall so that it may be shipped to Europe before the cold winter. Mrs. E.E. Harvey will be in charge of the workrooms. May 12, 1944 The mother-daughter banquet was a special occasion as deco...
Seafood industry researchers to casual history buffs will use and enjoy Tin Can Country - Southeast Alaska's Historic Salmon Canneries. This copiously illustrated edition is filled with stories, essays, historic photographs, custom made maps and colorful salmon can labels that together tell the story of S.E. Alaska's seafood industry from the time of tidewater Tlingit fish traps to today's highly mechanized, competitive corporate-conglomerated industry. It's a perfect coffee table book, because...
The borough assembly on Monday passed Ordinance #2019-01 in its first reading, which would assign designated borough assembly seats. Should the ordinance pass, borough election ballots would no longer allow voters to choose which candidates they want to fill the open assembly seats, but instead, the candidates would choose a specific seat to run for. “It’s a really good form of democracy,” said vice mayor Jeigh Stanton Gregor. “If I was choosing to run for Senate, I’d either ran against Sen. Sullivan or Sen. Murkowski... It’s more in line with...
