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Sitka (AP) - On a door of the F/V Kamilar is a sticker with pink script: “Girls fish too.” And in the case of this boat, it is girls only. Vessel owner Brannon Finney is captaining the tender for the Sitka sac roe herring fishery with her all-female crew - something that’s rare for the fast and frenzied commercial fishery. Finney’s rotating crew is comprised of cousin Kelsey Kubik of Sitka; Bettina Nichols of Astoria, Oregon; Sandra Coats of Ketchikan and Annea Martinsen of Petersburg. They are packing for Petersburg’s Icicle Seafoods....
Despite a high participation rate in the Petersburg Borough’s recycling program there is still too much recyclable material going to the baler facility, according to Public Works Superintendent Karl Hagerman. 95% of Petersburg’s 1,200 sanitation customers participate in the recycling program, but Hagerman says the waste diversion rate hovers around 16%. Hagerman wants to move that number to 30-50%. Recycling can make a significant difference in the cost of removing trash from Mitkof Island. The sanitation department pays $113/ton to ship garbag...
The Petersburg Cheer Squad finished off its season with a third-place win at State on March 22, after taking first place at Region V the week prior. "It's only our second year going back, since 2008," coach Becky Fortna said of the state-level competition. Due to the size of its squad, Petersburg High School competed in the large co-ed division, going up against three other teams. Fortna explained her cheerleaders had put on a good performance during the meet, and the time overall was...
Petersburg High School came out on top at the state level over the weekend, with the boys beating all other comers in the 2A Alaska ASAA/First National Bank Basketball State Championship in Anchorage. After handily taking first in the Region V Tournament the week prior, the Vikings headed into the championships with high hopes. Starting play on March 16, the Vikings were first matched up against Tikiġaq (Point Hope), a school from the North Slope. "It was a good matchup for us. They are a good,...
Colette Peters, 26, has been named Fleet Manager/Quality Assurance Manager at the Petersburg Trident Plant. She fills the position vacated by Nick Ohmer who is now managing the Trident Plant in Wrangell. Peters grew up in Ketchikan and is a 2009 graduate of Ketchikan High School. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a degree in Political Economics. She has worked for Trident in Seattle for 3-1/2 years monitoring environmental compliance at all Trident Plants. She visited each...
The Lady Vikings finished off its regular season with a win and a loss against Wrangell at Petersburg High School. The crowd was there in full force both evenings, with both a special ceremony to recognize the outgoing senior class on Friday and Homecoming proceedings Saturday. "It was so loud in the gym," said girls coach Dino Brock. The team has three girls graduating this year, Emma Chase, Chandler Strickland and Sydney Guthrie. They were brought front and center along with their parents to...
In their last home games for the season, the Petersburg High School boys added two more wins to their standings before heading into regionals. The team hosted Wrangell for its Homecoming weekend. In Friday night's game, the Wolves started ahead, holding Petersburg to a 7-13 tail in the first quarter. "Wrangell started out playing very aggressive on the defensive end," noted Vikings coach Rick Brock. The team picked up a rhythm going into the next eight minutes, but the visitors' defense...
March 2, 1917 – Mayor Pryer received by Tuesday evening’s mail the satisfactory news that the townsite of Petersburg is to be surveyed, which is the first step toward granting patent, and gives a reasonable assurance that the holders of lots may, after the survey is made and accepted, and patent applied for and granted get clear title to the property from the government. The letter is from Attorney John Rustgard of Juneau to whom the council had referred the townsite problem. Mr. Rustgard writes: “By today’s mail I received a letter from Ju...
The Lady Vikings were beaten by the buzzer again last weekend while hosting division leaders Metlakatla High School. Petersburg started Friday shorthanded, with only eight girls in uniform. "Twenty-five seconds into it we lost Emma Chase," said their coach, Dino Brock. Chase has been a strong scorer on the team this season, and her knee injury left the team a little on the defensive. The Miss Chiefs offense was able to outpace their hosts for points through the evening, finishing with a 41-24...
KETCHIKAN (AP) – Elizabeth Peratrovich’s name now stands over the theater in the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center, placed there by the U.S. Forest Service and the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood and revealed in an emotional ceremony. Peratrovich, born in Petersburg in 1911 as a Tlingit of the Raven-Sockeye clan, is celebrated for her role in the passage of the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, one of the first of its kind in the United States, in territorial Alaska a role that dozens of people honored during the ceremony renaming the t...
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...
Petersburg's hospital board received an update of the Medical Center's strategic plan for the years 2017-2020 at last month's meeting. Part of the plan addresses people and includes patients, employees and physicians. The planning effort has been in use for decades, "and gives focus and direction as the hospital plans for the future. I'm a firm believer in the plan," said PMC CEO Liz Woodyard this week. The first stated goal is to reduce employee turnover to less than 20% by January 2018. The...
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...
Petersburg’s high school boys basketball team won both games playing against the Panthers last week. At Craig, on February 9 the Vikings started with a lead, using their players’ height advantage against a fast team. “We had a good, strong start to the game,” explained Petersburg coach Rick Brock. The Vikings led 23-11 at the start of the second quarter, its defense holding Craig to only 15 at the half. Meanwhile, Petersburg’s boys racked up points by the handful. Senior Stewart Conn scored 26 points in the game and classmates Wolf Brooks an...
The Lady Vikings had a pair of close games last week playing against Craig High School, but the home team came away with the victories. “We lost two good games,” girls coach Dino Brock commented. Petersburg’s girls bussed straight to their first game right on arrival on February 9, and Craig opened on the offensive. The Lady Panthers led 28-10 at the half, but the momentum shifted over to the visitors from there. Chandler Strickland scored eight points in the third quarter, sinking four for four on free throws. Petersburg locked it up in the c...
Petersburg Police Department searched a residence at #12 Towne Trailer Park and recovered 6 one-quart mason jars of marijuana, more than one ounce of methamphetamine, two handguns and cash. The warrant was served on Feb. 3. One of the handguns was reported stolen locally last year. The methamphetamine represents about 160 typical dosage units with a street value of about $8,000, according to a department press release. Several people, all of whom have been identified, occupied the residence. PPD has been in contact with the prosecutor’s o...
The Vikings hosted Haines over the weekend, adding two more wins to a lossless season so far. "It was a good team effort this weekend," said Petersburg coach Rick Brock. "I was real happy with our half-court defense," he explained. Players worked well together, completing passes and transitioning well. Defense played a factor in the weekend's games, with Petersburg holding the Glacier Bears scorers back in a hard-fought 69-45 win Saturday. Brock explained one of the team's strengths is its balan...
The Vikings continued their winning streak over the weekend, playing at Wrangell High School for its homecoming weekend. The Petersburg boys started Friday's game with an early lead, racking up 25 points in the first quarter to the Wolves' 9. A chance at 13 free throws during the first half – six for eight made by senior Stewart Conn, and three for four thrown by classmate Alan McCay – and strong possession helped put the team up by 18 at the half. Wrangell's offense rebounded in the latter hal...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team continued its winning streak over the weekend, adding two more while hosting Metlakatla. Going into the weekend, the Chiefs were standing just behind the Vikings for the season with five wins and only two losses. Petersburg had won its six games played so far, and Metlakatla stood a chance to move into first for the region if it could beat the front-runners at home. "I thought both nights were hard-fought," commented Vikings coach Rick Brock....
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...
Petersburg High School 2008 graduate, Alix Oyler, has graduated summa cum laude from University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). She received a Bachelors degree in Medical Laboratory Science on December 18 with Departmental Honors. She will start work at Mt. Edgecumbe SEARHC Hospital in Sitka as a Medical Laboratory Scientist....
The Petersburg High School junior varsity girls' team had two victories in home games last weekend during the JV Little Norway tournament in town. The team lost to Juneau-Douglas the first night, but came back to win the final two of the tournament against Thorne Bay and then Sitka on Saturday night. Head coach Dino Brock's been dealing with participation numbers so far this season, because of a lower than normal turnout of players. The varsity will have seniors returning from last year's state...
The PHS boys basketball team had enough players last weekend to have two squads participate in the JV Little Norway tournament held in Petersburg. Assistant coach Jeb Phillips has been helping coach locally for three years because he enjoys working with different groups of kids. And this year's group of freshmen is impressing their coach so far with their play and presence. "Most of these kids are little dribblers throughout their careers so, it's pretty fun," he said. "And we have more freshmen...
