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This year's homecoming court was crowned on Friday between the girls and boys varsity basketball games. From left to right: freshmen princess and prince Madelyn Gilpin and Lathum Johnson; senior princess and prince Martha Johnson and Koren Sperl; Homecoming queen and king Gillian Wittstock and Louden Sandhofer; junior princess and prince Nina McCay and Zephrie Whitethorn; sophomore princess and prince Leesa Murph and Jaime Tejera Arranz. In the front row are Rosie Lohr and Christopher Cook who...
Cate Kowalski, of Rexall Drug, was awarded the Bowl of Hygeia Award for the state of Alaska on Feb. 9 at an Alaska Pharmacists Association conference in Anchorage. The award, which is given out annually, recognizes pharmacists who have records of civic leadership and community service. Kowalski's father, Max Worhatch, also won the award in 1995....
February 28, 1919 A public Library is being started by the Deep Sea Fishermens Union, Petersburg Branch. They are receiving donations of books of all kinds from anyone caring to donate them. These will be placed in a large bookcase located in the Union Hall on Main Street and will be at the disposal of anyone desiring to secure reading matter. February 25, 1944 Mrs. Etta Hildebrand, the mother of Mrs. Myron Frink, and a former Petersburg resident insisted on a welder’s job in California to help in this new war on tyranny. They tried her out...
The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers held a two-day bootcamp over the weekend for members of the community interested in learning roller derby....
A bevy of Swans graze in an open patch of water at Blind Slough on Feb. 5....
February 21, 1919 Although Petersburg is the youngest town in the First Division it has already moved to third place in the Division in the amount of goods imported from the United States, according to the report of the Collector of Customs for the year 1918, which has just been issued. Ketchikan is in the first place. The value of the imports at the place was $3,581,906. Juneau and Thane combined imported $2,881,926 worth of merchandise and Petersburg bought $987,891 worth. Petersburg stands sixth in the entire Territory, Juneau, Ketchikan,...
Devren Bennett's Homeport Electronics was named 2019's business of the year by the Petersburg Chamber Commerce at their annual banquet last Saturday night. Bennett has been in the computer, marine navigation software and marine electronics business for 20 years. Homeport Electronics was founded in 2009 and was simply named 'Devren' at the time....
Adam Caster flying on his snowboard at a private rock pit on Sunday....
February 14, 1919 Hans Running, of Petersburg, is one of the first, if not the first Alaskan to see service on the actual fighting front in France, who has returned to Alaska. He arrived in Petersburg on the City of Seattle last Saturday. He fought with his unit through the battle at Verdun, where the Germans made such a desperate effort to break the American lines, and also at the Argonne Forest where the Americans were given the task of driving the Germans from positions which the French and British had been unable to capture for years. Runni...
Sophia Miller dances along with other kids during a semi-impromptu performance called Bongo Bong at last week's Petersburg Live....
There are many ideas, books, quotes, videos and even classes on what makes a good, lasting relationship, but all one has to do is ask lifelong Petersburg residents Roald and Jeannine Norheim, married 64 years this July. Their joint response, "doing things together." The Norheims' love story from the beginning was about doing things together, such as both being born and raised in Petersburg by Norwegian immigrants. They both attended elementary and high school together, although Roald is three...
The Tongass National Forest recently announced that Joni Johnson of the Petersburg Ranger District is the recipient of the Alaska Region's 2018 Hakala Award for Conservation Education and Interpretation, making her the regional nominee for the National Gifford Pinchot award. Joni received her Hakala award at the National Association of Interpreters (NAI) annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana this fall. Joni uses her passion of teaching to create effective and original interpretive and...
Lydia Marie Padgett was born at 8:00 A.M. on Feb. 1, 2019 to Logan and Leanne Padgett in Anchorage at the Alaska Native Medical Center. She weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and measured 19 inches long....
February 7, 1919 “Petersburg Prices Will Prevail” says a headline in the Juneau Dispatch of a recent date. Following the headline is a story to the effect that the fish buyer there will pay the prices prevailing in Petersburg and will endeavor in that way to induce the fishermen to make their headquarters there. The article also states that the Dagney marketed 5,000 pounds of fish for fourteen and a half cents on that day, stating that it was the Petersburg price. As a matter of fact Petersburg price for halibut on that day, January 29th, was...
January 31, 1919 Several of the drafted boys from Petersburg, who have been stationed at Fort Seward, returned on the City of Seattle. They were forced to make the trip round by way of Ketchikan to get here. Among them were A. Todal, A.H. Beujaminson, O.S. Olsen, Peter Jelle, Charles Norberg, John Roald and Lars Tjomslrnd. February 4, 1944 Getting off to a good start in the three-game series here, the Petersburg high school basketball boys took Ketchikan hoopers in the first game 31 to 29 in what proved to be one of the best games ever played o...
Coast Guard personnel will be in Petersburg February 4-8 to conduct dockside safety exams on commercial fishing vessels. Sign up at the harbormaster’s office for an exam. These exams are free, take about an hour and help ensure vessels are being operated safely and legally. Vessels passing their exam will be issued a decal that is good for two years. Prior to the exam, vessel owners can visit www.fishsafewest.info, where they can create a customized checklist of federal requirements for their vessel. Contact Steve Ramp at 738-7267, with q... Full story
The Petersburg Borough Assembly will convene on Feb. 6 for a work session to discuss options and ideas for solid waste disposal and recycling. The community is welcome to participate and share ideas, according to a Borough release. The session will be held in the assembly chambers at 6:30 p.m....
Luke Boyles was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2018 term at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon....
January 24, 1919 At a special meeting of the stockholders of the Petersburg Hospital Association held on Jan. 22, the by- laws were changed so that fifteen stockholders present at any regular meeting will constitute a quorum. Louis Vick, was unanimously elected to succeed himself as member of the Board of Directors. At the Directors meeting held after the stockholders meeting the following officers were elected for the following year; Thomas Lando president, Louis Vick vice president, Erick Ness treasurer and Rasmus Enge secretary. The stock ce...
