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The publishers operate one the best-equipped weekly newspaper plants in Alaska. While other newspapers rely on larger newspapers or commercial printers to produce their finished product, Pilot Publishing produces its weekly editions entirely in its own plant. In addition to the Pilot and Sentinel, we also print the Chilkat Valley News in Haines each week The three publications are printed on our 6-unit Goss Community press, which is capable of printing 12,000 papers per hour. The papers are...
The Pilot and Sentinel welcomes groups who wish to tour our facilities. We're proud of our employees, our plants and our history and we'd like to share it with you. Please phone us at 772-9393 or at 874-2301 in Wrangell, to arrange the time of the tour. The publishers or a staff member will provide a guided tour of our operation, and explain how we publish the paper each week. We will also explain how the equipment works and contributes to our publishing effort....
Our news staff at both newspapers are accustomed to digging out the news that appears on our pages every week. That doesn’t mean that we don’t appreciate and respond to “news tips” from anyone in the community. If you see or know of a news event, let us know. Our receptionists will pass the item along to a reporter in the news department and we will attempt to cover newsworthy events to the best of our ability. We have a small staff at both the Pilot and Sentinel, and we can’t be everywhere at once. If you see news happening, give us a call. T...
The publishers support the community with both cash and in-kind donations. They also volunteer time to community organizations, boards and commissions and committees. We encourage our employees to do the same. Our largest contributions are in the form of free or discounted advertising to various non-profit organizations, schools and charities. Several advertisers contribute their newspaper space to non-profit organizations to be used for advertising public events, concerts and school sporting events....
March 29, 1918 Mrs. K.L. Steberg, treasurer of the school board, received this week from the governor’s office a check on the territorial treasury for $1,277.66, this sum being a refund by the territory of 75 per cent of the town money expended for school maintenance during the quarter ending with March 1st. March 26, 1943 Now that our library is rehabilitated, all the books reclassified, and put in their proper order, and a good system of checking them established, we can now turn our attention to obtaining books that belong to the library w...
March 22, 1918 Martin Pryrtz, a German alien, was taken into custody last Saturday by U.S. Deputy Marshal Howell on the charge of disobeying the president’s proclamation prohibiting citizens of enemy countries from going to wharves, or into warehouses, machine shops, etc. He will probably be taken to Juneau by Marshal Tanner, and has good chances of being interned for the duration of the war. The marshal went south on the Spokane with a bunch of prisoners for McNeil’s Island, but is expected to return on an early boat. March 19, 1943 Last Fri...
March 15, 1918 But meagre details have been received regarding the Admiral Evans, which was reported wrecked in Monday’s dispatches from Seattle. The steamer, which was bound for the westward, struck rocks at Hawk Inlet last Saturday night. She was beached within a few hundred feet of the cannery at that point, and is all under water except her pilothouse at high tide. March 12, 1943 Production on Jack King’s farm seems to be looking up. The newest addition to the livestock there is a family of nine pink little pigs, who arrived to gladden the...
March 8, 1918 Joe Hall, of the Alaska Clam Canning Company reports the new enterprise as progressing satisfactorily. Clams in fair supply and of excellent quality are now being received at the company’s cannery near Tonka. They expect to make the first shipment of four hundred cases of the canned product next week. March 5, 1943 Enjoyed alike by Elks and Emblem Club members, was the trip to Wrangell last week-end. More than 40 Petersburg people made the trip aboard the Triton, the Star and the Zarembo. Arriving at Wrangell about 5 o’clock, the...
March 1, 1918 The Town of Petersburg don’t owe a darned cent to anybody! Such was the purport of a report made by the finance committee of the city council at an adjourned meeting of that body held Monday evening. All obligations of the town have been paid, including notes held by the Bank of Petersburg, amounting in principal and interest to $5,026.66. February 26, 1943 While the large portion of the students were in Ketchikan, the few who were left in the English classes spent their time rehabilitating the library. The two bookcases were m...
Kristinn Thorsteinson, Senior, Carlson School of Management has been named to the 2017 fall semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities....
February 22, 1918 The halibut schooner Pioneer, Captain Ingvald Hansen, which reached here a couple of weeks ago with a 35,000-pound catch, sailed for the fishing grounds early Wednesday morning, having been delayed on account of her engine requiring considerable repairs. Captain Hansen is looking for his good luck to start with the present trip, and he expects to be here again within a couple of weeks. February 26, 1943 Purchase of clams for freezing started here on Thursday. Earl N. Ohmer is buying the clams and preparing them for shipment....
Thomas Henry Knight was born to Beth Loesch and Casey Knight on February 14, 2018 in Palm Springs, California. He weighed 9 1/2 pounds and was 22 inches long....
