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February 19, 1916 – Mr. and Mrs. James Allen, with the forestry launch Ranger 2, returned from Ketchikan, where they had been for several weeks. The launch has been equipped with a new lighting plant and other fixtures, and is now in shipshape for the season's work. Mr. Allen anticipates considerable activity in the lumber industry this year. The prices for lumber on Puget Sound have now advanced from one to four dollars per thousand feet. Lumber for boxes and general domestic use will be shipped north from Puget Sound this season, and it is e...
VFW State Service Officer Lisa Robinson will be in Petersburg Feb. 25 at the Tides Inn from 12:30 – 5:00 pm. Lisa will be available to answer questions about VA Entitlements and provide free assistance filling out the application forms for VA Entitlements. VFW membership is not required. Contact Info: Lisa Robinson, Office number 907-257-4801, or (888)353-7574 Ext. 4801, email: lisa.a.robinson@va.gov...
Montana State University Hugh Fleming (High Honors), Hillary Hunter (Honors), and William Jensen (Honors), received diplomas at Montana State University during MSU's 2015 fall commencement ceremonies held Dec. 12....
State representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins will be in Petersburg this coming weekend, Feb. 13-14. He will be holding public office hours from 4 – 5 p.m. on Sat. the 13 at Glacier Express and from 9 – 10 a.m. on Sun. the 14 at Java Hus. No appointment necessary, just stop on by. If you have any questions or can’t make it to office hours, email rep.jonathan.kreiss-tomkins@akleg.gov or call 747.4665....
February 5, 1916 – The Windham Bay correspondent of the Daily Empire reports that Captain Wyman and Mr. Wenzel, who recently made the trip from Petersburg to that point on the Salmon Queen, are sampling the ore of the Alaska Peerless Mining Company's property, which is located in the second basin. The property was formerly owned by Sam Newsander, of Seattle. Captain Wyman is an old-time prospector and miner having owned and operated properties in the interior. February 7, 1941 – A fish warehouseman's strike ended last Friday with the sig...
Charlie Christensen's boat, the Angela Marie, sank on February 15, 1994. After hearing a recording of the mayday call, Christensen took to the podium. "That still leaves me a little shaky," Christensen said. His boat started sinking stern first and towards the door to the port side. "I firewalled the engine and turned the boat hard over so it would lay over the other way so the door would be up," Christensen said. "I went out the door on and top of it was where the survival suits were. I...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report at Monday’s regular Assembly meeting: There has been increased homeless activity, with squatters in vacant or abandoned buildings. The public is reminded to secure outbuildings. An investigator from the Alcohol Beverage Control Board visited Petersburg last week. The tabletop exercise for the new Emergency Action Plan for our Blind Slough Hydro was held on Thursday of last week Officers Rowley and Preston will be receiving mandatory certification training in Sitka in February. In prepar...
Gonzaga University Carolyn Kvernvik has earned placement on the Gonzaga University President's List for fall semester 2015. University of Minnesota Twin Cities Kristinn J. Thorsteinson, a junior at the Carlson School of Management, was named to the Dean's fall semester 2015 list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities....
Highest Honor Roll 12th Grade: Joshua James Andrews, Ruby M. Brock, Kelly S. Engell, Stuart H. Medalen, Chauncy Nicholas Sandhofer, Kylie G. Wallace. 11th Grade: Casey A. Bell, Alexandra K. Bless, Emma Irene Chase, Ethan Tell Cummins, Sydney R. Guthrie, Izabelle A. Ith, Brandy M. Mulbury, Jason Ray Regula, Mariah D. Taylor, Cole Riley Young. 10th Grade: Flahavan H. Abbott, Kathryn L. Brock, Helen E. Martin, Julia S. Murph, Alice E. Neidiffer, Marissa A. Nilsen. 9th Grade: Alyssa B. Guthrie, Lora H. O’Brocta, Louden J. Sandhofer, Gillian L. W...
January 29, 1916 – Sergeant Wardell received word yesterday morning that his successor, Sergeant Michael McLaughlin, from Fort Worden, Wash, will arrive here on the next steamer from Seattle. Mr. Wardell will probably leave for the south next week. He is to go on duty in the cable office at Seattle. Fourteen degrees below zero, at an early hour last Saturday morning was the lowest temperature noted by Sergeant Wardell at the radio station during the prevailing cold snap. At six o' clock yesterday morning the mercury stood at zero. The t...
A 2016 fiscal and legislative survey was sent to constituents across District 35 soliciting input and feedback on the fiscal crisis and other issues Alaska is facing. The only problem is – the wrong link was in the survey. The survey erroneously included a link to jkt.com/survey. The correct URL is repjkt.com/survey. Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins' office would be grateful for your feedback, either online through the corrected link (repjkt.com/survey), or the paper survey....
January 22, 1916 – The red-light buoy in the Narrows was broken away from its anchorage by ice the first of the week and drifted about to various locations. The mishap was reported by wireless to the proper authorities, and the tender is due here today or tomorrow to replace the light. Work is to start next week on repair of the dock at Tonka, on completion of which the Packing Company's wharves in Petersburg will be given an overhauling. January 24, 1941 – Petersburg is to have a Cold Storage plant. Costs and estimates were submitted at the...
During the January 19 Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting, Petersburg Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported the following: Power & Light has completed the major re-write of our Emergency Action Plan required by FERC for our Blind Slough Hydro. A tabletop exercise to familiarize plan holders with the new document has been scheduled for January 21. The next SEAPA meeting will be held in Wrangell on February 11-12. This will be the first meeting of the new year, so there will be an election of officers. We will be having weekly diesel runs on...
January 15, 1916 – The engines for the lighting plant arrived on the Senator; also pipe for running fuel oil from dock to power-house, and the oil tank is due here next week. When the blue prints are received, concrete foundation for the engines will be put in. It will probably be a month or more before the plant is ready for operation. Through mistake of shippers, one engine will have to undergo some alteration before it is used. January 17, 1941 – The local branch of the International Longshoremen's Union went out on strike Wednesday as the...
