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The Petersburg borough assembly unanimously voted in Bob Lynn by paper ballot to serve on the assembly seat left vacant by Sue Flint after she stepped down in early November. Lynn served on the committee charged with developing the borough charter the assembly now has the task to implement as it continues with borough formation. Lynn said he was actively against borough formation initially. “But now that it’s done, it’s time to move on and see what we can do to make the charter represent all the people who live in the borough,” Lynn said. Lynn... Full story
The Petersburg Borough Assembly is moving ahead with design work to remodel the police station and the municipal building. Prior grant funds cover $65,444 of the estimated $91,560 design cost. The rest will be taken from a borough contingency fund. Both the police station and the municipal building have been on the borough's capital projects list for two years. The municipal building was recently bumped up after it received a structural analysis late last summer, which detailed load-bearing...
The Petersburg Medical Center is asking the Borough for financial assistance with capital project expenses. This has caused the Assembly members to ask questions about the operations of the hospital concerning everything from the administrator’s recently amended employment contract, hospital indebtedness, investments and the procurement of construction contracts and change orders. At their meeting last month, the assembly refused to release the city attorney’s memorandum regarding the Petersburg Borough Relationship with Petersburg Medical Cen...
Long time Petersburg resident and former school district employee Tye Leif Petersen, 45, plead not guilty during an arraignment held in U.S. District Court on three charges involving child pornography. Petersen was arrested late October after federal investigators and local police conducted a search warrant of his home and electronic devices. Investigators found email attachments as well as CDs containing images and videos of young children engaged in sexually explicit behaviors. According to an FBI affidavit, last July an investigator...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly released to the public a redacted memorandum regarding some assembly member concerns and questions about Petersburg Medical Clinic policy making and its relationship to the borough. The memo was written by James Brennan, borough attorney, in response to those questions and concerns and was initially taken from public record until John Hoag, assembly member, voiced his concern over the action during a November 25 meeting. “I am troubled that the memorandum we received from our attorney regarding the Petersburg M...
Petersburg borough manager Steve Giesbrecht reported the following during its November 25 meeting: Work continues on the new electric system for the North Harbor. Peak usage on the Southeast Alaska Power Agency system is significant with the cold weather. Wrangell now has a system peak equal to Petersburg’s. Chief Swihart will attend the Executive Development Conference December 3-6 in Anchorage. The seminar will include various trainings as well as meetings for Alaska Police Standards Council, Alaska Association of Chiefs of Police. Jenna D...
Duke and Kate Klein and Rick and Sue Braun, announce the engagement of their children, Shawna Noelle Klein and Ian Fraser Braun. The couple are graduates of Northern Arizona University, Shawna with a BS in Secondary English Education and Ian with a BS in Civil Engineering. Shawna is currently employed as an English teacher at Coconino High School and Ian is employed as a civil engineer and land surveyor for C.D.E. Inc., in Flagstaff, Ariz. The wedding will take place in June in...
Kyle Clayton won first place in the 54th annual William Randolph Hearst Journalism Awards Program, often called the “Pulitzer Prize of College Journalism.” Clayton’s article is a first person account of his time spent as a medic in the army and Iraq and his transition into life as a college student. The article, ‘The only way to hold on’, was published in the Indiana Daily Student last summer just before he moved to Alaska and began working for the Pilot. A record 148 entries were entered into this year’s awards program, in which 105 undergr... Full story
The Blind Slough hydroelectric reservoir is three feet below normal heading into the winter months after two dry spells. “A year ago in October we had the driest October on record which is the normal month we refill,” said Joe Nelson, Power and Light Superintendent. “Because this year was a relatively mild year we were not able to refill the reservoirs.” Petersburg buys roughly 80 percent of its wholesale power from Southeast Alaska Power Agency and offsets the other 20 percent of its costs with generation from the Blind Slough project... Full story
Petersburg Mental Health Services bought the Totem Arms apartments earlier this month as part of a long-term plan to transition and expand its office and service areas from its current location above the Wells Fargo building. Totem Arms apartments are located on Fram Street, two blocks up from Main Street. PMHS has been operating for the past 19 years in its current location. Susan Ohmer, PMHS Executive Director, said the organization has grown and it’s time to find a space to keep up. “We’ve got employees whose offices are hallways and close... Full story
The sales tax ordinance review committee made no recommendations to change the boroughs $1200 sales tax cap during its Tuesday meeting. The committee has been meeting during the past several months to, according to its mission statement, “to simplify the code and collection procedures, and to generate an equal or greater amount of revenue so the borough does not have to decrease services or increase property taxes.” To do that, the committee is reviewing a list of exemptions contained in the ordinance. Changing the $1200 cap is one of the mor... Full story
December 6, 1913 – Excitement ran high a day or two ago down the Company's landing float. Men were seen running back and forth for a few minutes. An inquiry made of the cause revealed the fact that one of the fishermen had, without hook or line, caught the largest sucker anyone had ever seen in these waters. The fishermen, when telling about his catch, remarked that the funny part of the happening was the sucker hadn't a hair on his head. This statement was followed by more inquiry resulting in the discovery that the “sucker” was no fish at all...
Matt Bryner took this year's Christmas tree decorations into his and the community's hands after collecting donations from businesses across town to purchase new lights for the community Christmas tree. "I've always been the Christmas light guy," Bryner said. "My house is always lit up quite a bit. I kind of like putting the lights up and helping people out and putting the lights up for them." Bryner said after seeing Wrangell's impressive Christmas tree lighting last season, he knew Petersburg...
Petersburg borough assembly member John Hoag took issue during Monday's assembly meeting with the borough attorney's advice concerning a Petersburg Medical Center document that isn't available for public inspection. "I am troubled that the memorandum we received from our attorney regarding the Petersburg Medical Center was deemed not a public record because of potential fiscal impact," Hoag said. "I think that is the exception that could swallow the rule." PMC recently asked the borough for...
The Petersburg borough assembly held a public hearing on an updated sanitation ordinance that includes the co-mingled recycling ordinance Monday night but other changes to the ordinance sparked discussion. The new recycling program would allow residents to mix their recyclables in a bag that will be collected curbside. The program is being incentivized by increasing collection rates by 20 percent—an increase of around $5 for most users. But those who recycle won’t have to pay the difference. No one spoke to the recycling program but David White...
The Petersburg Borough might switch to mail-in elections after borough officials look into cost estimates and receive feedback from the public. During the borough incorporation process mail-in ballots were used and some residents expressed satisfaction with that process. The borough sent out an inquiry last March but only 21 residents responded. “The questionnaire results was not exactly an overwhelming community response,” assembly member John Hoag said. “We got eleven yeses, ten no’s and two no answers. I think we ought to solicit a little...
New banking options will soon be available in Petersburg in the form of a credit union. Alps Federal Credit Union, based out of Sitka, is creating a new branch for the first time and has chosen Petersburg as its new location. John O’Brien, Alps CEO, said when they started looking for a new location they chose Petersburg because there is no credit union presence in town. “A credit union is a member owned cooperative, which I think is something most people will be familiar with in a fishing community,” O’Brien said. Credit unions and traditi... Full story
The commercial sea cucumber fishery is wrapping up with a total of 1.4 million pounds harvested as of last Thursday. Scott Walker, Ketchikan Area Management Biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said the fishery started out with around 195 commercial divers when it opened in early October. “The bulk of the fishery is over,” walker said. “The week before last was the last big push we had with around 113 divers. This week we’re down to 25 divers, maybe 30.” According to Alaska Fisheries Entry Commission data, there are around 30... Full story
November 22, 1913 – What is believed to be a new species of salmon has appeared in the Skeena river this season, says a report; and fishermen are puzzled at the strange fish. It has never been seen before, either in the Skeena or any other British Columbia river. In appearance, the new salmon resembles both the sockeye and the humpback, being described as a cross between the two. Its markings seem to include characteristic spots and colorings of both fish and the dorsal fin, while distinct f...
