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It was a sold-out show at the Nolan Center last Friday, as over 200 Wrangellites packed themselves in to watch the New Old Time Chautauqua, a vaudevillian group of performers based out of Washington. The traveling troupe is passing through Southeast Alaska on a summer tour – the "AKqua Chautauqua" – its first visit to the state since 1992. Nolan staff had only planned for a crowd of 160, but word-of-mouth and a pair of parades through town on Thursday and Friday had sparked considerable int...
Five of Alaska Marine Highway System’s 11 ferries will be laid up at some point next year under a draft vessel deployment plan released on June 24. The Taku will be held in layup status the whole year, while the Kennicott will be from October until entering overhaul in early January. The Fairweather and Chenega will enter federal projects in October and mid-September, respectively, and will both be laid up starting in May 2016. The Malaspina is also scheduled to enter layup status in late May of next year. Under the draft schedule, from O...
Ahead of next month's start to the football season, Alaska's largest tribal group has made clear it will not be rooting for one of the National Football League's 32 franchises by boycotting its primary sponsor. Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska gave notice last week to all tribal employees to discontinue use of FedEx services due to its sponsorship of the Washington Redskins. The announcement follows the council’s adoption of a resolution formally opposing the N...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 24, 1915: The Fourth of July Committee has secured the services of the famous Metlakatla cornet band for the two-day celebration. The boys wired the committee that they would bring their baseball team with them. So it is up to the baseball fans to get ready for two events that will give them an entertainment seldom witnessed in this part of Alaska. (Don't forget to give a hand in preparing the grounds.) Julius Sternburg, Game Warden for this part of Alaska, with headquarters at Ketchikan, was i...
Monday, June 22 Trespass Warning given (verbal). Tuesday, June 23 MVA – No injuries. Bird Complaint: Caller reported dead eagle on the water side out the road. Traffic Stop: Verbal warning given for no tail lights or brake lights. Wednesday, June 24 Traffic Stop – Verbal Warning for Faulty Equipment. Report of missing camera. Report of lost wallet. Citizen Report DUI. Officers responded. Warrant Arrest – Arrested Kyler S. Nore, 20, on charges of Petition to Revoke Probation. Traffic Stop – Verbal warning for driving habits. Thursday, June 25...
Tuesday, June 9 Benjamin T. Sims, 19, appeared before First District Magistrate Judge Chris Ellis on the charge of Minor Consuming/Possessing Alcohol. The defendant pleaded no contest and was found guilty. Sims was sentenced to pay $500 in fines with $300 suspended, and to complete treatment recommended by an Alcohol Safety Action Program and pay costs. He is to remain on probation until June 9, 2016. Monday, June 22 Corey W. Torgramsen, 49, appeared before First District Magistrate Judge Chris Miller on the charge of Alcohol Restricted – In L...
I have previously written and spoken about how important the seafood industry is to Alaska’s economy, especially to those of us who live in Southeast Alaska. The industry accounted for 18% of all private sector resident earnings in Southeast Alaska in 2011, according to a McDowell Group report. A 2010 study by TCW Economics found that commercial, sport, and traditional and customary salmon fishing alone in Southeast Alaska is worth $1billion. It is in the best interests of both our economy and our cultural values that our salmon runs stay s...
Fred Angerman, Sr. passed away Saturday, June 27 after a long battle with cancer. A full obituary and funeral service will be announced at a later date....
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced late last week its revised 2015 sport fishing regulations for king salmon in Southeast and Yakutat. Starting yesterday and in effect through May 2, 2016, Alaskan resident permit-holders’ bag and possession limit is two king salmon 28 inches or greater in length. From October 1 through March 31, resident sport anglers may use two rods while fishing for king salmon. Nonresidential permit holders’ bag and possession limit is still one king salmon 28 inches or greater in length, with an annual limit...
United Way of Southeast Alaska is currently accepting applications for its 2015/16 Community Impact Grant program. Up to $30,000 in funds will be awarded to applicants who successfully demonstrate community needs pertaining to health, education, or income stability. The criteria used in past years will guide the competitive selection process, such as collaboration, matching funds and having a clearly-stated, focused and achievable goal with measurable outcomes. Each award distributed carries an amount of up to $3,500, and can be used for materi...
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office announced last week the state will be receiving $26.2 million from Department of the Interior through the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. Twenty-nine municipalities have been chosen for PILT payments, based in part on federally-managed acreages within their jurisdictions. With 1.6 million acres, the City and Borough of Wrangell will receive $379,944 this year through the program; with 1.8 million acres, Petersburg will receive $596,631. PILT provides monetary compensation to local governments c...
In the works for awhile, Rainforest Islands Ferry Service has been delayed yet again. The ferry was set to sail June 14, then postponed to June 28. “We were so close” to that start, spokeswoman Heather Hedges said, but work at the shipyard was delayed. The 65-foot landing craft made its way up to Ketchikan from Anacortes, Wash. on Monday and sea trials have just begun with another U.S. Coast Guard inspection scheduled. The first delay was due to a wait on USCG certification. “As long as everything goes smoothly,” Hedges said, service is expe...
Preliminary prices for Dungeness crab are in and a bit higher than last year’s. The average price for the first week was “a solid” $3 per pound throughout Southeast Alaska, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game Petersburg Assistant Shellfish Biologist Kellii Wood. Last year’s average price was $2.99, according to Petersburg Shellfish Biologist Joe Stratman. Wood noted that 838,156 pounds were caught in the first seven days of the fishery by 169 permit holders. “That is the fourth highest amount the fleet has caught in the first sev...
Lower prices in the market are souring what’s predicted to be another large salmon run. “In general, a lot of prices for species are down,” said Andy Wink, Senior Seafood Analyst with the Juneau-based McDowell Group, “especially sockeye and chum.” Prices have dropped $0.05, $0.10 and more than $0.50 in some cases. Wink and local processors pointed to two big factors: currency and supply. The pink salmon market, for example, is “gearing up for a huge harvest,” Wink noted, and the wholesale will be dictated by how big the run is. There’s still...
PETERSBURG – Owner Paine & Partners, LLC of San Francisco has entered into agreements with two different groups to sell Icicle Seafoods. According to the press release issued, Convergence Holdings, Inc. will acquire Icicle’s land-based wild seafood processing and farmed salmon activities while Dominion Catchers, LLC will acquire the company’s harvesting and processing vessels, as well as associated fishing rights. Dominion Catchers is a limited liability company licensed by the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Devel...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) – An elderly pit bull is recovering after he nearly died following an encounter with a bear last week. The 12-year-old dog, Monkey, was bitten several times by a brown bear in Port Alexander last week and flown to Sitka, where he was treated by veterinarian Burgess Bauder, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reported. Monkey's owner, Joe“Otto” Smith, says he was visiting his parents when things went awry. “My parents' dogs are pretty savvy to bears and they bark when they're around and sometimes go tearing off to the beach to do what...
KETCHIKAN – As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, residents, visitors and campers are reminded that all fireworks, including sparklers, are prohibited in the Tongass National Forest. “People assume the restrictions apply just to developed recreations areas managed by the Forest Service, including campgrounds, picnic areas and day use areas,” said Forest Fire Management Officer Tristan Fluharty, “but no fireworks or pyrotechnic device of any kind may be discharged anywhere within the National Forests, regardless of weather conditi...
Ottesen’s True Value Golf Tournament results June 27 and 28, 2015 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 25 June 27: 1st place: George Woodbury, Brett Woodbury, Max Woodbury, John Woodbury. Net score 18, team handicap 14. 2nd place: Jim Abbott, Betty Abbott, Karl Altepeter, Rodney Littleton. Net score 19, team handicap 17. 3rd place: Brian Smith, Jane Bliss, Aaron McPherson, Barry Allen. Net score 21, team handicap 17. Straightest Drive: Pam McCloskey 12 3/4”. June 18: 1st place: Joe Delabrue, Eric Kading, Betty Abbott, George Woodbury. Net score 39, tea...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A team of aviation investigators worked over the weekend in a remote, mountainous site in southeast Alaska to determine what caused the crash of a sightseeing plane that killed eight cruise ship passengers and the aircraft’s pilot. The DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter turboprop – also known as a floatplane – went down June 25. The excursion was sold through the cruise company Holland America. Seven investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board made it to the crash site on Saturday morning and are spending the day sco...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The increase in the number of women prisoners in Alaska more than tripled that of male inmate growth between 2004 and 2013, according to a study by University of Alaska Anchorage researchers. The statistics released Monday show that the female inmate population grew by about 87 percent over the 10-year period, while the number of male inmates grew by about 24 percent. The study also found that close to a quarter of all admissions to Alaska Department of Corrections facilities were women, reported The Alaska Dispatch N...