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By Kyle Clayton Sentinel writer Petersburg and Wrangell residents covered by Apollo Medi Trans medevac insurance might be able to renew their coverage if the Alaska Division of Insurance receives requested documentation regarding a licensing issue. Marty Hester, Alaska Division of Insurance Deputy Director, said AMT failed to renew their license last February. “Their license did not renew,” Hester said. “I don’t know why they did not renew it.” Chief Financial Officer for AMT Robert Bonestroosaid said carriers who had active policies at the ti...
At the beginning of this year’s Rally for Cancer Care, balloons were released with the names of those fighting cancer or those who have passed on. This year 45 women from Petersburg and two from Ketchikan swelled the total participants to 83 women. Over $6000 was raised to support the WMC Foundation’s Cancer Care program to provide grants to residents of SE Alaska who must travel away from home for cancer treatment....
The Banana Point floating dock project has been canceled after conflicting interpretations within the U.S. Forest Service concerning the use of grant funds. The Wrangell, Petersburg and Kake Resource Advisory Committee, or RAC organized the project that was two years in the making. RACs fall under the authority of The Secure Rural Schools Act, which is meant to provide collaboration between local communities and federal land managers to create projects on federal land. Each U.S. Forest Service region in the country has a RAC. The local RAC...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. September 4, 1913: The cannery tender Irene Barnes of the Lake Bay cannery caught fire early yesterday morning, Wednesday and exploded splitting the boat wide open and seriously burning Captain M.L. Burke and slightly injuring E. Chryton, who worked as a deckhand on the boat. The explosion occurred as Mr. Burke was lighting a gasoline stove to prepare his breakfast early in the morning. It seems that the gasoline tank was leaking and had filled the bilge with gasoline and as soon as a match was...
Secretaries and Administrators returned to work August 5. Teachers will return for in-service training on August 19 -20. August 21 will be a teacher work day and students will return to school on Thursday, August 22nd. The State has tasked the school district with adopting and implementing the New Alaska State Standards. It’s a pretty rigorous adoption. An example is kindergarten students were required to count to 20. Starting this year, by the end of the year, kindergarten students will be required to count to 200. Not only that, but they w...
Monday, August 5 - Officer responded to report of intoxicated person walking down the middle of road. Officer gave person ride home. - Person reported a theft, officer responded. - Person reported a property taken out of vehicle, under investigation. - Person brought in some found property. Tuesday, August 6 - Officer responded to an alarm going off. - Officer responded to a report of person being disorderly. Wednesday, August 7 - Officer reported a suspicious vehicle with a flat tire. - Officer responded to an alarm going off, all was secure....
Alaska salmon catches are poised to blow past the pre-season forecast of 179 million fish due to a plug of pinks that is coming in stronger than expected. “We are going to be short on sockeyes by five million or so, and we’re probably not going to make the chum salmon numbers either. So we’ll have to go over with pinks, but at the rate things are going that is entirely possible,” said Geron Bruce, deputy director of Fish and Game's Commercial Fisheries division. As of Friday the total pink salmon catch had surged to nearly 114 million (the fo...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska attorney general’s office has approved Lynden Inc.’s buyout of a competing cargo carrier in southeast Alaska, with conditions. Lynden, which operates Alaska Marine Lines, and Northland Marine Services are the only marine companies delivering cargo in the region. Assistant Attorney General Ed Sniffen tells the Juneau Empire the planned buyout was investigated over concerns it would violate state anti-trust laws and create a monopoly. One of the conditions proposed by the state would allow Sitka-based Samson Tug...
(Sitka) – The mountain goat registration hunt (RG150) on Baranof Island opened August 1. Hunters should be aware of the closures to all goat hunting in the Blue Lake-Medvejie watersheds and the south fork of the Katlian watershed. All hunters registering for the hunt are required to certify they have read the ADF&G Mountain Goat Identification Quiz. The quiz is available online the ADF&G website and at the local ADF&G office. All successful hunters must submit a hunt report and goat horns for age and sex identification within five days of t...
