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The Petersburg Borough Assembly will likely travel to Wrangell September 10 to discuss with its assembly the viability of Thomas Bay Power Authority. According to a memo sent out by Wrangell Interim Borough Manager Jeff Jabusch, the two municipalities created TBPA to jointly maintain and operate the Tyee Hydroelectric power plant. Southeast Alaska Power Agency, SEAPA, owns the facility and pays for its operations and maintenance. There’s an additional expense associated with the TBPA budget that the two boroughs traditionally split. It’s cal...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Haida carvers Joe and TJ Young arrived in Juneau last Monday to begin work on the first of two totem poles for Juneau’s Gajaa Hit building on Willoughby Avenue. The two poles will replace originals currently on site at Gajaa Hit erected in 1977 to honor the Raven and Eagle clans of the Aak’w Kwáan Tlingit. For the next several months, the Young brothers will work on the Raven pole at the Sealaska building downtown, offering an opportunity for locals to observe two of the state’s most highly regarded young carvers at wor...
September 22, 1913: Richard Bushell, Jr., paid Wrangell a visit and after attending to professional duties decided to pass his time shooting ducks on the flats. He chartered a boat and bought a hundred rounds of ammunition and struck off towards the famous shooting grounds accompanied by local sportsmen. The Editor's companions had little trouble in bagging their limit; but the poor Editor, after tramping down the grass for a full 10 hours returned to the launch with 2 sickly ducks, one of which Harry Gartley claims to have crippled just...
PETERSBURG – A laundry list of charges were filed against Brandon Estes, 20, and Joshua Franklin, 26, during their arraignment August 29. The men are being accused of breaking into multiple Petersburg businesses last week along with the theft of cash and items at those locations. Franklin received eleven felony and four misdemeanor charges including burglary, theft and criminal mischief. Estes racked up 13 felony and four misdemeanor charges of the same nature. Police received reports of break-ins and burglaries throughout the day on August 2...
Monday, August 26 -Harassing Phone Calls -Criminal Mischief/Unfounded -Agency Assist/Adult Probation Tuesday, August 27 -Found Property: Cell phone turned in. -Bird Complaint. -Found Property: Owner contacted, item returned. -Owner given warning about dog being off leash. -Citation issued to Joey Phelan, 18, for Dog At Large. Wednesday, August 28 -Officer responded to parking complaint. -Officer responded to report of unattended child. Unfounded. -Person reported a reckless driver. Officer was UTL. -Report of stolen bike. Thursday, August 29...
PETERSBURG – Petersburg School District Superintendent Dr. Rob Thomason was awarded a Superintendent of the Year Award last week. Bruce Johnson, Executive Director for the Association of Alaskan Superintendents, presented the award to Thomason during a welcome back school board meeting. “It is my great honor to announce that your superintendent, Dr. Rob Thomason, is Alaska’s 2014 Superintendent of the year,” Johnson said to an applauding crowd. Johnson said a selection committee sought nominations from across the state. Nominations could b...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Two brothers from Craig have been rescued after family members reported them overdue from a deer-hunting trip in the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island. David Duncan, 38, and Berton Duncan, 24, were rescued early Sunday by the Coast Guard after one of the brothers shot a flare gun. The brothers were supposed to have returned from their trip Friday evening. Alaska State Troopers say the brothers told rescuers that foggy conditions caused them to become disoriented. Neither brother was i...
PETERSBURG – After the warm weather that contributed to the death of more than 1000 King Salmon in Blind Slough earlier this summer, Crystal Lake Hatchery hasn’t incubated as many eggs as it would have liked. Kevin Chase, Crystal Lake Hatchery Manager, said it finished its third and final round of egg takes from its King Salmon return yesterday morning. “Our goal is a million and a half eggs,” Chase said. “Now we’re at 600,000 to 700,000.” Crystal Lake will receive eggs from other hatcheries, i...
Want to know the average fish prices at the docks over a decade … or where most Alaska fishermen and fishing fleets call home? Or how Alaska’s seafood industry stacks up against other state industries? What is likely the most comprehensive, user friendly report ever done on Alaska’s seafood industry by region was just released by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. Titled “Economic Value of the Alaska Seafood Industry,” the report was compiled by the Juneau-based McDowell Group, and it includes all of the direct and indirect economic...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal officials and Alaska nonprofits are rushing to set up a health insurance marketplace required under the federal Affordable Care Act by the Oct. 1 deadline. Alaska is among 27 states that have refused to set up marketplaces, also known as exchanges, where the uninsured can shop for coverage. In states opting out of setting up the exchanges, the federal government is stepping in. The United Way and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium are each receiving a $300,000 federal grant to hire “navigators” to hel...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A state court hopes to have challenges to Alaska’s redistricting plan resolved within 90 days. Superior Court Judge Michael McConahy issued an initial briefing schedule last Wednesday. He said if testimony is required, he anticipated setting a trial week on short notice. McConahy also consolidated challenges to the plan brought by two Fairbanks-area residents and the state Democratic Party. Attorneys for the Alaska Redistricting Board have asked that the challenges be dismissed. McConahy’s timeframe suggests a dec...
PETERSBURG — Borough Assembly and Petersburg Medical Center hospital board members discussed the financial state of the hospital and funding assistance for capital projects from the borough last Thursday morning. The discussion was also directed at how the public will perceive a potential tax levy to help fund a hospital that has remained financially independent of the city, now the borough, throughout its existence. “The public has a healthy skepticism on the borough’s spending habits,” assembly member John Hoag said. Hoag referenced high co...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Sealaska Heritage Institute officials are looking for Northwest coast Native artists and fashion designers to submit original works for a fashion show next year at an auction in Juneau. Officials say the fashion show will be a key feature at the Tinaa (Tin-AH’) Art Auction scheduled for Feb. 1. The deadline to apply as a participant in the fashion show is Oct. 7. The art auction is a fundraiser for construction of the planned Walter Soboleff Center, an educational facility named after late Tlingit leader Dr. Walter S...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) - A dead juvenile humpback whale has been found near Sitka. The 30-foot long whale was located Thursday near the western shore of Kruzof Island. A fishing vessel notified Jeff Feldpausch, the resource protection director of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska. The tribe and a local whale biologist collected samples from the dead animal, which were sent to a NOAA lab to determine the cause of death. The biologist, Jan Straley, says it appears the whale had been dead for a while, and there were some post-mortem bite marks on...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Juneau police say a 35-foot whale-watching boat was taken out for an unauthorized spin recently. Witnesses called police after seeing two intoxicated people stumble down a dock and get on board the K’eet, a vessel used by Juneau Whale Watching. Witnesses also say the vessel was doing “doughnuts” in Auke Bay. Coast Guardsmen responded and took control of the boat. The boarding crew described the man and woman as drunk and naked. Police say 27-year-old Joshua Carrieri, a crewman on the vessel, was charged with driving while...