Paddle Battle supports Petersburg Medical Center scholarships
Posted by Katie Anastas | Jul 20, 2021
The Paddle Battle ended at Sandy Beach. (Photo by Katie Anastas)
The Petersburg Medical Center Foundation’s annual Paddle Battle was on Saturday. Proceeds will go to scholarships for current medical center employees and high school students applying to college.
Katie Anastas talked to paddlers as they finished the course at Sandy Beach.
This year’s Paddle Battle had two starting points: Scow Bay and South Harbor. Maelle Boiter and her grandfather, Rick Williams, chose Scow Bay. Still, Boiter stepped out of the kayak with a smile on her face.
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Bad insulator caused two power outages in Petersburg Saturday
Posted by Angela Denning, KFSK | May 3, 2021
Photo by Joe Viechnicki/KFSK
Some Petersburg residents went without power during two, long outages on Saturday. Both black outs were caused by an insulator problem in the Scow Bay area and affected the core area of Petersburg including downtown.
The first outage started at about 10:30 a.m. and lasted an hour and a half. The second one happened just after 2 p.m. and lasted nearly two and a half hours.
In a press release, Petersburg Municipal Power and Light Utility Director Karl Hagerman said the crew first found that the Blind Slough hydroelectric plant had tripped off but the circuit that serves Mitkof Highway was still working. They patrolled the line to look for damages but didn’t find any. They put the Scow Bay generator online and power was fully restored at noon.
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Rock-N-Road Construction, Inc. excavates along Mitkof Highway near the site of the Scow Bay pump station one replacement project on April 23. The project cost $744,695 and was funded by a loan from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, which was approved by voters in 2019. Utility Director Karl Hagerman said the pump station is being replaced to increase its wastewater pump capacity and keep up with the demand in the Scow Bay area.. For access to this article please sign in or subscribe.
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