Petersburg’s borough government will ask the state to seek a disaster declaration for the economic losses from a dismal salmon season this summer. The numbers are not yet final, but a combination of low prices and low returns has the summer of 2020 shaping up to be one of the worst in decades.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly Tuesday gave the green light to spending another $1.1 million dollars of federal coronavirus relief money for three different needs. The largest portion of that may go to the local hospital if needed. Another big piece will be paid out in grants to local businesses. And local families needed financial support for child care also will be able to apply.
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Neighbors helped put out a fire in a generator shed on Kupreanof Island near Petersburg Tuesday night.
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The head of Petersburg’s hospital was recognized recently by a national hospital organization.
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Contractors are preparing to begin work on repair and expansion of remote forest roads on Kupreanof Island in Southeast Alaska. The controversial $40 million project may extend the road from the village of Kake to a proposed new boat ramp north of Petersburg. Five miles of new road still awaits approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Critics of the project want a public hearing on that permit and greater scrutiny of the plans.
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