A small group of Petersburg High School students spent Monday night calculating the latest position of the terminus of the southernmost tidewater glacier in the northern hemisphere. They’re part of a decades-long tradition to survey the LeConte Glacier.
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The Petersburg Community Foundation this week announced $32,910 in grant funding for projects and programs in Petersburg. The foundation’s endowment fund has now paid out nearly a quarter of a million dollars to non-profits since residents started it in 2008.
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Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Heidi Drygas campaigned in Petersburg during the Little Norway Festival last week.
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Petersburg High School’s baseball team nearly pulled out a win at home last week against Juneau-Douglas. The Vikings lost 10-9 in an extra-inning game Thursday. On Friday the Crimson Bears won in mercy rule shortened six-inning games 11-1 and 20-1. Petersburg also honored two seniors on the last series of the regular season.
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The sun came out for Petersburg’s 63rd Little Norway Festival last week. A crowd watched the festival pageant under sunny skies on main street Thursday evening.
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