The official position of the Petersburg borough on the roadless rule on the Tongass National Forest is no position at all. That’s after the assembly this fall could not agree on whether to support the status quo for protecting 9.2 million acres from logging and road building, or a full exemption for those lands.
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Petersburg High School’s girls wrestling team took third and the boys took fourth at the regional tournament in Craig last weekend. The Vikings have 11 qualified for the state championships this weekend.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted down a proposed law to allow off-highway vehicles on local streets. That was a little over two years after voters also said no on the issue. But supporters may look to have the issue back on the ballot at some point.
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A real piece of local history is now on display at the Petersburg Public Library. It’s part of a wooden barge that wrecked in a notoriously bad part of the Wrangell Narrows south of Petersburg at the turn of the last century. That area was later named after that shipwreck.
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Ocean Beauty Seafoods says it has accepted an offer on the shuttered seafood processing plant on the Petersburg waterfront but is not identifying the buyer. The former cannery and seafood plant has been on the market for over a year.
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