A public comment period is ending soon on proposed logging, recreation and stream work on the Tongass National Forest near Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake. The Central Tongass Project could supply old growth timber for Southeast’s logging industry. But the U.S. Forest Service continues to face questions about a lack of specifics for its most recent logging plans.
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Petersburg’s first youth flag football season wrapped up August 31 with two local teams competing for the league title at the ballfields Saturday.
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Another product of the local school system is hoping to win a seat on Petersburg’s borough assembly this October. 31-year-old Chelsea Tremblay is fitting in her first campaign for assembly along with fixing up a house and planning her wedding. Tremblay is drawing on the experience of other family members who have held local office.
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Two dozen people took part in a raining half marathon and ten kilometer running race in Petersburg on Labor Day. That includes 12 individuals and one team of four who completed the 13.1-mile, out-and-back course on the road to Frederick Point.
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Artist and musician Ray Troll of Ketchikan is the keynote speaker at this week’s Rainforest Festival in Petersburg. He’ll be speaking Thursday, September 5 about some of the incredible creatures from the fossil record of the west coast of the U.S. and Canada.
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