Billowing black smoke and the sound of explosions filled the air in downtown Petersburg Monday night. A fire damaged buildings and vehicles at the Petersburg borough’s maintenance facility for heavy vehicles on South Second Street.
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The U.S. Forest Service is proposing its first significant change to the 2016 planning document that guides logging, road building and other uses of the Tongass National Forest. This change would relax logging restrictions on some parts of the forest that are supported by intricate and sometimes fragile limestone formations.
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The U.S. Forest Service has released the draft of an environmental review of a 15-year plan for logging, recreation and stream restoration projects around Wrangell, Petersburg and Kake in Southeast Alaska. The review follows the same approach as a larger project on Prince of Wales Island that’s the center of a legal challenge.
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Petersburg’s community gym and pool is planning to enforce a new age limit for unaccompanied kids at the borough facility once the new school year begins. The change has some parents pushing back and asking for refunds for their kids who normally use open swim and open gym times.
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A judge has dismissed the case against one of the defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit from the van wreck that killed two people on July 4th, 2016 in Petersburg.
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