Commercial salmon trollers in Southeast can expect a region-wide fishing closure for coho salmon in August. One part of the region is already being shut down because of low coho numbers. But a second king salmon opening is likely to keep the fleet on the water.
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Complaints about cruise ships discharging wastewater have reached Petersburg’s borough assembly. Elected officials say they’re looking into the issue.
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Petersburg’s police chief says the community will no longer have round-the-clock police coverage starting in late August or early September. That’s in response to the borough assembly’s decision last week not to fill a vacant sergeant’s job.
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The filing period has started to run for elected office here in Petersburg and potential candidates have a little under a month to decide. Petersburg mayor Mark Jensen plans to run again, as does assembly member Jeigh Stanton Gregor.
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Health care providers are renewing their recommendation for vaccination following the state’s first recorded case of the measles since 2015. The state’s division of public health on July 16th confirmed a case in an unvaccinated teenager from the Kenai Peninsula who had traveled to Arizona and Seattle. Alaska is the 29th state with a confirmed measles case this year.
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