Elected officials at the local, state and federal level this spring explained their support for a road project on northern Kupreanof Island to the Southeast Alaska community of Kake. It’s a controversial project that the state Department of Transportation is studying again this year.
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Hatchery king salmon are starting to show up in waters around Petersburg and a few lucky anglers are catching those chinook.
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There are some promising returns of younger, wild-stock king salmon on one Southeast Alaska river this spring. Returns of fully-grown chinook are still disappointing but the increase in younger fish could signal a rebound in future years.
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Property owners have convinced Petersburg’s planning commission to keep more of the status quo for dealing with industrial land in the area. The commission last month agreed to recommend changes to the borough’s new development code. That will mean reverting back to the old system of allowing most non-industrial development of that land and remove a special category for waterfront priority.
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Families, friends and faculty wished well to the graduating class of 2019 at Petersburg High School Tuesday night. 30 seniors received diplomas and marked the end of their journey in the local school system.
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