A week-long celebration of Petersburg’s Norwegian culture is underway in the Southeast Alaska community. t’s the 61st edition of the Little Norway Festival, centered around the 17th of May and the signing of the Norwegian constitution in 1814. The festival also celebrates the Norwegian pioneers who settled this town as well as Armed Forces Day.
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The Petersburg High School boys track team finished sixth at a meet in Juneau last week. The girls team finished eighth out of eight teams but was represented by just one athlete.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted to replace equipment used to bale trash and recyclables along with an excavator used for public works and utility projects.
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The Boy Scouts of America will be honoring a local scout in Petersburg Friday, May 10 for saving a life.
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The top official for the U.S. Forest Service on the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska will be taking a different job with the agency for four months this year.
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