Petersburg’s magistrate judge Desi Burrell is retiring at the end of next week after a little more than 20 years working for the court system. Burrell was hired in 1998 as the clerk of court. Within a year she changed to deputy magistrate. Then in 2011 she was hired as magistrate judge. Joe Viechnicki spoke with her this week about her time in the courthouse in Petersburg and budget challenges facing the court system.
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Petersburg High School’s baseball teams played five home games against the Crimson Bears of Juneau Douglas High last weekend. The Vikings varsity team lost three games to the visitors.
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A three-year pilot study is underway to come up with an estimate of Sitka black-tailed deer numbers on Mitkof Island near Petersburg. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will use a combination of techniques for counting deer and could use the results elsewhere in the region.
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Around a century and a half of history told through the ups and downs of the salmon canning industry in Southeast Alaska is the focus of a new book due to be released in May.
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The state legislature is considering a ban on plastic shopping bags.
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