Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

So far this year, the numbers are down a little bit for Petersburg residents 65 and older applying...

The first cruise ships to stop in Petersburg are due in less than a month. Like the rest of Alaska, Petersburg is expecting to see an increase in cruise visitors in 2019. There’s also one new ship expected to tie up on the waterfront and a new fee for cruise passengers.

A couple days of rain and some warmer weather have slightly boosted levels of some hydroelectric reservoirs in Southeast Alaska. However, communities continue running diesel generators and are still asking customers to conserve electricity. Those reservoirs are still a long way from refilled.

A herring spawn-on-kelp fishery in southern Southeast Alaska looks like it could be going off right on schedule again this year.

Petersburg’s borough assembly plans to start their review of a borough budget for next fiscal year in mid-April. However, that initial spending plan may be just a place holder until the state government decides on funding cuts to municipalities.