The U.S. Forest Service’s district ranger in Petersburg has moved on to a job with the agency’s regional office in Juneau. A Forest Service spokesman confirmed Dave Zimmerman has accepted a job as the forest products group leader with the regional office.
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A former Petersburg borough employee was sentenced Monday for the fatal van wreck of July 4th, 2016. 25-year-old Chris Allen asked for forgiveness from the families of two killed in the crash. He will serve a portion of seven years of jail time.
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Local residents can expect to see police officers, possibly with their guns drawn, responding to the Petersburg Medical Center this Wednesday. Don’t be alarmed, it’s only a drill. Hospital staffers are following the lead of many schools and public facilities around the country practicing for an active shooter scenario.
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Local charter boat captain and commercial fisherman Dan O’Neil is signing copies of his second book in Petersburg Saturday, December 8. “Dropping My Lines” was published by Outskirts Press in September and O’Neil says it was 12 years in the making.
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Around a dozen women are opening a new art show tonight at the Clausen Museum in Petersburg. The exhibit will feature a mix of mediums from some well-known artists in the community and some new faces on the local art scene. Joe Viechnicki spoke with two of the artists and organizers of the exhibit, Pia Reilly Rodgers and Cindi Lagoudakis about their latest work.
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