Petersburg High School girls and boys swim teams both took fourth place at the region five swim meet in their home pool Friday and Saturday. The Sitka Wolves won the girls team title while the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears were the top boys team among the seven schools competing.
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Candidates vying to represent Petersburg, Sitka and other island communities in central Southeast Alaska took part in two forums last week and their political differences were clear. Republican challenger Richard Wein is campaigning on improving the economy and resource development. Democratic incumbent Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is touting his past record and making his case to be a balance against a possible Republican governor.
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A new state system of evaluating school performance puts Petersburg’s three schools in the top 25 percent of schools in Alaska. All three schools earned a “universal support” designation under the state’s System for School Success, a new tool for evaluating schools. The evaluation looks at proficiency in math and English language, academic growth, absenteeism, graduation rates and how different groups of students perform in school.
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20 poker players turned out last Sunday, October 21 for Annabelle’s Annual Poker Tournament at the Tides Inn in Petersburg. In its fifth year, the event is put on in memory of an avid poker player Annabelle Baker. And the proceeds from it are donated to Beat the Odds cancer treatment, travel and support in the community.
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Fire and emergency medical volunteers responded to a single car accident on Mitkof Highway around 8:30 Wednesday night, October 24th. There was one person in the late model Toyota Prius hybrid that hit the guard rail south of the Twin Creek RV Park.
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