A Petersburg fisherman this month rowed his way through the warm up of this year’s Race to Alaska from Port Townsend, Washington to Victoria British Columbia. Jacob Hammer dodged container ships and fought through strong tides and wind in a 13-foot row boat. He has his sights set on the full race next year.
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The Petersburg borough and the union representing most borough employees have arrived at a new tentative agreement for a three-year labor contract. Negotiators with the municipality and the Petersburg Municipal Employees Association met again June 21 after more than a year of on-and-off negotiations.
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Petersburg homes and businesses were without power for over an hour Wednesday. The outage happened around 5:30 Wednesday evening. Petersburg Municipal Power and Light workers found that it was caused by a bad transformer located around 3-mile of Mitkof Highway.
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Motorists be warned. Mitkof Highway near Petersburg will be getting more chip seal this summer. The Alaska Department of Transportation is planning to start sealing the pavement on the highway south of Papke’s Landing, about 10 miles south of town, after the July 4th holiday.
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A Petersburg assembly member will be listening in on labor talks with the union representing most borough employees this week. Employees have been seeking a new contract for well over a year.
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