An environmental advocacy organization says the U.S. Forest Service doesn’t appear to be taking steps to correct costly problems in Tongass timber contracts. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says the federal agency has released thousands of pages in response to its Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. But those documents don’t describe any significant changes.
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Petersburg High School’s baseball team lost three home games to Ketchikan to open the season Friday and Saturday. The Vikings lost 13-0 Friday and then 13-1 and 17-6 on Saturday.
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Petersburg High School’s girls track team took second and the boys team was fourth at a meet Friday and Saturday, April 20-21 in Ketchikan.
Thunder Mountain took first for the girls teams while Ketchikan was first for the boys. Petersburg is competing against larger 3A and 4A schools in Southeast and took top spots in numerous events.
Community members gathered at Petersburg’s Sons of Norway Hall Sunday for the blessing of the fleet. The annual service marks the start of a new year’s fishing season and remembers those who are no longer here. It’s put on each year by the Petersburg Ministerial Association, the Petersburg Vessel Owners and the Sons of Norway and it was held indoors this year on a rainy afternoon.
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The high school baseball season opens for the Petersburg at home this weekend with three games scheduled against the Kayhi Kings of Ketchikan. It’s a young Vikings team in 2018. The group has been practicing about a month and a half, with about three weeks of that out of the gym and up at the ballfields once volunteers helped clear the fields of snow. Joe Viechnicki spoke with head coach Jim Engell about this year’s team.
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