Alaska Governor Bill Walker has nominated residents of Petersburg and Seward to open seats on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council. John Jensen of Petersburg and Andy Mezirow of Seward are Walker’s preferred candidates for the two seats.
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Petersburg High School held another noise parade this week for a state championship, but this one wasn’t for a sports title. PHS senior Elisa Larson this month won the statewide Poetry Out Loud competition in Juneau.
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Borough employees have voted down a tentative agreement for a new three-year contract. The Petersburg Municipal Employees Association voted Tuesday, March 20 on a three-year pact retroactive to last July and running through June of 2020.
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Petersburg police say they arrested two local residents Wednesday, March 21 and seized 50,000 dollars of methamphetamine from a home near downtown.
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The Petersburg High School boys basketball team ended the season on a winning note, finishing fourth at the 2A state tournament in Anchorage Saturday.
The Vikings beat the Cordova Wolverines 51-49 in the game for fourth place Saturday morning. Thomas Durkin and Gunnar Payne both scored 12 points for Petersburg in that game and Mark Neidiffer had 11.
