Petersburg Public Library has two chances coming up to learn from local artist Janine Gibbons. She illustrated two books published this year by the Sealaska Heritage Institute as part that cultural organization’s Baby Raven Reads program.
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It’s flu season and cases of influenza increased at the Petersburg Medical Center in November. The borough reports five confirmed cases among elderly residents at the assisted living facility and is asking people not to visit there if they have a fever or cough. Health officials are urging residents to get a flu shot and for those who already have the flu to take precautions not to infect others.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted a second time on who to appoint to the board of a joint agency that oversees hydro-electric power plants in southern Southeast Alaska. The assembly opted to stay with the same voting member on that board, chose a different alternate and agreed to stay away from anonymous balloting in the future.
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Petersburg High School’s volleyball team is the 2A state champion.
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The chief executive officer of the Petersburg Medical Center plans to retire at the end of next June. Liz Woodyard has been CEO of the publically-owned hospital since 2011. She’s a registered nurse and is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota and calls her decision exciting, but scary.
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