Petersburg’s fourth annual Paddle Battle in the Narrows last month enjoyed dry weather and a good turnout. Participants paddle kayaks and stand up paddle boards from Papke’s Landing, Scow Bay or the harbors out to Sandy Beach Park.
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Compared to other years, the state’s capital budget approved in late July is relatively sparse. It does have funding for some construction work in Southeast Alaska. Among the funded projects are replacement floats for a harbor in Wrangell, cruise ship dock improvements in Ketchikan and Hoonah and renovation of the headquarters for the Alaska Permanent Fund in Juneau. The legislature also authorized spending federal money on road, ferry and airport projects.
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Petersburg borough mayor Cindi Lagoudakis has decided to try and continue on in that role past October.
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Conditions of release have not changed for a man charged with murder in the July 4, 2016 van wreck in Petersburg. The judge in the case against 24-year-old Chris Allen has changed.
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It looks like voters in the Petersburg borough will be deciding a long list of elected positions and ballot questions this October. Voters will be deciding as many as seven ballot questions and filling 23 spots on various boards and commissions.
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