Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday pulled the plug on a planned re-organization of department heads. The plan was to move the borough’s public works director into a new position overseeing the electrical department in response to the upcoming retirement of the electrical superintendent. But that proposal ran into resistance from staff and the assembly. Instead the borough may look to recruit a new electrical superintendent.

Commercial salmon trollers in Southeast Alaska fell short of their limit of king salmon for the winter season that closed in April. The preliminary harvest total is just over 43,000 kings.

Members of Alaska’s House finance committee this month had some questions about a bill that would increase the amount of state land granted to the borough of Petersburg. The bill has advanced in the legislature this year despite concerns over the size of the request from the municipality.

One person was taken to the Petersburg Medical Center Tuesday afternoon following an accident with an all-terrain vehicle in a residential neighborhood.
The accident happened at the corner of 13th and Gjoa streets in the airport subdivision near the Mountain View Manor elderly housing building.