Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday approved a reduced rate for electrical power for Petersburg’s school buildings and pool. Assembly members stuck with their opposition to including the hospital in the rate break.
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A bill for a land swap between the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority and the U.S. Forest Service is making its way through the state legislature. The bill would transfer around 18,000 acres of Mental Health Trust land to the federal government in exchange for about 20,000 acres of the Tongass National Forest, near Ketchikan and on Prince of Wales Island.
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A regional fish hatchery private non-profit based in Sitka has purchased a hatchery in Kake that closed in 2014 under a mountain of debt. The Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, or NSRAA, plans to produce chum and Chinook salmon at Gunnuk Creek.
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Just in time for the high school baseball season, it’s started to feel like baseball weather and the Petersburg High team has been able to move outdoors for practice. The Vikings have 19 players this year, a bigger squad that some recent years.
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Petersburg’s planning and zoning commission Tuesday recommended a new route for a trail that could stretch from Severson subdivision to Haugen Drive near the new fire hall. Testimony came in for and against the proposed walking path and the commission wanted to see some parking space at either end of the route.
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