Petersburg High School’s wrestling team had their first competition of the season at the Pilot Invitational tournament at Thunder Mountain High School in Juneau last weekend. There are just six wrestlers out for the team this year. They opened up matches with matches against Thunder Mountain, Wrangell, Sitka, Mt. Edgecumbe and Ketchikan.
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A new daily airline connection between Juneau and Petersburg started up Monday. Alaska Seaplanes is flying its nine-passenger planes twice a day into James A. Johnson Airport and held a ribbon cutting ceremony there to mark the start of that service.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday was not interested in chipping in money to defend a Tongass National Forest exemption from the Clinton-era Roadless Rule. It didn’t even come up for debate or a vote for that matter.
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2021 is a big year for a Petersburg family business that operates grocery, hardware and convenience stores. Hammer and Wikan is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year with some events planned this month and next.
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There’s a staffing change this spring at Petersburg’s Legislative Information Office, the local resource for anyone needing help with a permanent fund application or testifying before the state legislature.
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