Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

Petersburg’s active COVID-19 case count was back up to 65 on Tuesday. That reflects 11 new cases identified Tuesday, an additional case added to the count for Monday and three people who have recovered.

Petersburg residents are reporting scam, robo-phone calls regarding their social security accounts.

A bill to reestablish a surcharge for sport fishing licenses to fund Alaska hatchery programs got its first hearing in the state legislature late last month.

For the first time in over a week Petersburg’s active COVID-19 case count dropped Monday.

Petersburg remained at 62 total active cases of COVID-19 Sunday, February 28, with the number of new cases in the community’s outbreak slowing a little over the weekend.