Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

The board of a regional non-profit hatchery association may change its releases for king salmon from Crystal Lake hatchery south of Petersburg. That’s after the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association lost a portion of its state funding for that facility. The SSRAA board is hoping that funding can be restored. However, in March they’ll consider reducing or relocating Crystal Lake king salmon normally caught by the sport fishing fleet if it’s not.

Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday approved an agreement for voluntary COVID-19 testing for employees at the borough’s Mountain View Manor assisted living facility. They also voted to extend other agreements for airport testing and quarantine or isolation space for individuals without a permanent home.

Health care workers and others in Petersburg received the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Petersburg last Thursday and Friday.

Donald Trump Jr. was spotted in Petersburg this month and posted video leaving Petersburg’s harbor on a guided hunting trip.

The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Petersburg Thursday afternoon and the Petersburg Medical Center planned to start giving the first shots soon after.