Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

Work is underway this fall at Petersburg’s James A. Johnson Airport to upgrade gates and perimeter fencing for the state-owned facility.

Petersburg’s emergency operations center announced two more COVID-19 cases Tuesday, driving the community’s active cases to five and total case count to 24.

All three Petersburg school buildings closed Tuesday, October 27 for at least 24 hours after the announcement of a positive COVID-19 test result in the elementary school.

Petersburg’s borough assembly Tuesday denied an appeal by a Mitkof Highway homeowner who’s been ordered to clean up and fix a problem with the home’s sewage. The homeowner doesn’t think the failed septic tank is her responsibility to fix.

Borough officials didn’t put a time frame on the work but expect repairs for Petersburg’s pool boiler to take some time.