Community members in Petersburg late last month continued an ongoing discussion about the problems of substance abuse locally. A panel of law enforcement officials, former drug users and health professionals answered questions on the scope of the heroin and opiate problem in Petersburg and ways to help.
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The moose hunt near Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake has seen an above average harvest so far.
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Petersburg High School’s girls cross country runners took fifth place at the state championships last weekend in Anchorage.
The race was Saturday at Bartlett High School. Homer was the top girls team for 1A-2A and 3A schools.
The Petersburg Borough Assembly will wait to decide a land-use appeal for a new building on Petersburg’s waterfront. The property owner wants a permit for a two-family residential building on industrial land neat Petersburg’s South Harbor.
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Petersburg residents have voted to allow commercial marijuana sales and imports in the borough by a wide margin. In unofficial results, ballot proposition one to prohibit the industry in Petersburg failed with 414 yes votes against 701 no votes.
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