Fees are going up to play sports and other extra-curricular activities at Petersburg schools. Petersburg’s school board approved those changes Tuesday and heard about other changes for school activity participation rules.
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Community Vigil at 10pm in front of Wells Fargo, processional will then follow to the ballfield for the release of 40 Lanterns then the Community Fireworks display at 11pm
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A former Petersburg fisherman and Petersburg Fisheries worker was one of two winners on last week’s (6/9) finale of the Fox TV show “American Grit.” Clare Painter and another contestant with Alaskan ties both take home a prize of 250-thousand dollars for outlasting the other teams through a 10-espisode series of grueling obstacle courses and challenges.
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The organization that sells hydro-electric power to Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg finds itself in an unusual situation this year, plenty of electricity to sell and a decreasing demand from customers in the three Southeast communities. As Joe Viechnicki reports, a warm, wet winter and lower oil prices are factors.
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Petersburg residents, young and old, got creative for the first community market of the summer. Customers perused the bustling market while vendors sold art painted with coffee, mushroom logs, bath salts and salmon feather earrings. Abbey Collins has more.
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