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Kupreanof celebrates 40th with new shelter and music

On Saturday, Kupreanof saw a steady stream of people from Petersburg visiting for their event.

Students watch tadpoles hatch from eggs in the muskeg

Joshua Ream with the Alaska Herpetological Society will be in Petersburg this weekend. On Saturday, from 10 am to noon they will be conducting amphibian surveys at the baseball fields looking for frogs, salamanders, newts, and toads.

Coffman Cove ferry out of service indefinitely

A small ferry boat in central Southeast Alaska, in just its second year of operation, is out of service indefinitely. The Rainforest Islander is a 65-foot converted landing craft based in Coffman Cove, on eastern Prince of Wales Island. The ferry has been making twice a week runs to Wrangell and Mitkof Island south of Petersburg since mid-April.

PHS students watch mock drunk driving crash response

Emergency crews responded to a car wreck just behind the community gym Thursday morning – thankfully, this one was just a drill. Local middle and high school students watched as fellow students played the part of accident victims while educators and police tried to drive home a message about the horrible consequences of distracted or drunk driving.

Petersburg school board OKs one new course, waits on another

Petersburg’s school board Tuesday approved one new course for the high school for next year but wanted to wait until next month before giving the OK for another. Board members had concerns about a proposed history elective covering the Vietnam War.