Petersburg’s borough assembly early next month plans to start fine tuning a new ordinance that would regulate pot businesses in the borough. Assembly member Eric Castro Monday said he wanted to see a draft ordinance up for consideration at the assembly’s next meeting in May.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted to advance a budget for the upcoming year that funds most of the money requested by local community service organizations. Borough officials acknowledged they’ll most likely have to redo the spending plan once the state legislature decides on funding cuts this spring.
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Petersburg High School’s track teams opened up the season last weekend with their first ever visit to the Big C Relays in Anchorage last weekend.
The event is put on by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and brings more than one thousand track and field competitors from around Alaska and out of state for two days of competition at an indoor facility. 10 students from PHS made the trip, and set personal records or their own best times in various events, including Izabelle Ith who took second in the pentathlon. Coach Brad Taylor says more than 32 kids who have come out for the team this year. Joe Viechnicki spoke with Taylor about the first meet of the season.
A Southeast lawmaker wants communities to be able to contribute directly to the Alaska Marine Highway System.
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The state of Alaska has suspended a state-mandated test because of ongoing problems with the computer based assessment, however some districts are continuing on with testing this week. Students across Alaska started taking the online Alaska Measures of Progress assessment Tuesday. Testing that day was ended when a construction crew severed a fiber optic cable at the University of Kansas, where the vendor Achievement and Assessment Institute is based.
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