A big crowd of parents and fans welcomed Petersburg High School’s girls and boys basketball teams at Petersburg airport Sunday afternoon. The girls team won the state 2A championship beating Bristol Bay 43-34 Saturday, for Petersburg first state championship for girls basketball.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday, March 21 takes its third and final vote on adopting a new comprehensive plan and also has numerous votes on awarding contracts or seeking seeking companies to do work for the borough.
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Researchers know a little more about what caused the death of a killer whale found by a moose hunter on Kupreanof Island last October. The animal likely died from a stroke and was probably searching for food.
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Petersburg’s Wright Auditorium is the first stop in Alaska for a theater company called the Wonderheads. The group has been touring together as the Wonderheads for seven years, offering enchanting tales for kids and adults using large masks and body motion. Their latest show is called “The Middle of Everywhere.”
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Several new studies out are adding to the growing body of research that acidic ocean waters could harm some of the crab caught in Alaskan waters.
There’s hope that some types of crab may be able to adapt to ocean acidification, but otherwise crab populations and commercial catches are projected to decline.
