Petersburg officials are making progress on coming up with a new local law regulating marijuana businesses in the borough. Local leaders will base the new proposed law on Petersburg’s existing liquor ordinance.
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Petersburg’s non-profit organization for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault faces an uncertain fiscal future and may be returning to a volunteer effort as state grant money runs out this year. Working Against Violence for Everyone, or WAVE, is in the third year of operating with a paid director, thanks to a state emerging programs grant
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Nine students and two coaches are heading to Seward this weekend to compete with teams from around the state through oral presentations and science trivia games.
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Petersburg High School student Helen Martin recently job shadowed for a few days at the office of...
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The Alaska Department of Transportation is scaling back a proposed road and ferry connection linking Kake and Petersburg in central Southeast. The DOT has notified municipal leaders that the cost of building and operating that connection was too much given the state’s fiscal situation. DOT officials say they still plan to investigate a way to improve access to Kake, using a 40 million dollar state grant.
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