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In the week following an escape from the Petersburg jail, borough authorities are releasing little information about the incident over concerns with preserving the right to a fair trial for the 22-year-old man accused of eluding his captors.

Two crab fisheries in Southeast Alaska started up Wednesday, February 17. Fishing for Tanner crab and golden king crab opened at noon. Last year’s Tanner catch was the best in 15 seasons, coming in at 1,421,863 pounds. With an average price of $1.93 a pound that was worth over $2.7 million at the docks.

Wrangell High School dealt Petersburg’s boys basketball team its first conference loss of the season Saturday. The Vikings had a pair of tight ball games, splitting the series on the road in Wrangell. Meanwhile the Lady Vikings continued to add to their win column.

Petersburg’s School Board this month heard some concerning results from a risk behavior survey given to high school students a year ago. High school and middle school Principal Rick Dormer said 109 of 147 students in the high school took the survey in January of 2015. He outlined some of the findings at a meeting of board on February 9.