A statewide commercial fishing industry group Tuesday opened a three-day meeting at the historic Sons of Norway Hall in Petersburg. The United Fishermen of Alaska represents 35 trade associations from Southeast Alaska to Seattle to the Bering Sea. The UFA is holding its fall board meeting in Petersburg Tuesday through Thursday, October 27-29.
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Workers remodeling one of Petersburg’s oldest buildings have uncovered Norwegian artifacts dating back a century.
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In the first half of the 1900s, commercial salmon traps were highly controversial and pushed Alaska to seek control of its waters through statehood.
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An electrical cooperative in Southeast Alaska is looking into developing a new hydro electric power plant in the village of Kake. The Inside Passage Electrical Cooperative this year fired up a new hydro plant in Hoonah and thinks the proposed plant in Kake could be easier to build than that one. That new power source could also cut Kake’s diesel generation in half.
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The bulkhead loading dock would be an extension of the drive down dock’s parking area.
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