Southeast Alaska’s commercial pink salmon catch has reached 25 million fish by the third week in August. That’s well short of the pre-season forecast and nowhere near the record setting run from two years ago. While pink returns elsewhere in the state have been strong, Southeast pink numbers this summer have fishery managers scratching their heads.
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The state ferry Columbia will be out of service for nearly the rest of the month as the Alaska Marine Highway repairs its largest vessel at the Ketchikan shipyard. The 418-foot ferry was docked in Ketchikan Monday following problems with a part of its exhaust system. While in Ketchikan, workers discovered damage to one of the ferry’s propellers, caused by striking a log in the water.
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The Petersburg borough is making a change to the traffic pattern and parking for a one-block street in the downtown area this summer. The public works and police departments have decided to end long-term parking on Chief John Lott Street and make it a one-way road. The street connects to the Middle Harbor parking lot and Sing Lee Alley.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly meets at noon Thursday, August 20 and will vote on putting one question on the October 6th ballot. Up for vote is the third and final reading of an ordinance seeking voter approval for an exemption to the state’s requirement for some local office holders to file financial information.
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With just one week left to go in the filing period, there’s been little interest in running for local office here in Petersburg. The borough ballot this October will have 21 seats up for election, giving borough residents a chance to serve in a variety of municipal elected offices.
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