Petersburg High School’s baseball team wrapped up the season with two losses at the regional tournament in Juneau last week. The Vikings lost 12-0 to Thunder Mountain last Thursday and then bowed out of the tournament with a 20-0 loss to Sitka on Friday.
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The Petersburg borough is trying to find out whether one of the two boilers used to heat the community’s swimming pool can be salvaged or if both boilers need to be replaced. The pool has been shut down since May 26 and could be closed for weeks or longer.
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Last month was not only the driest May on record for Petersburg, it was the driest month on record here. Petersburg had 0.26 inches, just over a quarter inch, of rain last month. It beats the old record for the month of May, 1.15 inches, set back in 1996. The driest month on record for Petersburg before this year was June of 1982, with just over half an inch of rainfall, or 0.53 inche
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Petersburg High School track teams both wound up in fourth place at the state meet in Anchorage last weekend, with five individual state titles. The boys team had just five athletes competing, while the girls team was represented by just one.
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While some communities in Alaska this year are discussing a possible ban on marijuana businesses with the legalization of pot in the state, a committee in Petersburg heard last week about the possibilities for a dispensary run by the borough.
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