One of Petersburg’s seafood processors is trying to make a go at shrimp. Tonka Seafoods, Inc. is starting small to see if the market is there for their limited operation. As Angela Denning reports, they should have their answer in a few weeks.
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The House finance committee is taking public comment this week on the state’s operating budget that proposes some big cuts in state spending for next year. Lawmakers want to cut spending to offset a more-than-three billion dollar budget deficit.
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An upgrade for Petersburg’s curbside recycling program survived another vote by the Petersburg borough assembly Monday, again by just one vote. Borough staffers say the switch away from blue plastic bags and contracting for the collection service will save the municipality in the long run.
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Petersburg High School’s girls basketball team plays again this afternoon while the boys are back in action Thursday morning at the Region Five tournament in Ketchikan.
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Petersburg’s newest committee has 19 members and will be tasked with coming up with recommendations for regulating marijuana in the community. Petersburg’s committee will look at pot growing businesses and retail stores, as well as potential problems from use of the now-legal drug, including second hand smoke.
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