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The Petersburg borough’s proposed budget for the school district and local mental health services remained intact Friday. A short-handed borough assembly made no motions to cut either line item while supporters testified against reductions.

A man who injured himself in an explosion at Petersburg’s rock pit last July will not be going to trial on federal explosives charges. 59-year-old Mark Wayne Weaver this week entered a guilty plea to one of the charges and a judge approved his release until his sentencing later this year.

There’s a new tribal administrator on the job this month at the Petersburg Indian Association and she’s a familiar face. Bobbi Scherrer has returned to Petersburg after three years in Juneau to take the top job at the local tribal government.