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Fans of comic books and radio drama are in for a treat this weekend in Petersburg as the critically acclaimed multi-media performance “The Intergalactic Nemesis” will be doing two shows this weekend at the Wright Auditorium. The show is a live-action graphic novel performed by three actors.

Southeast Alaska salmon trollers are having a strong winter season, thanks to good catches on the outer coast outside of Sitka. The winter season started October 11th and the catch of Chinook had topped 24,000 fish by the second week in January.

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins thinks the state’s financial situation will mean a new reality for the state legislature in the upcoming session. The Sitka democrat is starting up his second term representing his hometown, along with Petersburg and 22 other small communities in central Southeast.

The state Board of Game has voted down a proposed fall hunt for brown bears around Petersburg and Wrangell. The board met in Juneau this month to consider 40 proposed changes to hunting and trapping regulations in Southeast.

A home-grown commercial fisherman is the newest director of Petersburg’s fishing industry organization. 26-year-old Megan O’Neil started work as director of the Petersburg Vessel Owners Association on January 1st.