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The Petersburg Medical Center is asking residents to submit short videos of themselves dancing to the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.

The Petersburg School District has announced they will have a mixed-model of some in-person and some online classes this fall. But exactly how that will work is still being negotiated.

Petersburg aquatic center re-opened Monday, July 27 – that includes the pool and the fitness equipment on the mezzanine. But with some limitations, due to COVID.

With coronavirus cases on the rise throughout Alaska and the United States, Petersburg is working to manage any risk of out of state visitors bringing the virus into the Southeast Alaska community. While seafood processing companies have taken steps to protect their workforce and the community, local residents have also been concerned about the scores of sport anglers getting off the jet every week.

KFSK spoke with a few sport fishing lodge owners about those concerns, and what they’re doing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Petersburg’s sole movie theater, the Northern Nights Theater was among the many establishments that closed due to the coronavirus pandemic in early March. Now, managers say the theater is organizing a plan to reopen with health protocols in place to keep patrons and workers safe, but due to delays in movie releases that looks to be sometime in September.