Petersburg High School has been given a five-star rating through an annual statewide index of school performance. That’s an improvement of two stars from the school’s rating a year ago. Petersburg’s school board heard that and some other good news at a meeting Tuesday.
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While it looks to be failing statewide, ballot measure one had strong support from voters in central Southeast Alaska Tuesday.
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Petersburg will ask the Alaska Mental Health Trust to wait on the sale of some property at Papke’s Landing, 10 miles south of town. Officials are hoping the land could be used for parking at the public dock and boat ramp. Meanwhile, the borough assembly this week also heard that another boat ramp on the southern end of the island might not be the place for a new ferry to load and unload passengers next year.
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The cost of electricity in Petersburg is going up. Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday approved rate hikes of four percent over the next two years, but not without some discussion about the increases.
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If you’ve spent any time on social media this summer, you’ve probably come across Youtube videos of the Ice Bucket Challenge. It’s a fundraising effort for ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Now the viral sensation is popping up in communities around Alaska.
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