Sport fishing is closed at Blind River Rapids and the rest of Blind Slough on southern Mitkof Island near Petersburg starting August 1. The closure is due to concern over the number of king salmon that may be able to get past the rapids and return to the nearby Crystal Lake hatchery.
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Voters in Petersburg’s borough have three different elections on the horizon and absentee voting in the first begins next week. In addition the filing period’s now open for candidates interested in one of the many local seats available in the Petersburg Borough election in October.
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A new support group for victims of trauma has started up in Petersburg this summer. It’s a new offering by Working Against Violence for Everybody, or WAVE, a similar group in Craig, and Petersburg Mental Health Services. The group gathers most Thursdays in the WAVE office in Petersburg.
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Southeast Alaska’s commercial troll fishing fleet will have another crack at king salmon in August even with a big haul from the first Chinook opening in July
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The transfer of operations of a hydro electric power plant in central Southeast Alaska is progressing this summer and could be completed sometime in August. The owner of the plant, the Ketchikan-based Southeast Alaska Power Agency will take over running the facility. That will mean a different future role for the joint Wrangell and Petersburg organization that has been overseeing operations.
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