It looks like the cost of electricity in Petersburg will be going up four percent over the next two years. Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday gave the first of three approvals needed for an electrical rate increase.
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Commercial salmon gillnet fishing around Petersburg and Wrangell has been somewhat of a mixed bag in the early season with some strong runs of sockeye and coho boosting catches.
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A raft of sales tax exemption changes and a new tobacco excise tax took another step toward making this October’s borough ballot Monday. Petersburg’s borough assembly voted to advance the tax questions and they’ll need just one more meeting’s approval before going to local voters.
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Petersburg’s new school superintendent is getting settled in her new job this summer. Lisa Stroh started work July 1st heading up the Petersburg City School District. She comes to town after working as a superintendent in Valdez and before that in Blaine County, Montana. She’s also been a principal in Kasilof and Kodiak.
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Fishery managers in Canada this summer are moving salmon by helicopter around a landslide that’s partially blocked a major tributary of the Stikine River across the border from Southeast Alaska. The May slide created a barrier for Chinook and sockeye salmon returning to the Tahltan River to spawn.
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