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The state ferry Columbia returns

The state ferry Columbia is transporting passengers again this week after being out of commission for nearly nine months.

Petersburg High School changes grading system

Petersburg High School is making a change in calculating grade point average for students who take advanced placement classes next year. The school board heard about that change and other updates Tuesday.

Petersburg voters to decide on financial disclosure exemption

Petersburg voters this fall will decide whether to exempt local elected officials from state financial disclosure requirements. Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted to put the issue on the October ballot. If voters approve, people elected or appointed to the borough assembly, planning commission and school board would no longer have to file income information with the Alaska Public Offices Commission.

Assembly funds gym work, not hospital

Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday approved spending money for heating controls at the community gym but voted against spending to replace a boiler exhaust stack at the hospital. Assembly members were concerned about setting a precedent for project funding at the medical center.

Kupreanof man reproduces historic park posters

You might have noticed posters of National Parks on display in a few places around Petersburg. They’re the work of Kupreanof resident Doug Leen and an artist Leen has employed to reproduce some historic images and create new ones.