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.
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Eighteen people swam, biked, and ran their way through a heavy downpour at Petersburg’s Coho Triathlon on Saturday.
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Alaska State Troopers say it was a 51-year-old man from Idaho killed in a logging accident south of Petersburg last Thursday. The man, Mark Debates, was working as a hook setter for Columbia Helicopters on the southern end of Mitkof Island. Troopers initially gave a different spelling for his name and different home state.
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Commissioners for the Thomas Bay Power Authority are wondering whether the organization’s president will be coming to any future meetings or if staff will be drafting a spending plan for the upcoming year. TBPA operates a hydro electric power plant that provides electricity for Wrangell, Petersburg and Ketchikan. But the day to day operations may be transferred to a different organization this year.
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The first subsistence salmon fishery of the season on the Stikine River near Wrangell opened Saturday, June 14.
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