45 graduates marked the end of their high school career Tuesday night for Petersburg High School’s class of 2014. Friends, family and faculty listened to keynote speaker Sue Hardin, retiring after 23 years of teaching language in the district.
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The National Transportation Safety Board has determined the probable cause of a float plane crash near Petersburg a year ago.
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University lands officials have made changes for one timber sale planned on southern Mitkof Island south of Petersburg. Those changes are meant to address public safety concerns about logging on steep slopes near a well-used roadway and boat launch ramp. Meanwhile, the debate over those timber sales and logging in general continued before Petersburg’s borough assembly this week.
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Two unsolved murders in Petersburg separated by decades are the plot of a mystery novel published this year. Author Rolynn Anderson went to St. Olaf College in Minnesota and worked as a teacher and principal in Washington state. These days Anderson and her husband cruise the west coast in their boat.
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Petersburg will be hiring help for a revision of its comprehensive plan, a document that considers land use and future needs in the community. Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday approved a request for proposals for consulting companies willing to do that work.
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