Petersburg’s new representative in the Alaska House has family ties to this community and says he spent some of his summers fishing in Petersburg. Sam Kito the third was appointed to the House seat vacated in January by Beth Kerttula.
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Petersburg mayor Mark Jensen says he got word from the state Friday that Fish and Game would be rebuilding the Crystal Lake hatchery facility destroyed in a fire earlier this month.
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Petersburg residents have started a letter writing campaign to urge the state to reconstruct the Crystal Lake hatchery facilities destroyed by fire earlier this month. Crystal Lake is a king and coho salmon facility about 18 miles south of Petersburg. Salmon fry from the hatchery are released near Petersburg and in remote sites closer to Wrangell and Ketchikan. Crystal Lake’s incubation room burnt down March 4th.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly this week will be starting a discussion about possible increases to the cost of electricity. A rate study completed for the borough last year recommended two percent increases in electrical rates in each of the next two years, to cover costs and depreciation of equipment owned by the local electric utility.
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