The University of Alaska lands office is offering two timber sales on Mitkof Island south of Petersburg this year. The lands on the southern and western side of the island would be helicopter logged. Meanwhile, the state of Alaska is also in the early stages of writing a plan for Southeast’s new state forest lands.
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Petersburg’s High School’s Ocean Science Bowl team took fourth place at the annual statewide...
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Students’ physical well-being is paramount to how well they perform in school. The Petersburg School District is hoping to improve that through a four-year, $600,000 grant which started this school year. An update on the grant was given to the district’s school board at their last meeting.
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Southeast Alaska commercial crab boats caught around one and a quarter million pounds of Tanner crab last month, the biggest catch in over a decade.
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Petersburg’s youngest students will be getting summer vacation a little earlier this year. The district’s school board agreed that the Stedman Elementary School should close four days early—on May 30th–to allow for a renovation project to begin.
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