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Petersburg’s city council Monday approved the site plan for the new library and voted to seek a company to demolish or remove the 30-year-old Romiad Building from that site. Supporters of the project backed the plan that came out of a long public process and did not include keeping that building.

Petersburg’s city council Monday approved an agreement that could help startup a new sawmill on Mitkof Island. The agreement offers incentives for a Washington company to start a new enterprise in the area. Councilors also took the first step towards a fee change at city Parks and Recreation facilities.

State officials will soon start drafting a preliminary report on Petersburg’s Borough Petition. For the next several months, the local Boundary Commission staff will be considering the details of the proposal and the public comments it’s generated.

Marine mammal observer boats will be on the grounds with the Southeast Alaska gillnet fleet for the next several years. It’s the Panhandle’s turn for the observer program which documents marine mammal and sea bird interactions with fisheries around the state. The observers will shadow individual gillnetters each opening and gather broader information from the fleet as well. Federal officials recently discussed the upcoming effort with Petersburg gillnetters.

Leaders of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood Camp Sixteen took their oath during a well-attended, historic ceremony at the ANB hall in Petersburg last week. Matt Lichtenstein produced this audio portrait of the event.