The rain held off Saturday afternoon for the 18th edition of the Humpy 500 go cart race down the in Petersburg. This year’s race featured a dozen 55-gallon drum go carts decked out to look like everything from a Viking ship, to the Whiskey November buoy, to a sea horse. Joe Viechnicki stopped by Petersburg Fisheries plant during the cart judging just before Saturday’s race and put together this audio postcard.
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Northern Prince of Wales Island, Petersburg and Wrangell could be connected by a new year-round ferry service as soon as this spring. The federal government has offered a loan of nearly three million dollars to the fledgling North End Ferry Authority. Project planners say there’s more work to do, but that loan covers the major financing needed for start up.
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Petersburg’s library project is moving forward since voters narrowly approved a one and half million dollar bond issue in Tuesday’s election. Construction on the new building could start as early as next spring. It was the top issue on the local ballot.
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Southeast Alaska’s commercial dive fishing seasons are underway this month for red sea urchins, sea cucumbers and geoduck clams. The dive fisheries continue to see impacts from the region’s expanding population of sea otters.
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Petersburg voters have approved a bond issue for a new library, but the vote was close. Voters said "yes" to a $1.5 million bond issue for library construction Tuesday, 51 percent in favor, 49 percent against. In unofficial results, the measure passed by a margin of only 38 votes.
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