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Southeast Alaska’s summer troll fishery closes Tuesday (Sept 20th) after a season of small coho catches, good prices, and bad weather.

A Petersburg group that provides support for the schools is looking for more volunteers. Partners in Education or PIE wants to find more parents and other community members who are willing to donate a little time to help teachers with a variety of tasks from photocopying papers or tuning guitars to organizing activities. PIE members Dana Simon and Katie Gilpin spoke with Matt Lichtenstein about the organizations work in the district

The penalties are changing again for Petersburg students in activities who are caught using drugs, alcohol or tobacco. After three lengthy discussions on the issue over the past month, it looks like the School Board has settled on several changes. The new rules, which still have to be finalized, are not as strict in some ways but stricter in others.

With the new school year underway, enrollment is up at the Petersburg
Children’s Center. The town rallied to help the non-profit daycare facility this spring after a former executive director stole thousands of dollars and the organization found itself facing tens of thousands more in unpaid taxes. Thanks to an outpouring of community support, the daycare remained open. Center officials say they’ve paid off much of the debt, instituted new financial safeguards, and have grown stronger as an organization. Matt Lichtenstein recently toured the Children’s Center to find the pre-school kids and their caretakers fully engaged in the business of learning and play.

Petersburg's Rainforest festival is in full swing. Matt Lichtenstein asked organizers Karen Dillman and Sunny Rice for a preview of Saturday and Sunday's events.