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As the new school year approaches, Petersburg school officials continue to mull over potential changes to the penalties for students in activities who are caught using illegal drugs, tobacco or alcohol. Discipline issues always prompt lots of debate and The School Board spent most of their regular meeting this month talking about the options. However, they decided to wait a little while longer before making any changes.

Another school year in Alaska means a new season of competition for high school Athletes around the state. Many started coming in to practice several weeks before the start of school. Matt Lichtenstein recently visited with several of Petersburg’s teams as they shaped up.

NPR Middle East Correspondent Peter Kenyon spoke to a standing-room-only crowd in the Petersburg City Council Chambers Wednesday Evening. The event was sponsored by KFSK, where Kenyon got his start as a public radio reporter in the early 1980's. Here's the full recording.

The City of Petersburg is still moving ahead with its lawsuit against the new legislative boundaries set by the Alaska Redistricting Board. Local officials want their district redrawn so that Petersburg remains grouped with Sitka and other smaller communities rather than with the much larger city and borough of Juneau. As Matt Lichtenstein reports, the council took another step forward this week despite some concerns over legal costs.

The Alaska Redistricting Board maintains that its redistricting plan is constitutional.