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The Alaska Labor Relations Agency has ruled in favor of the city of Petersburg in a dispute over which of its employees should be allowed to take a strike vote. The decision clears the way for arbitration for some members of the Petersburg Municipal Employees Association.

School officials in Petersburg are using part of the summer break to take a longer look at how the school district handles student absences and discipline for students in sports and other activities. As a result, local high school students could see a change in activity suspensions for alcohol, drug and tobacco use in the upcoming school year.

After more than a year of construction, renovations at the Petersburg Medical Clinic are nearing completion. The renovation adds seven exam and procedure rooms, new offices for the doctors, and a staff break room. The additional rooms decrease the wait time for an appointment from several weeks to a few days.

The U.S. Forest Service has approved tree clearing in roadless areas of the Tongass National Forest for two mining exploration projects in Southeast Alaska. The decision will allow some helicopter access and winching work to go forward on Woewodski Island south of Petersburg and at Bokan Mountain on southern Prince of Wales Island.

Southeast’s commercial purse seine season is off to a record-setting start, with the fleet harvesting big numbers of pink salmon on the northern end of the region.