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Six teams of nine and ten year old Little League baseball players took the field in sunny Petersburg over the weekend for their Southeast tournament. All-star teams from Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Wrangell and Prince of Wales joined the host Petersburg for four days of games and clinics. Joe Viechnicki stopped by the ballfields for the opening ceremony and put together this audio postcard.

Southeast’s commercial fishing fleets this May had no opportunity for a directed fishery targeting Chinook salmon returning to the Stikine and Taku rivers, two trans-boundary rivers in central and northern Southeast. Run forecasts going into the season were not high enough to open fisheries, and the runs appear to be coming in well below those forecasts. However, there are a few signs of possible improvement in future years.

Shoppers in Petersburg could have two days a year free of local sales tax if the city council and local voters approve. The council Tuesday passed the first reading of an ordinance that will put the tax free days on the October ballot. The council also heard concerns over the condition of a local street and discussed pollution insurance for city tidelands leases.

The Petersburg City Council will be doing face-to-face interviews with just two finalists for the job of city manager. Councilors conducted over-the-phone questioning with the three candidates this week and wanted to meet in-person with all three. However, one candidate has withdrawn from consideration.

Petersburg’s city council Tuesday voted to take a step forward on two local capital projects – a new library building and a new vehicle-accessible float in South Harbor. The council approved a design contract for the new library even though voters will still have to decide on a major piece of the funding for that new building this fall. Councilors also supported a contract for design and permit work on a drive-down dock.