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Southeast gillnetters may soon fish for herring at Seymour Canal off Admirality Island. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is putting the sac roe fishery on two-hour notice as of six Tuesday night (4/26). Any time after that, the opening could happen with a minimum of two-hour notice but uncertain market conditions could mean a lot less participation than usual.

The legislature has put millions of dollars for school repair and improvement projects on the chopping block this week. The Senate Finance Committee’s latest version of the Capital Budget cut over 200 million in project funding for schools across the State. Matt Lichtenstein has a look at the impact on Petersburg projects.

Petersburg has two writers laureate this year. Both are educators and poets. The Friends of Petersburg Libraries chose elementary school teacher Greg Kowalski and retired elementary school teacher Sally Riemer for the honor this year. The Friend’s Sue Paulson made the announcement, and the two laureates recited poems before a crowd of elementary schoolers at the Wright Auditorium last week. Matt Lichtenstein produced this audio postcard

The Petersburg school district has found its new middle school dean of student development and district-wide activities director. After local interviews with two finalists, the hiring committee offered the job to Jaime Cabral late last week and he accepted. Cabral Spoke with KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein about the dean’s position while he was in town for the job interview.

Petersburg School District received some accolades from Apple Computer this week. The company honored the district’s technology programs as “exemplary”.