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If they want to form a borough, Petersburg officials will have to do a better job of reaching out to residents outside city limits. That was one of the messages from the city’s borough consultant who asked for direction from the council this week. Some councilors and city officials wanted more details on the costs and benefits.

Petersburg School District closed school for the summer last week. It was high school principal Rick Dormer’s first year on the job. He recently told KFSK he was still learning.

Governor Sean Parnell has approved ten million dollars for a new firehall and a new library in Petersburg. The funding for those projects and several others in town remain in the capital budget that the governor signed this week. Click the headline to hear librarian Tara Alcock's and fire department spokesman Dave Berg's response to the new funding.

The small city of Kupreanof is opposing the Northern Route for an electrical connection from hydro-powered Petersburg to diesel-powered Kake. The Kupreanof City Council remains in support of supplying Kake with cheaper, cleaner power but Kupreanof residents don’t want the project to cut through their community.

According to the most recent data from the Petersburg High School Annual Survey, the Le Conte Glacier has been stable for the third consecutive year since 2008.