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The Petersburg School Board unanimously voted in favor of restoring the High School Close Up trip to Washington DC next year. That decision came after a packed house of students and parents appealed to the Board at this week’s meeting.

The Petersburg City Council has passed the second reading of a measure that would ban smoking in local businesses and public places. The latest version of the measure includes a number of significant changes from the original. While the councilors still have a mix of opinions on the restrictions, they were all willing to put the issue on the ballot

Petersburg celebrated local Norwegian heritage with music, costumes, dancing, food and games throughout the weekend. It was the towns 53rd annual Syttende Mai celebration – the Little Norway festival. After succesfully dodging a viking arrest warrant and tasting her first blackcod dinner, Melati Kaye produced this audio postcard

A university of Alaska Fairbanks researcher will be studying the effects of expanding sea otter populations on the Southeast shellfish industry this summer. The project was the subject of a presentation at the Petersburg Marine Mammal Center’s annual meeting last week.

Union and city officials in Petersburg say they are hopeful that outside mediation will help them settle on a new contract for most city employees. A dispute over wages and other issues lead to an impasse in late march.