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Sewing machines were busily humming away at the Petersburg Lutheran Church’s Holy Cross House this week as at least 30 quilters from Alaska and the Lower 48 enjoy the Rain Country Quilters annual quilt camp. The camp’s featured instructor this year is Kim Diehl from Pocatello, Idaho. She's an award winning quilter and has authored four books on the subject, with a fifth on the way. Diehl taught several classes on machine techniques for applique, or layering of fabric. Joe Viechnicki stopped by camp and talked to a few of the participants.

The latest chapter in the saga of Petersburg’s water pipeline to Cabin Creek may be coming to a close. The city council Monday voted to look into ending repair work on the problematic pipe, following a positive flow test on the line this summer.

A thick, smokey haze blanketed the region early this week. The smoke comes from wildfires burning across the border in Yukon Territory and British Columbia.

Petersburg voters this fall will decide whether a city council member stays in office. Sponsors of a recall petition last week turned in enough signatures to put the recall of councilor Lee Corrao to a vote.

Commercial fishermen in Alaska have mixed reactions to newly proposed federal regulations on fishing safety. The proposals, currently under consideration in Congress, would impose new construction standards on fishing vessels, require more training for skippers and mandate Coast Guard inspections.