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An attorney for the city of Petersburg says the applications for recalling two city council members do not meet state standards and cannot be circulated for signatures. In an opinion released Friday, the attorney wrote that ending the city manager’s contract does not warrant a recall. The attorney also wrote that recall supporters did not include enough specific information in their allegation of private meetings by the council members.

A 29-year-old Ketchikan man died Sunday night from injuries suffered in a dirt bike accident behind Petersburg’s airport. Police have identified the victim as Bucky Leach of Ketchikan.
Petersburg volunteer fire department spokesman Dave Berg says EMTs responded to call at 6:30 Sunday night about a man who was injured while jumping sand piles on his dirt bike.

The Petersburg City Council Monday approved an agreement to part ways with city manager Rich Underkofler. They also formed a committee to seek an interim manager.

A group of chefs from the Lower 48 stopped by Petersburg and Juneau early this week to learn more about Alaska’s fishing industry. The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, the organization that brought the chefs to Southeast, is hoping to educate the group about the state’s environmental practices.

A 37-year employee with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Petersburg is cleaning out his desk this month and preparing for retirement. Biologist William Bergmann is handing over the reins of managing commercial fishing catches in the Petersburg and Wrangell area. The 61-year-old started as a temporary worker at Fish and Game in Petersburg in 1972. His first job was with the Division of Sport Fish counting steelhead at a weir on Petersburg Creek not far from where he was raised. Bergmann spoke with KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki about his nearly four-decade long career.