Eight national and international tour operators are visiting Petersburg and other towns in central southeast Alaska this month to help local vendors better adapt to a challenging tourism market.
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The latest series of oil paintings from local artist Beth Flor will go on display tonight with a reception at Petersburg’s seaport gallery. Flor produced the 31 new works over the past year. Two have been exhibited nationally but none have been shown before in Petersburg.
Flor’s paintings realistically capture a moment of light and shadow on objects, spaces and structures: a bowl of lemons on a table – a Mexican gate surrounded by bougainvillea – white lilies – a dressmakers form. Flor is well-known for her still-life’s as well as her landscapes and there are both in this show. She spoke with KFSK's Matt Lichtenstein
The Forest Service’s disciplinary actions against a whistleblower employee on the Tongass in 2007 and 2008 did not sit well with some of the agency’s own lawyers.
According to recently released documents, Forest Service legal staff in Washington DC recommended against firing biologist Glen Ith, and questioned some of the actions that the agency had already taken.
Ith died suddenly last year, not long after being told his job had been eliminated due to budget cuts. His widow sued to get the agency to release the emails and other documents related to the case. Matt Lichtenstein reports:
Petersburg is hiring a new tax assessor. On Monday, the City Council decided to sign a two-year contract with The Appraisal Company of Alaska. The Anchorage firm will replace Canary and Associates. Canary’s Juneau-based business has done the city’s assessments since 2002, but some councilors have been critical of their results. The council’s finance committee recommended the change.
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Petersburg’s main food pantry at the Salvation Army has seen the need for its services increase dramatically this year. As Alex Hotz reports it’s one sign of the national recession’s affect on Alaska.
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