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A team of five students from Petersburg High School will be competing in the Alaska Region National Ocean Sciences Bowl in Seward this weekend. The competition features 15 high school teams from around the state and it’s part of a national competition meant to recognize excellence in students interested in ocean studies. It’s the first year for the Petersburg team. They call themselves "Team WOAA” and will compete against the other schools in a quick-fire quiz. They have also prepared a research paper and will give an oral presentation on their findings in front of a panel of scientists. Joe Viechnicki spoke with some of the team members about their research and the upcoming ocean sciences bowl.

A procedural issue turned contentious at Mondays city council meeting in Petersburg as a couple of the councilors questioned some of their fellow members adherence to Democratic principles. Matt Lichtenstein has a closer look at the discussion.

It looks like the Petersburg City Council will set a policy prescribing the hours that most department heads have to work. The issue occupied much of the Council’s regular meeting, Monday. They also discussed plans to require that hourly workers punch in and out of work electronically.

Petersburg is moving ahead with a 1.3 million dollar fix for the problematic cabin creek water pipeline. The City Council , Monday, approved a more detailed version of the design and gave credit to the employee who helped refine the concept.

Petersburg and Wrangell’s political fight over new hydro-power development at ruth lake near Petersburg came up at a meeting of the Thomas Bay Power Authority last week. The Authority is made up of representatives from both towns which have cooperated for decades to manage the existing hydro-plant they share at Tyee lake near Wrangell. During Thursday’s meeting, couple of commissioners expressed hope that leaders in both towns could still find a way to work cooperatively on Ruth lake near Petersburg.