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The Petersburg school board this week approved a seven-point-two million dollar budget for next year. The board also approved an increase in the teacher salary schedule….and new contracts for the schools principals.
Matt Lichtenstein has an overview of Tuesdays regular meeting

Taxation was the top issue for a largely critical audience that turned out to a forum on borough formation in Petersburg Wednesday night (4/16). Local officials have yet to gather enough signatures to submit the town’s borough petition to the state. So, they arranged the question and answer session to address public concerns…..and there were plenty.

This week marks the 10th anniversary for Petersburg Search and Rescue. The all-volunteer group started-up in 1998 and its members have since coordinated or participated in 28 searches by land, sea and air. Petersburg SAR is part of the city’s fire department and was founded by firefighter Doug Jenny. Matt Lichtenstein asked Jenny and SAR Captain John Pickens about some of the searches they’ve done

Southeast Alaska has its second highest snowpack on record this year according to federal data. The pack measured far above average at locations across the region this month.

The cost of living at Petersburg’s city-owned assisted-living facility could get a lot more expensive for residents who pay their own way.
The City Council is considering a fifty-percent increase in rent and service charges for the eight of the assisted living apartments there. At a meeting Monday night, city staff initially recommended an eighty-percent hike to get the struggling facility into the black, but councilors were uneasy with that much of an increase all at once.