Author: kfskadmin

The Petersburg city council is slowing down planning for a new fire hall. Councilors took no action to hire an architect last night. Instead, they decided to consider a potentially cheaper alternative.

The federal government is giving a Bellingham, Washington company three more years to study the feasibility of constructing a new hydro-electric plant at a remote lake near Petersburg. Cascade Creek LLC'S extensive proposal to develop three such plants in Thomas bay has met with opposition from the community…largely because of the potential for environmental damage in the popular bay. The company says it is working to address local concerns.

A disagreement over city vehicle replacement prompted one city councilor to offer her resignation from the motor pool committee this week. However, the new city manager convinced her to reconsider. Motor pool funding has been a target of criticism from previous councils as well. Matt Lichtenstein has a look at that discussion and some of the other news from this week’s regular meeting.

Plans for a new library in Petersburg are beginning to take form, but they’ll need to be refined to make the building more functional. The library building committee got its first look at some conceptual designs for a scaled-down facility this week.

A 30-year-old graduate student from the University of Oslo is spending the next five months in Petersburg, studying the community’s strong Norwegian culture and the customs of local residents. Jens Maehlen, is originally from a suburb of Oslo, and is doing field work for a two-year masters degree program. He stopped by KFSK this month and spoke with Joe Viechnicki about the work he hopes to do over the next five months.