Southeast Alaska has seen an uptick in fentanyl-laced pills. Fentanyl is a highly addictive opioid fifty to a hundred times stronger than morphine. In Petersburg and other Southeast communities, law enforcement has found fentanyl most often in counterfeit blue pills which are designed to look like the prescription opioid oxycontin.
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Petersburg’s Fire Department is planning to offer a Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, training this year. The program would teach residents how to support officials during a disaster or emergency.
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Stedman Elementary School in Petersburg is teaching kids about how to save for long-term rewards in the classroom. Kids can earn stickers or fake money, which they can spend on different prizes. One of the big-ticket popular items is a tea party with their principal, Heather Conn.
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A local aid organization will count Petersburg’s homeless population on January 31st. It’s part of an effort led by HUD—the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development—to document the nation’s homeless population on a single evening. It’s called a point-in-time count.
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About 80 Petersburg residents marched on a cold, drizzly Sunday down Main Street to support the Right to Life. People carried signs, and read declarations out-loud at each intersection along the route.
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