Two wild animals caused mayhem in two different buildings in Petersburg last month — both, within 24 hours of each other. First, a grouse trespassed in Petersburg’s airport. Then a black bear cub broke into a grocery store downtown — and though neither people nor products were hurt in the chaos, things ended poorly for the young bear.
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly will set a price for a plot of Borough-owned tidelands at its November 20th meeting, which will take place in the Assembly Chambers.
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A U.S. Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter crashed on the night of November 13th on a remote island northwest of Petersburg. There were four crew members aboard, and all survived — though two were seriously injured. They’d flown out to the island to render aid to a crabbing boat that was taking on water. But as KFSK’s Shelby Herbert reports, the people they came to rescue became their rescuers instead.
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A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed around 10:40 p.m. last night on Read Island in Farragut Bay, about 22 miles northwest of Petersburg. There were four crew members aboard, and all survived.
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Petersburg Volunteer firefighters responded to a vehicle fire at 4:30 on the morning of October 27th. The fire was on Cornelius Road, about two miles south of town.
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