Crowds were packed into the bleachers of the Petersburg High School gym as teachers, families, and friends proudly watched 37 soon-to-be graduates walk to their seats.
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Thirty-seven seniors officially graduated from Petersburg High School on Tuesday. Before the ceremony, KFSK’s Taylor Heckart heard from some of the graduates about their journey.
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The Petersburg Borough proclaimed June 28 as Amy Hallingstad Day at a borough assembly meeting on May 19. It recognizes the late Petersburg resident as a civil rights leader who advocated for the end of segregation in Alaska’s schools.
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Petersburg’s iconic Viking ship, the Valhalla, set sail on Monday night. But it wasn’t on the water, and it wasn’t planned.
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Petersburg’s community radio station has a new reporter: Taylor Heckart.
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Nearly a quarter of Petersburg’s residents are seniors, and the borough is losing out on sales tax, according to borough officials. That’s because the borough has a decades-old senior sales tax exemption. Now, the borough wants to limit that exemption to just low-income seniors to help make ends meet.
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“The cost of things going up, it’s got to get paid for somehow,” said Assembly Member Rob Schwartz. “And it’s something I’ve wrestled with quite a bit, and I don’t know any other answer to raise the revenue to do this. But I value my water, my sewer and my power.”
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Alaska’s long-range ferry plan is complete after three years of preparation. The Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board approved the plan at a meeting on April 25, and now it goes to the Legislature and the governor for consideration. The plan relies on millions of dollars every year, but where that money will come from is unknown.
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