The Petersburg School Board, medical staff, and others spent nearly three hours Tuesday night talking about the school district’s COVID mitigation plan. The board will meet next Tuesday in a regular meeting and could vote to update how the district is responding to the pandemic.
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A Petersburg police officer was fired from the department after posting an offensive social media post. The post appears to be supportive of Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany but the former officer says it was taken out of context.
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The Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting that was planned for this month in Ketchikan will be held in Anchorage instead in March. The decision is a loss for Ketchikan’s winter economy and is leaving some feeling cut out of the decision-making process.
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Petersburg’s number of active COVID-19 cases rose early this week and the Petersburg Medical Center says it’s likely the omicron variant is spreading here like it is elsewhere.
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Non-profits in Petersburg are looking for ways to address Petersburg’s childcare needs. The group is hosting a community round table discussion this weekend to come up with possible solutions. They plan to take those solutions to the borough government.
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The Petersburg School District has postponed its regular school board meeting until next Tuesday, January 18 at 6 p.m. Instead, the school board will meet Tuesday, January 11 in a work session to go over the district’s current COVID mitigation plans.
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Petersburg’s schools reopened Thursday after being closed earlier this week due to heavy snow loads on the rooftops. The structures were deemed unsafe for students after leaks and other red flags were noticed when staff returned to the buildings after the winter break.
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The Petersburg borough assembly hopes to talk with the U.S. Postal Service about improving service at the Petersburg post office.
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