Sen. Sullivan will give a presentation over Zoom about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at tonight’s Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting. There will also be public hearings for two ordinances, and the Police Department’s newest officer will be sworn in.
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Petersburg High School senior Logan Tow brought home the gold after he took first in the 100 yard freestyle at last weekend’s state swim meet in Anchorage.
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Petersburg’s high school varsity volleyball team traveled to Craig last weekend for the South Seeding Tournament. The girls won 4-3 matches, keeping them seeded second ahead of regionals next week.
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Every year on Veterans Day, Petersburg’s local veterans are honored with Quilts of Valor and a parade organized by the school district.
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Petersburg Harbormaster Glorianne Wollen said the Valkyrie had been floating around Scow Bay, a few miles south of town, until the tide took it up through Libby Strait. For miles, the derelict troller drifted alone in the dark of night toward town, eventually reaching Middle Harbor on Monday morning.
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The Petersburg Borough is moving forward with a project to replace deteriorating breakwaters at the Banana Point boat launch, 25 miles south of Petersburg. After the Borough received additional funding for the project, the assembly approved a bid award to Ketchikan-based Western Dock & Bridge at a meeting on Nov. 3.
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“It’s very much a superfood to us,” said George Dalton, an elder from Hoonah in Southeast Alaska. “The equivalent of McDonald’s hamburgers — you’d have to eat 24 hamburgers to equal just six ounces of this seal meat, and you’d have to eat 48 hot dogs.”
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Ashley Kawashima, president of Humanity in Progress (HIP), says the local nonprofit anticipates giving out triple the amount of food this month than it usually does. Organizations throughout Petersburg are working to meet increasing needs in the community, amidst delays for federal SNAP benefits that 12.7% of the borough’s population relies on to help buy food.
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