The National Transportation Safety Board lists the probable cause of the July 25, 2018, capsizing of the Petersburg fish tender Pacific Knight as the captain’s “inadequate assessment” of the boat’s stability and risks related to vessel modifications, overloading and stability issues. The boat was tendering salmon in Bristol Bay last summer.
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The Clausen Memorial Museum is hosting an artist’s reception Friday, August 16th from 5pm to 7pm for Beth Flor’s solo retrospective. The Petersburg painter will have around 60 works on display through August 30th.
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Petersburg School District has installed new security cameras in some areas inside and outside of the high school. The district is also considering purchasing unmanned cameras to stream live events from the gym and pool. These topics and more were discussed at the last school board meeting, Tuesday night.
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The Petersburg Borough Assembly is meeting Friday at 9 a.m. after they postponed last week’s meeting due to a lack of quorum. One of the issues on the agenda is a public hearing of an ordinance that would borrow up to $8 million from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for repairs and upgrades to the local water and sewer system.
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A wake from the Alaska state ferry Columbia caused a small skiff to capsize in the Wrangell Narrows near Petersburg. The event happened Sunday at about 7:30pm.
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Southeast Alaska’s pink salmon harvest is turning out to be what managers expected but where the fish are returning isn’t consistent.
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Patrick Fowler, of Petersburg, and Alex Jahn, of Bellingham, can now add their names to a short list of people to reach the top of the iconic Southeast Alaska mountain.
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Petersburg School board will be considering new staffing positions and student testing results at its first meeting of the year Tuesday night.
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