The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment regarding a cruise ship dock project in Petersburg. The comment period ends Oct. 1. It’s one of the final steps in the permitting process.
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Fine-Walsh, 36, is running for one of the 3-year terms on Petersburg’s Borough Assembly in the 2026 municipal election.
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Stanton Gregor, 49, is running for one of the 3-year terms on Petersburg’s Borough Assembly in the 2026 municipal election, as an incumbent.
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly tonight (Sept. 8) will vote on nearly a dozen issues, including federal funding for a local haul-out project and land purchase requests. The Assembly meets at 6:00 p.m. and KFSK will broadcast that meeting live.
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Commercial red king crab fishermen in Southeast Alaska are getting a competitive fishery this year, the state Department of Fish and Game announced this week. The fishery starts Nov. 1.
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A citizen initiative allowing any Petersburg resident age 70 and older to be exempt from local sales tax is Proposition No. 3 on this fall’s municipal ballot. The last day to register to vote in Petersburg’s local election is this Sunday (Sept. 6).
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Seth Johnson will be teaching elementary special education for students kindergarten through second grade. He has a long history of working with individuals with disabilities and is excited to return to Petersburg.
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Retired dive fisherman Scott Hursey saw how the abalone population was decimated by sea otters before the fishery closed in 1997. And active dive fisherman Alec Schramek says he’s seen the harmful impact that otters have on sea cucumber habitats, too.
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