Petersburg High School students are ready to perform their spring play, “The Matchmaker.” The romantic comedy follows a larger-than-life cast of characters in 1880s New York. Ticket sales from the shows will go toward sending theater students to Scotland this summer.
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The Petersburg Borough Assembly tonight (Feb. 17) will weigh whether or not to raise harbor fees, zone a tidelands parcel, and combine some land in town to create a sellable lot for residential development.
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Tidal Network and Petersburg Borough officials say they’ll weigh options for relocating planned communications towers in Petersburg. This comes from a Feb. 2 work session between the Petersburg Borough Assembly and Tidal Network, with extensive testimony from the community. Since last fall, a number of residents have spoken up about their concerns and frustrations with the project — but not everyone’s opposed to the idea.
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Finding true love is hard enough, but what does it take to stay together once you find it? George and Florabelle Rice have some advice for couples looking to last a lifetime.
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The Alaska Board of Game has approved a change affecting where archers can hunt big game on Petersburg’s Mitkof Island — adding a previously closed area around the highway south of town to a larger, archery-only management area.
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In addition to connecting people with resources, Petersburg’s ninth annual Project Connect was an opportunity to collect data on housing insecurity. Organizers say the number of people sleeping in places not meant for habitation in Petersburg was higher than identified in previous years, according to initial survey estimates.
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Petersburg’s only hospital is gearing up to apply for federal funding through a new five-year program meant to improve rural health care across the U.S. While some aspects of the grant are still up in the air, administrators say the funding could boost hospital programs.
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Petersburg will receive $8 million in federal funding to complete plans for upgrading the town’s wastewater treatment facility. The Borough must upgrade its wastewater treatment system to meet tighter water quality standards. Officials anticipate it will be an expensive project. Alaska’s U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski secured the funds for Petersburg in an appropriations bill that President Trump signed on Jan. 23.
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