It was a blustery, wet morning on Veterans Day. But blowing rain didn’t stop students and community members from packing the sidewalks to thank local veterans parading through the street.
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In a town where mail and packages are normally picked up in-person, that’s caused frustration among local residents.
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Seven members of Petersburg’s high school swim team are competing in the state championship in Anchorage on Nov. 6–7. That’s after a very strong showing at the regional meet in Juneau last weekend.
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For a small town that’s had a lot of national attention recently, precinct chair Mary Clemens said Election Day “actually ran very smoothly” — and overall voter turnout for the midterm was the best she’d ever seen in Petersburg.
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Petersburg voters united over their disdain for the flood of election materials that stuffed their P.O. boxes this year. They diverged in their reaction to a federal investigation into U.S. Senate candidate and Petersburg local Dan J. Sullivan.
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At stake are the races for U.S. House, U.S. Senate, state house, state senate, and governor. You can vote in Petersburg until 8 p.m. today at the Parks and Rec activity room.
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Also today, the Borough Assembly will discuss moving training materials for the fire department and vote on a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the borough employee’s union.
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While many people saw trick-or-treaters knock on their doors this weekend, some in Southeast Alaska were visited by the FBI. The agents were checking on donors to Dan J. Sullivan’s campaign for U.S. Senate as part of a federal investigation. Several donors are calling the visits intimidation and election interference.
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