It looks like voters will not have a chance this fall to weigh in on a legislative ethics ballot measure. Alaska’s lieutenant governor and the attorney general’s office have determined a bill passed by the Legislature this spring is similar enough to keep the issue off the ballot. More than 40,000 voters last year signed…
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Petersburg celebrates Memorial Day weekend derby-free
Memorial Day weekend was quieter than past years for several small towns in Southeast. Slumping king salmon numbers and a ban on sport fishing in inside waters drove Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan to cancel their annual king salmon derbies.
Stedman opposes last-minute spending additions
Sitka Republican Senator Bert Stedman says Alaska is not out of its fiscal crisis. He said if he had been there he would have opposed last-minute spending added into state budgets to get agreement on the spending plan and bring about an end to the session.
Petersburg welcomes new storyteller’s pole
Native and non-Native community members celebrated the pole’s unveiling Thursday afternoon despite earlier concerns that the library had skipped traditional protocol.
SEARHC awards healthy living grant to Petersburg Indian Association
The full Petersburg Indian Association tribal council hasn’t yet had a chance to meet and decided on how to spend the money. Tribal organizations have to spend the money by September 30th in order to be eligible for a grant next year.
Student survey team witnesses active tidewater glacier
A team of students from Petersburg High School finished up their latest calculations Thursday on the LeConte Glacier position. The annual survey has been recording the retreat of the ice mass since 1983, when teacher Paul Bowen started the program.