A sizeable portion of the hillside above Mountain Point on the Kupreanof shoreline has been cleared of trees and mud.
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Petersburg School District to require COVID-19 testing for in-state travel
The policy is for travel by any means off Mitkof Island — by plane, boat or ferry.
Petersburg schools closed after student returned from Juneau trip, tested positive for COVID-19
The student is in one of the fifth-grade classes at the elementary school. As a result, all fifth graders are instructed to quarantine for two weeks as well as their identified close contacts.
Watchdog group sues Forest Service for release of Tongass timber sales audit
Elected officials and residents in Petersburg have also asked about lost revenues from past timber sales and what’s been done to correct oversight.
Southeast’s commercial Dungeness crab summer season the second highest on record
The summer harvest was so good that it’s higher than nearly all other full-season harvests — but the value of the fishery was not near a record breaker.
Petersburg to request salmon disaster declaration
A combination of low prices and low returns has the summer of 2020 shaping up to be one of the worst in decades.
On campuses closed by COVID-19, seafood workers trade freedom for paychecks
In Petersburg, workers were restricted closed campuses — they were only allowed to go between the plant, dorms and cafeteria. Some workers said they felt resigned to it. Others said it felt like jail.
Petersburg cross country starts season with first virtual meet
The teams timed their own 5K races at home and then shared them. The girls’ and boys’ teams from Juneau-Douglas: Yadaa.at Kalé both finished first.
Southeast’s pink salmon catch could be lowest in 44 years
Fish and Game said 2020 is ‘definitely a historic, very poor pink salmon harvest.’
Petersburg’s testing program aims to keep COVID-19 out of seafood plants
The medical center estimates that about 177 local workers from OBI and Trident get tested each week.