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Undercover work results
in four arrests last week
Four individuals were arrested last week and are facing felony drug charges following a three-month undercover investigation that yielded a wide array of drugs in Petersburg.
The four, 36-year-old Eric Walker, 27-year-old Renee Lester, 19-year-old Tabetha Taylor, and 19-year-old Ryan Snidarich all face felony drug charges after they allegedly sold drugs to an undercover operative working in conjunction with the Petersburg Police Department.
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Tender sinks and is salvaged at
north end of Wrangell Narrows
A 65-foot fish tender that hit an iceberg Friday morning and sank at the north end of the Wrangell Narrows was salvaged Monday and will be back to work next season, according to its captain.
The boat, the F/V Emily Jane was returning to Petersburg early Friday morning from the Taku river area laden with 22,000 pounds of Coho salmon when it hit an iceberg approximately one mile from Petersburg.
Judge rules in favor of former
harbormaster and harbor employee
A Superior Court Judge issued a summary judgment in favor of defendants Jim Stromdahl and George Wallace after a 15-month-long case that included allegations that a city employee had spied on an elected official.