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Manager's Report
Petersburg Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported the following information during the October 5 borough assembly meeting: Four Petersburg High...
Manager's Report
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report at last Thursday’s Regular Assembly meeting. As requested by the Fire Department, a new f...
By Fish Factor, Massive debris cleanup effort begins this week
Kodiak volunteers were scrambling with front end loaders and dump trucks to ready 200,000 pounds of super sacks for the first pick up of a massive...
Borough Manager's Report
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report at Monday’s Assembly meeting: Community Development and Finance staff are working to s...
Recycling petition withdrawn: Cart program slated to roll out this fall
A petition to retain the blue bags as part of the Borough’s curbside recycling program has been withdrawn by its sponsor Angela Davis and 13 c... Full story
Blue bags or carts? Neither option has been discarded
Petersburg residents will get to choose whether to haul their recyclables to the curb in a cart or a blue bag, following the Assembly’s approval of a... Full story
Sanitation rates across Southeast
Some 66 percent of Petersburg's sanitation customers pay for a 32 gallon cart and receive the... Full story
Recycling petition will be certified; Assembly to vote on resolution Monday
Borough Clerk Debbie Thompson said she will be certifying the most recent application for petition submitted by Angela Davis and Wes Davis, which... Full story
Borough assembly delays recycling purchases pending citizen initiative
The Borough Assembly voted 5-2 in favor of delaying the purchase of a new sanitation truck for the recycling program. Though the Assembly approved... Full story
Editorial: Recycling debate
With the filing of the second initiative petition comes additional time to continue discussion on the Borough’s recycling program. Yes, it delays t...
Ruger's Trucking owners begin petition process to bring recycling issue to voters
Angela Davis and Wes Davis and ten other sponsors may be asking for your signature on a petition for a resolution to retain the blue bag recycling... Full story
Yesterday's News
April 3, 1915 – Seventy-five members of congress are to come to the Pacific coast during the spring and summer, according to a Washington press d...
To the Editor
What am I missing? To the Editor: How are . . . 100's of big, blue plastic containers that will continuously need replacing and recycling, or will...
Amidst opposition, assembly approves recycling changes
The borough will transition to a cart-based, in-house recycling program. The assembly passed an... Full story
Letters to the Editor
Don't give up on recycling To the Editor: I have been a proponent of recycling for decades. The recycling effort, which has been managed and...
Editorial
While the sanitation department gets the go-a-head to purchase recycling carts and a new collection truck, the Borough’s recycling program took a g...
Free vision screening helps detect eye problems early
Kids will be able to receive a free vision screening when the Mendenhall Flying Lions come through town March 24-25. The Juneau-based organization...
Letters to the Editor
Share your opinions on recycling To the Editor: If you are a participant of the blue bag recycling program, then please be aware of the changes being...
Recycling program changes narrowly advanced by assembly
The assembly continues to be divided on changing the current blue bag recycling program to a cart-based system that would also bring collection in-hou... Full story
Letter to the Editor
Community opinions needed To the Editor: The Petersburg Borough Assembly needs community opinion regarding the co-mingled recycling program. Monday,...
Assembly divided on changes to recycling program
The assembly was divided on a proposal to transition to an in-house, cart-based recycling program this summer. The transition comes with a $285,000... Full story
2014 Year in review
January More than 600 Petersburg residents signed up for the borough's recycling program. The Peters... Full story
Survey says? Recycling users satisfied, but more needed to cover program costs
Though 97 percent of respondents said they are satisfied with Petersburg’s commingled recycling program, Public Works staff have also been alerted t... Full story
Borough Manager's Report
Borough Manager Steve Geisbrecht presented the following report to the assembly at Monday’s regular meeting: Medicaid recertification for the M...
Wrangell participates in PIA's gillnet recycling program
WRANGELL — There's finally a place to put discardable gill nets in Wrangell, perhaps at last solving a problem that has been hassling the island. I...
