Harbormaster Glo Wollen recently returned from this year’s harbormaster conference held in Dutch Harbor. It was the first year holding the Alaska Association of Harbormasters and Port Administrators (AAHPA) in Dutch Harbor.

Wollen announced that next year Petersburg will play host to the conference of around 100 harbormasters, engineers and people in the industry.

The conference rotates constantly, with one year in Southeast then one year up north, so people attending get the opportunity to experience a variety of harbors. Wollen’s been to Seattle, Wrangell, Juneau and Seward, to

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