PIA Tribal Council fills vacant seats

Later this month, the Petersburg Indian Association Tribal Council will have every seat occupied after swearing in Christine Yatchmenoff as a newly appointed Councilmember.

The council filled one vacant seat in March, swearing in Brandon Ware, and sought to fill another vacancy left by Everett Bennett, who was elected to the council in January but later resigned to pursue the PIA tribal administrator position left by Chad Wright and started the job May 20.

Yatchmenoff will be sworn in to fill Bennett's former council seat during the next PIA council meeting on June 18 and will serve through th...