A regional tribe wants to buy around 10,000 square feet of Petersburg Borough-owned property near the town's Fire Hall.
The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, a federally recognized tribe based in Juneau, has applied to the borough to purchase the plot off Haugen Drive. The tribe wants to build a wireless tower there next summer to provide internet service and expand cell coverage in Petersburg.
The Petersburg Borough Assembly considered the tribe's application during the noon assembly meeting on Sept. 2.
Tlingit and Haida has an initiative called the Tidal Netwo...
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