Senate passes Petersburg land grant bill

The Petersburg Borough with its final boundaries. (File photo)Legislation to increase the Petersburg Borough’s land grant from the state passed the Alaska Senate on Monday (April 10). The bill would transfer more than 14,000 acres to the new borough, which hopes to develop or sell off some of the property.
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Senate Bill 28 was heard in the Senate Resources committee. It and a companion bill in the House would grant 14,666 acres of state land to the borough government. As part of t