Governor excludes Petersburg from discussion on opening businesses

The Petersburg Borough Assembly held a special meeting on Wednesday to discuss a list of questions from Gov. Mike Dunleavy on the state's decision to reopen the state and local economies; however, the assembly's discussion on those questions was scrapped, because the governor would only be taking feedback from smaller communities to be used when creating a plan to reopen the economy.

During a teleconference between Dunleavy and other state officials with Alaska's municipal mayors and managers and the Alaska Municipal League last week, Mayor Mark Jensen was left with the impression that Dunleav...