The St. Paul City Council is set to resume meeting in-person after Labor Day, but council members said they'd like to see residents retain the option to weigh in virtually. The council has been conducting public meetings over video calls since March 2020, when City Halls across the state shut down due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Gov. Tim Walz's emergency orders have allowed for exceptions to .
St. Paul announces names of parks at new Highland Bridge development
Construction on the parks will begin later this year.
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The city of St. Paul has announced the names of four the parks at Highland Bridge development, which is located at the former Ford Site along the Mississippi River.
Names were submitted by the public and selected with feedback from members of the Dakota community and the Saint Paul Youth Commission. The Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Commission was also part of the process.
“The chosen names for these public spaces reflect a myriad of our city’s histories honoring our Native community to whom this land belongs, our Union sisters and brothers who labored on the site for a century, our city’s interconnectivity with the rest of the region, and a very popular coyote in our neighborhood,” said Ward 3 Council Member Chris Tolbert in a statement.
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A fuel ration on the Pribilof Island of St. Paul ended Tuesday after more than a month and a half of limiting fuel for both residents and fishermen.
The Bering Sea community announced the ration in late February after bad weather repeatedly canceled the arrival of a fuel barge.
The North Pacific Fuel barge finally arrived at the dock on Tuesday, according to City Manager Phil Zavadil. The city had been waiting on its arrival since November of last year. I think we ve been expecting it each month and then it didn t arrive because of weather and timing with delivery to other communities, he said.
Alaska community issues emergency after 1st case of COVID-19
April 3, 2021
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The Alaska community of St. Paul has issued an emergency stay-at-home ordinance after its first case of the coronavirus.
An essential worker tested positive on the island, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday. It is the first reported coronavirus case in St. Paul since the pandemic began, the outlet reported.
The city’s hunker-down order will last from April 1 until April 15 and was approved by the St. Paul City Council on Thursday. All of St. Paul’s residents besides those in essential government, business or healthcare services will be asked to stay at home, city officials wrote.