The Morning Interview

Nominations due for Sitka Health Summit

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Doug Osborne tells Holly Keen that the sixth annual Health Summit is coming up. It’s the event that gave birth to the ideas behind Sitka’s bike-friendly status, the farmer’s market, the fish-to-schools program and the Choose Respect mural that’s hanging on Blatchley Middle School.

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