Sitka Community Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Hugh Hallgren, will retire in June after more than four years of service in Sitka. The hospital’s Board of Directors announced Hallgren’s retirement on Monday (12-23-13).
Sitka Community Hospital CEO Hugh Hallgren to retire in June. Medevac services in Southeast changing, with more competition and different aircraft.
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An old hemlock tree fell on a transmission line this weekend in Sitka, causing a three hour city wide power outage.
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Moorage rates in Sitka's harbors are going up next week. Invasive tunicates are being monitored in ANB harbor - there's no immediate cause for concern. An old hemlock tree fell on transmission lines this weekend in Sitka causing a three hour city wide power outage.
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Trying to stay in front of holiday calamity, Santa puts his best boot forward and assures young listeners that problems with his new website will not affect this year's delivery of presents. With North Pole social media chief #Blinky@Blinky and KCAW's Robert Woolsey.
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You hear them every single weeknight of the year, on Alaska News Nightly, bringing you the events of the day from our huge state. But how well do you really know them? This is Clement Clark Moore’s holiday classic, The Night Before Christmas -- from some of the most familiar voices on our airwaves.
Moorage rates in Sitka’s harbors are going up next week. The Sitka assembly last night (Mon 12-23-13) approved the rate hike on second reading, bumping the per-foot monthly charge for permanent berths from $2.64 to $2.80, an increase of a little over 6-percent effective New Year's Day.
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The Sitka Assembly will vote on whether to increase moorage fees at Sitka harbors. Former Haines Representative Bill Thomas has filed a letter of intent to run for state office in 2014.
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Work began on Sitka’s ANB Harbor in November. The $7.7 million project will demolish the existing structures and replace them with new floats and pilings by early spring. But a small invader in the harbor has added a wrinkle to the usual process.
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The Fortress’s newest cub, Tuliaan was found several weeks ago in the same Seward smoking outhouse as its sister, Little Smokey.
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