Category: Local News

Sitkan indicted for reckless driving after car chase down Smith Street

by Katherine Rose | Apr 11, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Local News

A Sitka man was indicted in March for reckless driving and resisting arrest after a high speed car chase. Other Sitkans were indicted on charges of forgery and sex abuse. Read More

April 9, 2024: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

by Katherine Rose | Apr 9, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitkans continue to call for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, to reestablish its home healthcare department after it closed last fall. When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (4-9-24) it will consider a resolution urging SEARHC to re-establish the Medicare-certified department. Read More

Commercial herring fishery closed for season on Friday

by KCAW News | Apr 8, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery closed for the season on Friday (4-5-24). Read More

City to take over management of Blatchley Middle School pool

by Katherine Rose | Apr 8, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

The City of Sitka will take over management of the Blatchley Middle School swimming pool from the Sitka School District. At a special budget meeting on Thursday (4-4-24) the Sitka Assembly unanimously agreed to assume pool operations at a time when the school district is struggling to contend with uncertainties surrounding state funding.Read More

Sitka School board grapples with funding uncertainty as budget deadline approaches

by Katherine Rose | Apr 8, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka School District was still in a precarious place with its budget, when Sitka’s new superintendent Deidre Jenson got into the driver’s seat officially on Wednesday night (4-3-24). Read More