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Assembly approves general, enterprise fund budgets for FY26
This year’s budget cycle has had its ups and downs– anticipating a deficit early in the process, in March the assembly tasked department heads with finding areas where the budget could be trimmed. Ultimately a few cuts plus a $400,000 increase in property tax revenue left the city with over $200,000 surplus in the general fund.
With state funding still uncertain, Sitka School Board rolls back staff cuts for next year
The Sitka School Board has restored four elementary teaching positions, a school nurse, and a data manager to next year's budget -- even though state lawmakers haven't settled on an amount for school funding.
Gymnasts jump for joy on Parks and Rec’s new AirFloor
Sitka gymnasts were jumping for joy this week when they got to practice for the first time on the city’s new air floor that was donated by the Sitka Recreation Foundation. The city’s Parks and Rec Department team sent over this audio postcard from the event:
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Federal Funding & KCAW
Funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is 24% of KCAW’s budget this year and now it's under threat...
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Commission seeking community feedback on ‘Tourism Best Management Practices’ plan
The city's Tourism Commission is hosting a meeting on Wednesday (4-30-25) to gather community feedback on its Tourism Best Management Practices (TBMP) plan.
‘Anti-genre’ bands return to Sitka for weekend concerts
Visiting bands Sledgehammer and Peter Wooten will perform in Sitka this weekend. The bands last visited Sitka in February, when they played a memorial concert to raise funds for the families of the late F/V Windwalker crew.
Sitka History for Tour Guides (and anyone else!) offered this weekend
Many people involved in Sitka's visitor industry find themselves teaching a bit about the community's history. But where is a good place to learn it? SMHS is offering a course this Saturday, April 26.
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School district forms ad hoc committee for budget crisis
Ryan Howe speaks to Wrangell School Board on April 14, 2025 about the budget ad hoc committee the...
Explosives were discovered on a beach and in a storage unit in Ketchikan
The storage facility where a pipe bomb was located by police on Wednesday. Officials say the...
Robbins Jr., Thomas appointed to Ketchikan school board
The White Cliff building, where Ketchikan Gateway Borough and School Board meetings are held, is...
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Fairbanks jury convicts man of killing robbery co-defendant
The jury took about three hours to find Kevin Robinson, 24, guilty of murdering Robert Rones after...
Alaska could lose a beloved climate communicator if NOAA cuts happen
The draft cuts would eliminate several research institutes the agency funds in Alaska, including...
Alaska House votes down restrictions and disclosure rules for ‘dark money’ campaign cash
The restrictions were proposed as amendments to a bill that would restrict donations directly to...
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Trump fires Biden appointees, including Doug Emhoff, from the Holocaust Museum board
Critics see the terminations as an effort to politicize the Holocaust museum. The White House says...
The U.S. backs Israel’s ban on the U.N.’s Palestinian aid agency at the World Court
The United States told the International Court of Justice Wednesday that Israel must provide aid...
Photos: A look back at the fall of Saigon and the final days of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured...
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