2012 - Page 22 of 107

Assembly takes on sewers, sales tax, dogs, software

The Assembly advanced an increase in sewer rates and a measure to ban dogs from certain ball fields. Members also declared a holiday on sales taxes and approved an update to City Hall software older than a few city employees.

Tue Oct. 23, 2012

Family of missing Sitka woman hopes for break in case. Survey looks at violence against women in Sitka, and statewide. Assembly considers final approval for Blue Lake construction. Meeting also covers sewers, dogs and sales taxes. Britons arrive in Petersburg after Northwest Passage journey aboard pleasure craft.

Stedman fund-raising twice Kookesh total

There’s a significant fund-raising gap between the two incumbents fighting to represent a new Southeast Senate district. Here's a look at some of the details of the District Q race between Bert Stedman and Albert Kookesh.

Survey aims to reduce violence against AK women

Nearly half of adult women in Sitka have experienced sexual violence, intimate partner violence, or both in their lifetime. This is according to a 2012 survey that questioned almost 300 women in Sitka.

Sitka Sports on Moller!

Click "more" to listen to this week's Sitka Sports as host Mike Viera talked with guests Ed Conway, Mark Buggins and Brian Hanson about the renovation of Moller field. Learn about the history of the field and some of the technology employed in recent upgrades.

Movie to highlight disability awareness

The Sitka Film Society's Shannon Haugland and SAIL's Nick Ponzetti talk about "Music by Prudence," a film to be shown Friday in observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The Academy Award-winning film highlights a woman from Zimbabwe who uses a wheelchair and also sings and leads a band.