The Assembly and the Tribal Council meet twice a year in what’s known as a government-to-government dinner. And the relationship between the two groups of elected officials appears to have grown in recent years.
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Previously, bears that were wounded and then escaped were automatically counted as a dead female bear. But the Alaska Professional Hunters Association, whose members include bear hunting guides, argued that in many cases, that’s not true.
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The Alaska Board of Game has rejected tougher restrictions for hunters who shoot nannies. Managers have been concerned about declining numbers of the female mountain goats near Sitka. But the seven-member board voted unanimously on Tuesday to keep the status quo in place.
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Listen to Tuesday's Tsunami Call-In with Police Chief Sheldon Schmitt, Fire Chief Dave Miller, Assistant Fire Chief Al Stevens and Joel Curtis, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service and see the slides that Joel refers to and the web links mentioned during the program.
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The Alaska Board of Game advanced a pair of reports that call for trapping wolves in Southeast Alaska, in an attempt to help deer populations recover. But both plans are far from final.
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Kettleson Memorial Library and the Sitka Sound Science Center are the recipients of hundreds of thousands of dollars ... from two separate donors.
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The 7.5-magnitude temblor is believed to be responsible for a landslide into Betty Lake -- one of the water sources for the Armstrong-Keta hatchery at Port Armstrong. Further north, in Deer Lake, avalanches caused by the earthquake are believed responsible for swamping a skiff owned by NSRAA, the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association.
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Theresa Hillhouse made the announcement at Tuesday's regular meeting of the Sitka Assembly. She says she’ll be starting a new job with the municipal attorney’s office in Anchorage in March.
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Last night’s Assembly meeting also included a topic no one could have foreseen when the agenda was released Friday. Officials say they learned a lot when the community evacuated in response to a tsunami warning.
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In Sitka, the tsunami siren blew at 12:13 a.m. And for residents, in low-lying areas, the siren’s message was clear: Get out of your house and move to higher ground. But many found they weren't exactly prepared for a sudden relocation.
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