Author: Ed Ronco, KCAW

Last two ships of year cancel Sitka stops

The cancellation doesn’t do any favors for Sitka’s visitor industry. Numbers were already down 17 percent this year, to just over 106,000 people. In 2011, approximately 129,000 visitors came to Sitka aboard cruise ships.

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Tue Sep 25, 2012

Blue Lake tops legislative priority list. Sea squirt's bizarre biology could hold keys to eradication. Cruise wastewater report nears completion. MEHS gets voice on university student government.

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McConnell: Sitka needs a mayor to bring people together

"Today is a point in time when Sitka needs a mayor that will look at all the possibilities for economic growth, and be creative and open to new ideas. When we bring people together and build on the assets that we have, we can do a great deal to grow and build an economy that works today and in the future."

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Mt. Edgecumbe H.S. gets seat on UAS government

Sam Clark is from Dillingham. He’s a senior at Edgecumbe, and he takes some classes at the UAS Sitka campus. At the beginning of the school year, he was elected vice president of the campus Student Government Association.

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Assembly weighs options for Benchlands property

The city should put about 25 percent of a property known as the Benchlands out for bid. That was the recommendation heard at a work session Thursday between the Sitka Assembly and an ad-hoc committee formed to draft options for the land.

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Hays, adopted father of 15, to talk on FASD issues

John Hays is the adopted father of 15 children, all of whom were prenatally exposed to alcohol. Since then, he and his wife have worked to learn all they can about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and how to help the children who are affected.

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Mon Sep 24, 2012

City to pursue $4M grant for Blue Lake cost. Assembly looks to committee for Benchlands options. Alabama woman's donation to make big difference for Fine Arts Camp. Could Petersburg get a lumber mill?

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