The Sitka Assembly will meet with a group of national experts tonight (09-12-17) to talk about updating the municipality’s code for land use. They'll also review two bulk water contracts and funding plans to renovate the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez airport, repair the O’Connell Lightering Facility, and options for resurfacing Sawmill Creek Road.
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The Sitka Community Hospital Board has a big decision to make about whether to stop the labor and delivery program and transition to a daytime schedule for surgery. They’ll host a work session this evening for all members of the public to attend and weigh in.
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The Sitka Fire Department responded to landslide activity today afternoon, when a small section of dirt came down in the 4300-block of Halibut Point Road.
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The roster of Sitkans running for the local Assembly has grown from six to seven. Kitty Sopow submitted her name Thursday (09-07-17) as a write-in candidate.
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KCAW's Co-General Managers Ken and Rachel Fate held their last day on the job Thursday (08-31-17), departing the Cable House with their dog Olivia in tow. For a relationship this storied, it’s perhaps no surprise their love was born on the radio too.
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The City of Sitka is seeking public input it hospital through community meetings. Community Affairs Director Maegan Bosak recaps the one held last night at ANB Hall, which drew a crowd of seventy people expressing their wishes for the future of healthcare in the region.
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The largest tropical downpour in U.S. history has given way to catastrophic flooding in Texas. Before Hurricane Harvey made landfall, several Sitka-based Coast Guard members were deployed there to assist with relief efforts.
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The City of Sitka is hosting the first of two town halls tonight (08-30-17) to gather public input on the future of healthcare, The talks will be led be a professional facilitator, with the change for roundtable discussion in small groups.
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On Tuesday night (08-22-17), the Sitka Assembly approved - on first reading - $270,000 to fix damaged piling at the O’Connell Lightering Facility. They also authorized the Harbor Department to conduct market research on raising moorage rates.
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Sitka Community Hospital is getting the office extension it asked for, but not without some big picture questions from the Assembly on how it will stay financially solvent into the future.
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