The state of the city is not too bad, according to Sitka Mayor Mim McConnell. McConnell reported on the economic and social health of the community to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. The mayor drew extensively for her presentation from a budget cover letter drafted by former city administrator Jim Dinley shortly before his resignation. But Mayor McConnell also offered some of her own analysis.
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Bicycle activist and health educator Doug Osborne describes some of the events planned for Sitka during National Bicycle Month in Sitka, including the Bike Rodeo (Sat May 4 at the USCG hangar), Bike to School Day (Wed May 8), Bike to Work Week (May 13-17), Bike to Work Day Pancake Breakfast (Fri May 17, 7:30-9 at UAS).
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Sitka to lose two Alaska Airlines flights daily during May runway repairs. ADF&G to do final survey of herring spawn. Sen. Murkowski visits Ketchikan, urges Forest Service chief to do same.
Sitka will miss two Alaska Airlines flights a day during the month of May, in order to allow a paving contractor to replace the runway at the Rocky Gutierrez Airport. Flight 70, which arrives from Juneau at around 11 PM every night, and Flight 73, which departs at 6 AM the next morning with the same plane, have been suspended as of this week.
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Mt. Edgecumbe's Kanuk strikes gold at Native Youth Olympics. "Day of loss" as Bill Brady Center closes. Audio postcard: Southeast MusicFest.
Mt. Edgecumbe High School seniors Vance Gregory (Galena) and Nelson Kanuk (Kipnuk), and junior Renee Romer (Kipnuk) discuss their team's success at last weekend's Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage.
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A Mt. Edgecumbe High School student brought home gold from the Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage over the weekend (Apr 26-27, 2013). Nelson Kanuk, a senior from Kipnuk, took first place in the boys Seal Hop. Kanuk covered nearly 135-feet in the agonizing event.
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Alaska’s tour industry expects more people to visit the state this year. More and larger cruise ships are on their way, bringing visitors through Southeast and across the Gulf of Alaska.
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Sitka Community Hospital nurses Elizabeth Faulkner and Alissa Sexton outline the schedule for this Saturday's (5-4-13) garage sale and Poker Run. Participants can win credits toward a variety of services at the hospital.
More, larger cruise ships to visit Alaska this summer. Sitka to receive 105,000 passengers, down from 114,000 last year. Juneau paddlers okay after traditional canoes lost en route to Kake. Haines to build private "veterans village."
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