Over the last few months, cities, boroughs and communities across Alaska have received over $300 million in federal coronavirus relief -- but the funding comes with significant strings attached. Leaders in some of Southeast Alaska’s smallest communities have said that there are unforeseen challenges of using that federal aid.
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The election for city assembly and school board will look a little different this fall in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing requirements.
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A plan to build a privately owned marine haulout by next fishing season stalled at the Sitka Assembly table this week (6-30-20). How the city proceeds in the coming months depends on whether it secures a federal grant.
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Both patients have symptoms and are Sitka residents, according to a city press release.
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Health officials earlier on Tuesday (7-21-20) announced two new coronavirus cases in Sitka -- one resident, and one non-resident. The two latest cases push Sitka’s cumulative count up to 28 -- 17 residents and 11 non-residents. Of those 28 cases, 23 have recovered, leaving 5 active cases in the community currently.
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From the KCAW archives, summer 2012: Caitlin Woolsey, daughter of KCAW news director Robert Woolsey, is a self-described berry addict. This is her twist on The Alaska Wild Berry Cookbook's "Salmonberry Cream Pie." A recent dinner guest (from a land with no salmonberries) took one bite and said, "This pie is mind-blowing!"
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When the coronavirus pandemic halted cruise ship traffic near Kake, local officials and university researchers clambered to start monitoring nearby waters. They want to see how the cruise ship industry and climate change may be affecting subsistence food sources.
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Sarah Campen was one of 36 Alaska artists chosen by the Rasmuson Foundation for their Individual Artist Award program. She received a $7500 project award to complete a dance and audio project that will incorporate movements specific to Alaskan life.
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Earlier this year, Sitkans Against Family Violence cancelled one of its largest annual fundraisers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now they're trying to raise $20,000 to bridge their fundraising gap for the year.
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Truitt was a member of Mount Edgecumbe High School’s first graduating class and worked at the Sitka boarding school for more than thirty years before retiring in the early 90s. He continued to serve on the school’s advisory board after his retirement.
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