The municipal elections weren’t the only thing Sitkans voted on last Tuesday. A group of locals spent the better part of the day inside Harrigan Centennial Hall, discussing ideas to improve health and wellness in the city. They settled on four goals to achieve in the next year.
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Pelican officials hope their takeover of a closed seafood plant will help invigorate the town’s economy. But they’ve got a long way to go before that happens.Pelican Mayor Patricia Phillips says the seafood plant owed the city about $40,000 in back taxes. And there seemed to be no chance that the owner, Ed Bahrt & Associates, would reopen, or pay.
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Tuesday’s election demonstrated that Sitkans are big on their schools, especially when that support translates into major state funding. Three out of four voters approved a pair of bond measures to pay for major maintenance at Blatchley Middle School. The margin was nearly as large for using the summer sales tax hike to pay for major maintenance at Pacific High.
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Cheryl Westover has the lead in the race for mayor, but the result is still too close to call. Meanwhile, Terry Blake and Thor Christianson look to be on their way to the Assembly table.
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Sitka’s laws on smoking will not change in the wake of Tuesday’s election.
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Sitka voters said a firm “no” to a package of propositions intended to rescue the Hames PE Center on the campus of the former Sheldon Jackson College. The split was roughly 60-40 against props 6, 7, and 8.
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Unofficial election returns are in for several of the communities in KCAW’s listening area.
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Many of the communities surrounding Sitka are also having local elections today (Tue Oct 5).
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Sitka voters head to the polls today (Tue Oct 5) to make decisions on seven candidates and eight ballot questions.
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Alaska’s 2010 tourism season is over. Excursion managers and cruise line officials are still crunching the numbers. But it looks like the drop in cruise ship traffic was at least partially made up by an increase in independent travelers.
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