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Phyllis Hackett is a candidate for assembly. The municipal election is Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008.

Call-in forum for mayor candidates on Sep 30, 2008, featuring Mary Magnuson, Nancy Cavanaugh, and Scott McAdams. The mayor serves a two-year term. The municipal election in Sitka will be held on Tuesday, Oct 7.

Candidates for mayor in Sitka were among the first to offer reactions to the news that True Alaska Bottling had shut down. TAB bottled water in Alaska under the name “True” until last Friday (9-26-08) at Sitka’s Sawmill Cove Industrial Park. Bottling was one of the first industries to move in to the site of the former Alaska Pulp Corporation mill. Most of the public learned of the shutdown Tuesday afternoon (9-30-08). The candidates for mayor discussed the news during a scheduled forum that evening on KCAW.

Tim Fulton is a candidate for school board. The municipal election is Tuesday, Oct 7.

Attorneys for Jason Abbott have asked to move his multiple-homicide trial to Juneau. In a motion filed on September 17th, Marci McDannel, with the Office of Public Advocacy, argued that her 19-year-old client’s interest in obtaining a fair trial before an impartial jury is paramount.

Call-in forum for mayor candidates on Sep 30, 2008.

Assembly candidate forum Sep 29, 2008, featuring Joseph Reeves, Phyllis Hackett, Larry Crews, Heidi Raffaele, and Mitch McGraw. There are two open seats on the Sitka assembly, each with a three-year term. The municipal election is Tuesday, Oct 7.

Mitch McGraw is a candidate for assembly. The municipal election is Tuesday Oct 7, 2008.

Assembly candidate forum Sep 29, 2008.

A Federal program that provides millions of dollars in education funding to Southeast schools failed to make it through the US House of Representatives on Friday (September 26, 2008) The National program was first implemented as early as 1908 for communities that lived near National forest land to compensate for loss of tax revenue.