Sen. Murkowski's visit to Sitka was a courtesy call, to check in with local leaders on the infrastructure bill making its way through Congress, and to discuss energy issues -- but the courtesy ended when the conversation turned to Trump.
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Sitka Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins co-chairs a bipartisan working group to come up with a fresh plan for the state’s finances, and to do it before the legislature reconvenes in a special session this August.
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Christina Quintana will spend 20 years in prison without parole, for pulling the trigger in a drug hit three years ago in Sitka. In passing sentence, Superior Court Judge William Carey said Quintana's offense was the worst he had seen in a drug-related case, in his 40-year legal career.
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ADF&G has lowered the sportfish bag limit for king salmon in Southeast, after an unexpectedly successful season so far. The Emergency Order was issued after it appeared that Southeast sport anglers were going to overshoot their allocation for chinook -- by anywhere from 3,460 to 12,650 fish.
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Sitka’s fireworks display will be postponed a week, after the shipment was held up at the Canadian border.
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“Skipper Science” will allow users along Alaska’s entire coastline to contribute observations about changes in fish and animal populations, which can then be collected and quantified as data for Alaska’s science-based resource management.
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For the first time in almost a year, both Sitka and the state are in the yellow low alert level. The coronavirus, however, still remains a serious health risk, especially for the unvaccinated.
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Lucinda Mahoney is the Commissioner of the state Department of Revenue. Mahoney was in Sitka (6-9-21) to sell the Chamber of Commerce on the 50/50 plan, and the governor’s hopes to enshrine it in the Alaska Constitution.
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Kari Lanphier manages the Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research lab in Sitka. She says a sample of blue mussels from Starrigavan Bay tested on Tuesday, June 8, showed levels of the PSP toxin above the regulatory limit.
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Charlie Skultka Sr. caught only one fish over five days of fishing -- in fact, he got only one strike -- but it was enough to win him over $6,000 in cash, and another $2,500 in prizes.
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