Sitka reports second COVID death of pandemic
Sitka recorded its second death of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday (7-19-21).
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Author: Robert Woolsey, KCAW
That chill in Sitka isn’t the temperature. It’s the first day of a quiet cruise season.
The arrival of the Serenade of the Seas coincided with a major coronavirus outbreak in Sitka, but that didn’t seem to affect the number of passengers visiting town -- all of whom were vaccinated, except for children. There simply weren’t that many of them.
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Even with Sitka’s ‘impressive’ number of breakthrough cases, epidemiologists say vaccine remains best defense
State health officials are still crunching the data from the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Sitka and some other Alaskan communities, and haven’t drawn any firm conclusions from the apparently high rate of “vaccination breakthrough” -- that is, infections occurring in individuals who are fully vaccinated.
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As active cases surge past 100, Sitka emergency officials attribute spike to vaccine refusal
Sitka now leads all communities in the region with 101 active coronavirus cases. Emergency officials say the surge is driven by residents who refuse vaccination, even in the face of the more dangerous Delta variant of the virus.
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On her Sitka visit, a defiant Murkowski lashes out at Senate’s refusal to investigate Capitol riot
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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Co-chair of the ‘working group,’ Kreiss-Tomkins aims for a path through politics to progress
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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Shooter in Sitka drug hit to serve 20 years without parole
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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With reduced bag limit, ADF&G puts brakes on Southeast sport fishing for king salmon
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 missed the boat, but we won’t miss out. The show’s now on for July 10.
Sitka’s fireworks display will be postponed a week, after the shipment was held up at the Canadian border.
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With help from a new app, fishermen can track changing ocean conditions in real time
“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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