School board survey asks Sitkans’ views on an ideal interim superintendent
The search for an interim superintendent for the Sitka School District has been extended until March 26, to allow for more public participation.
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Author: Robert Woolsey, KCAW
With state’s order to close boarding schools, Mt. Edgecumbe students say an early goodbye
If and when Alaska’s students return to classrooms on March 30, Mt. Edgecumbe High School students in Sitka will not be among them. Although the state is sending them home early, education will continue remotely.
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Sitka’s Job Center reports a buyer’s market for job-seekers ‘as long as they’re not picky’
Later this month Sitka is holding its first job fair in about ten years, and the outlook is good for anyone looking for a job -- as long as they’re not particular.
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‘We have to trust each other’: Sitka’s top doc advises care, compliance during COVID-19 pandemic
SEARHC chief medical officer Elliot Bruhl speaks doctor-to-patient about the COVID-19 virus, and its risks and implications for Sitka.
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Economic impact of COVID-19 ‘definitely an issue’ in Sitka
Alaska doesn’t have any confirmed cases of the covid-19 coronavirus yet, but there is a lot of planning going on around the possibility that the flu-like illness will arrive here.
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Sitka coordinates plans for arrival of Covid-19 virus, to ‘stay ahead of panic’
Authorities in Sitka are braced for the inevitable arrival of the covid-19 virus. Members of the Local Emergency Planning Committee held a public meeting on Friday afternoon (3-6-20) to share information about the disease.
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Citing health concerns, Wegner resigns as Sitka Schools superintendent
Sitka Schools superintendent Mary Wegner has resigned. Wegner submitted her letter to the Sitka School Board at its regular meeting on Wednesday, March 4. She asked to be released from her contract two years early, on June 30, 2020.
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Bob Allen, 1936-2020: Entrepreneur, boat builder, and storyteller had little fear of failure
The founder of one of Alaska’s largest homegrown marine tourism companies has died. Bob Allen, of Sitka’s Allen Marine, passed away Monday morning, March 2. He was 83 years old.
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Sitka School District’s ‘nice deficit’ will call for some tough decisions in the near future
The Sitka School District is within $700,000 of having a balanced budget for the next school year -- a significant contrast from the budgeting picture this time last year. A member of the public referred to it as “the nicest deficit we’ve had in several years.”
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John McCain’s humor, wisdom buoy Murkowski as she calls for a check on presidential power
In two recent speeches during the congressional recess, Sen. Lisa Murkowski repeated a joke attributed to Sen. John McCain. The reference brings some droll humor to post-impeachment politics, but may also signal Murkowski's determination to rein in the president.
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