After hitting a low ebb four years ago, Sitka’s cruise ship industry is bouncing back. Fred Reeder, with Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska, told the Sitka Chamber of Commerce (5-9-18) that the outlook for large-ship cruising -- around the world -- was improving.
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The age to buy tobacco in Sitka will be going up, if an ordinance passed by the Sitka Assembly this week survives a second reading. The assembly also passed the 2019 budget on first reading -- both literally and figuratively.
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Some minor vandalism at a downtown Sitka fish hatchery over the weekend created major trauma for some juvenile coho salmon. The Sitka Sound Science Center reports losing 1,000 coho smolt in the incident, just days before they were to be released into the ocean.
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The smoke, sirens, and hazmat suits are real, but the scenarios are fictional, as agencies from around the state execute two full days of emergency drills in Sitka.
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A Sitka woman has been extradited to the United Kingdom to face child abduction charges. US Marshals delivered 34-year old Indea Ford to British authorities on April 10, almost one full year after her arrest on a downtown Sitka street corner.
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The Sitka School Board said farewell to one of its longest serving members. Dr. Tom Conley, who served a total of 17 years on the board, died at the Sitka Pioneer Home on April 18. He was 74 years old.
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The City of Sitka is spending $100,000 to fix an unspecified problem with its bulk water delivery system. The Sitka Assembly approved the transfer from the Raw Water Sales Fund to the Electric Department “to investigate enhancing the raw water delivery infrastructure to support bulk export.”
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Voters will no longer have the authority to ratify major land transactions in Sitka, if a proposed amendment to local code passes a second reading. The Sitka Assembly last week (4-25-18) on first reading repealed language requiring voter approval, in order to lower barriers to some prospective large sales.
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The Sitka Assembly has formed a committee to draft a resolution which may call for a moratorium on herring fishing in Sitka Sound. The move comes after the failure of this spring’s commercial sac roe fishery, which fell over 8,000 tons short of the expected harvest level.
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Five years on, a regional CDFI -- or Community Development Financial Institution -- has over $3 million in lending capital and a portfolio of 12 loans. Interim director Alana Peterson shared the organization's success with the Sitka Chamber of Commerce recently (4-4-18).
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