Since her arrest in downtown Sitka last April, Indea Ford has been treated as a criminal. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will ultimately decide if Ford has to return to face abduction charges in the UK -- and to face a man who she claims abused her and her children for years.
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Former Sitka Mayor Marko Dapcevich will not appeal his lawsuit against the City of Sitka over the procurement of a new dock at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park. In exchange, the city has dropped its claim against Dapcevich for legal fees.
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All individual parties in litigation surrounding a fatal landslide in Sitka in August, 2015, have settled out of court, averting a 6-week trial. The dispute between the developer of the Kramer Avenue neighborhood and the City of Sitka, however, remains in litigation.
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Over 100 Sitkans turned out Wednesday night (2-22-18) for the first public hearing on the Sitka School District budget for next year. All were concerned about one issue: The Sitka Performing Arts Center.
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Sitka now has three licensed cultivation facilities and two other retailers. Business is going pretty well. In the first 14 months of legal cannabis sales in Alaska the industry statewide generated over $57 million in sales, and contributed over $5 million in taxes .
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Sitka has made a business out of selling options on its surplus water supply -- over $1.5 million dollars in fact -- yet has never sold a drop of bulk water. But this is the first time the community has been approached by a customer from a major urban area in crisis.
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The Sitka School Board has extended superintendent Mary Wegner’s contract for another year -- to 2021. The decision came Thursday night (2-15-18) after a performance review lasting almost three hours -- all of which took place behind closed doors.
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Somewhere over Southeast Alaska, just about every day of the year, one of three Coast Guard helicopters is on patrol or training. Air Station Sitka commander Chip Lewin discussed the capabilities of his crews and their equipment in a presentation to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce.
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KCAW's recent reporting on a weather app called mPing has contributed to increased use of the product in Alaska -- a good thing, since it is also a sophisticated research tool.
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Although the Arctic is undergoing significant changes due to climate change, the Maple’s historic voyage demonstrated that major challenges remain for ships attempting to cross the northern edge of the continent.
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