The state ferry LeConte has been sidelined again, but this time it’s not Mother Nature’s fault. Sailings to Sitka and Angoon on January 31 and February 1 have been cancelled due to mechanical problems.
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After a lengthy closed-door meeting last Thursday (1-25-18), the Sitka Hospital Board voted 3-2 to retain Rob Allen, with the “no” votes coming from board members who had been appointed by the assembly just two days before.
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Sitka hasn't exported any bulk water, but nevertheless has made a tidy sum selling rights -- $1.5 million over the last eight years. Director of Economic Development Garry White says he still believes in the future of the water business.
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Tuesday’s (1-23-18) Blatchley Spelling Bee at the Sitka Public Library turned into a word-for-word showdown between Addie Poulson and Zoe Trafton. Powering through words like “labyrinthine,” the dual was finally decided when Poulson tripped on “lichenous” and Trafton then correctly spelled “translucent” for the win!
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Before wrapping up its 13-day meeting in Sitka, the Board of Fish passed an “action plan” intended to reverse the downward spiral in Alaska’s wild king salmon. The plan targets 3 stocks of concern, but leaves the door open for similar conservation measures elsewhere, should they become necessary.
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The Sitka School Board has opened its 2018 budget-building process over $2.3 million in the hole. The board and the Sitka Assembly met in a work session (1-17-18) to look for ways to make ends meet -- in both the schools and the city -- next year.
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Over the past couple of decades satellites, computers, and remote data collection have made huge advances in weather forecasting possible. But now the National Weather Service is bringing online one of the most sophisticated weather observation tools ever -- regular people.
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Three years in the making, the "Tongass Tiny Home" demonstrates the feasibility and beauty of using locally-sourced second-growth materials in home construction. There will be an open house and tours, 4-7 p.m. Thursday, January 18, at Sitka High School.
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And so it begins. The Alaska Board of Fisheries will be in Sitka for almost two full weeks considering hundreds of proposals for changes in the management of Southeast Alaska's shellfish, herring, salmon, and bottomfish fisheries.
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A superior court judge has ruled against former Sitka mayor Marko Dapcevich, who was suing the city over the construction of a dock, and who wanted to hold the city’s administrator and current mayor financially responsible.
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