2016 was the busiest year ever for the Sitka Fire Department. Fire Chief Dave Miller told the Sitka Chamber this week (2-22-17) that firefighters responded to 1,438 calls last year -- many alcohol-related.
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The Sitka Ranger District has $650,000 to spend on habitat improvements and recreation locally, but lacks the authority to allocate a single penny, without the approval of citizen committee called the RAC.
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The Sitka Assembly culled its list of applicants for municipal administrator from 48 to 16, in a special meeting last night (Thu 2-16-17). Five of them are women.
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The Sitka Community Hospital Board has concluded that a joint venture with SEARHC isn’t practical, and is now looking at a possible merger.
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The taxable limit for retail sales in Sitka will be going up this fall -- and a hike in electric rates could come much sooner. The Sitka assembly advanced both measures to close the city’s budget gap.
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Although Sitka’s performing arts center is not on the budget chopping block this year, that didn’t stop advocates of the arts at the school district’s first budget hearing last week (2-9-17).
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The proposed reorganization of the Alaska Marine Highway System does not include privatization, according to the SE Conference's Robert Venables.
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The Sitka School Board is sending its suicide prevention policy back to the drawing board -- at the request of its student member, who thinks parents and guardians should be more involved.
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Often the beginning of the budget process is a pretty grim time, as the Sitka School District contemplates a large and seemingly insurmountable deficit. This year, though, things are different.
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While the 280-foot crane Brightwater was positioned in Sitka Channel this week to drive pilings for the new Petro fuel dock, the enormous rig will be put to work on a public project next.
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