When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (6-11-19), it will consider a resolution to fire the city administrator. It may also pass a final draft of the city’s budget for next year, and could move forward with an ordinance that would make it easier for the city to use money from property sales.
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At their regular meeting next Tuesday (6/11/19), the Sitka Assembly will consider a resolution to remove Keith Brady as City Administrator.
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An assembly subcommittee will meet on Friday evening (6-7-19) to begin pouring over a list of vacant city positions. Committee chair Steven Eisenbeisz and members Valorie Nelson and Richard Wein will then make recommendations to the assembly as to whether or not those positions should be filled.
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A local bus system came under some scrutiny last week after one of its drivers asked a customer to remove his hat bearing a political message.
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Sitka Community Hospital employees won’t be moving over to SEARHC on July 1 as originally planned. SEARHC and city officials announced today (Monday 6-3-19) that the transition date has been pushed back to August 1.
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For a moment in May, listeners may have caught a different voice reading Sitka's news over the airwaves. KSTK reporter June Leffler traveled to Sitka from Wrangell last month, and spent a week shadowing the KCAW news department.
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After a turbulent year, Sitka finally has a new police chief. Robert Baty has worked in various law enforcement positions across the state for the past 33 years, from homicide investigator to composite artist.
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Sitka’s Homeless Coalition is still seeking to build a men’s night shelter in Sitka, and hopes to bring in the city as a partner.
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At the regular meeting of the Sitka Assembly Tuesday (5/28/19), assembly members narrowly passed all of next year’s department budgets on first reading, took a step toward changing how city property sales proceeds are disbursed, and changed the minimum lot sizes for residential properties.
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A local pharmacy business and the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium have reached an agreement: White’s Inc. will provide pharmacy services at Sitka’s long-term care facility.
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