Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

As hiring freeze continues, assembly members review vacant jobs

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.

MAGA hat sparks Sitka transit controversy

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.

Hospital transition delayed until August

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.

Five questions with Wrangell reporter June Leffler

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.

Police chief ready to call Sitka home again

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.

Homeless Coalition still searching for shelter space

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.

Assembly forges on with FY2020 budget

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.