Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

City and Borough of Sitka loses over $60,000 in vendor scam

The City and Borough of Sitka is out over $60,000 after a cyber scammer intercepted a payment intended for a contractor.

May 14, 2024: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (5-14-24), it will consider approving the city’s general fund and enterprise fund budgets for next fiscal year.

Assembly advances Fairbanks-based attorney candidate to next round

Sitka doesn’t have a new municipal attorney yet, but after the second round of interviews the city is inviting one job candidate to visit for a community ‘meet and greet.’

Assembly approves one-year property tax exemption for YAS

Youth Advocates of Sitka (YAS) will likely get a property tax exemption for a duplex the nonprofit owns on Halibut Point Road, but only for one year, to give the organization time to establish a new program for teens.

Former assembly candidate denied police commission seat

Austin Cranford, pictured here shortly after he filed to run for a seat on the Sitka Assembly in...

Possible bowhead whale sighting in Sitka Sound raises questions

In late March, a local whale biologist spotted something out of place in Sitka Sound. She’s still having a hard time believing it, but pictures suggest an incredibly rare sighting– a juvenile bowhead whale.

City to raise fee for car rental companies

The city will begin collecting more money from car rental companies in Sitka this fall. When the Sitka Assembly met last night, on a 5-1 vote it approved an increase to the city’s driver facility charge from four to eight percent.

Sitkan indicted for reckless driving after car chase down Smith Street

A Sitka man was indicted in March for reckless driving and resisting arrest after a high speed car chase. Other Sitkans were indicted on charges of forgery and sex abuse.

Assembly asks SEARHC to reconsider home health closure

The Sitka Assembly is calling for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC (like search), to reconsider a decision it made last fall to close its home health department. The assembly unanimously approved a resolution at its meeting on April 9.

April 9, 2024: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

Sitkans continue to call for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, to reestablish its home healthcare department after it closed last fall. When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (4-9-24) it will consider a resolution urging SEARHC to re-establish the Medicare-certified department.