Sitka Assembly candidate Mary Ann Hall has dropped out of the race. Municipal Clerk Sara Peterson announced that Hall notified the office of her withdrawal in writing on Thursday morning (8-13-26).
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The filing period for Sitka’s municipal election closed at 5 p.m. Friday, and three more candidates jumped into the race just ahead of the deadline.
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Matt Potter filed to run for a seat on the Sitka School Board on Friday (8-7-26).
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The Southeast Alaska commercial troll fishery will close briefly next week.
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Recently appointed Sitka School Board member Kat Richards has filed to run for a full term. Richards works for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium as a nurse educator, and is a former Sitka School District employee.
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Landslides are a part of life in Southeast Alaska, but often not included in traditional insurance policies. The Southeast Alaska Landslide Information Preparedness Partnership, or SLIPP, is a coalition dedicated to reducing landslide risk and impacts in the region. On Thursday (7-30-26) the group heard from insurance experts on a new option they say is worth exploring.
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Sitka School Board President Phil Burdick filed to run for a second term last week.
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At an industrial park board meeting last week (7-16-26), leadership from Arctic Blue Waters Alaska Inc. said climate change and geopolitics have made the prospect of selling Sitka’s water more possible than ever before. But they still need more money to develop a plan to collect and ship it.
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Firefighters tamped out a fire at the Sitka Hotel on Friday night.
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Sitka’s new haulout has been operating for a little under a year, but it’s still not hauling uninsured boats for repairs. When the Gary Paxton Industrial Park board met on Thursday (7-16-26), it approved a waiver for owners of uninsured boats.
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