Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

December 28, 2021: What’s happening when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight, it will consider on second reading whether to opt out of a new state law making all-terrain vehicles street legal.

24 new coronavirus cases reported in Sitka over long holiday weekend

24 new coronavirus cases were reported in Sitka over the long holiday weekend, according to data from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.

Free COVID tests available at Sitka’s public health center

As omicron drives COVID rates up throughout the nation, Sitkans have more tools in their toolkit to combat the highly transmissible coronavirus variant. The Sitka Public Health Center is now providing at-home tests to the public, free of charge. And if you test positive, your quarantine won’t be as long, with new CDC guidance trimming the quarantine time to five days for COVID-positive patients with no symptoms.

Sitka AC calls on state to fund herring research update

The Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee is calling for more funding for ADF&G staff to improve the department’s herring research.

Few details available in afternoon raid at Sitka Super 8

Armed federal officers were stationed around the Super 8 hotel in Sitka this afternoon (Tuesday 12-21-21), amid an ongoing drug investigation.

Sitka AC lends support to 4 southeast herring proposals

Herring was always going to be center stage for the Sitka Fish & Game Advisory Committee during its intense round of meetings this fall, and – even as the group pored over a big stack of other salmon and shellfish proposals – herring was never out of the limelight for long. KCAW’s Katherine Rose takes a look back at which herring proposals got the nod from the Sitka AC, before they’re handed to the Alaska Board of Fisheries at its meeting next month in Ketchikan.

3 new coronavirus cases reported in Sitka this weekend

Three new coronavirus cases were reported in Sitka over the weekend (12-19-21) according to data from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.

Before she was Miss America, Emma Broyles was shining star on Sitka stage

Alaskan Emma Broyles was crowned Miss America on Thursday night (12-16-21). Sitkans may remember the 2018 Sitka Fine Arts Camp production of Legally Blonde the Musical– If you caught the show, you saw Broyles in the lead role of Elle Woods.

ATVs become street legal in Alaska next month, but Sitka is considering opting out

Beginning next month, the state of Alaska will allow all-terrain vehicles on public roadways with speed limits below 45 miles per hour. But that may not be the case in all Alaska communities. When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (12-14-21), it approved, on first reading, an ordinance that would have Sitka opt out of the new state law.