Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

Assembly approves $3M funding for trash compactor on first reading

After months of negotiations, Sitka’s garbage shipping problem is finally coming to a head. When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday, it tentatively approved $3 million in funding for a compactor, but some Assembly members were concerned that the loan city staff want to use to pay for the equipment isn’t what the money is meant for.

New COVID cases tied to outbreak at Pioneer Home, Trooper Academy

Four new coronavirus cases were reported in Sitka on Wednesday (10-27-21), according to data from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.

October 26, 2021: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (10-26-21), it will consider purchasing a $3 million dollar solid waste compactor that would compact Sitka’s garbage into “bails” to reduce the risk of shipping fires at sea.

Sitka reported 5 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, keeping alert level ‘high’

Five new COVID cases were reported in Sitka on Tuesday (10-19-21), according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.

Sitka health providers report steady rollout of COVID boosters, third doses

Health providers report around 1,200 third dose and booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Sitka.. Sitka Fire Chief Craig Warren told the Sitka Unified Command last week (10-14-21), that the third dose is causing some confusion over vaccination rates because the state’s COVID-19 information system was designed to track two doses, not three or more.

Coast Guard rescues mariner in storm 145 miles west of Sitka

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man whose sailboat had overturned Monday (10-11-21), while sailing solo across the Gulf of Alaska about 145 miles west of Sitka.

Assembly authorizes hospital sale on 6-1 vote

When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (10-13-21), it closed the final chapter in the city’s ownership of the former Sitka Community Hospital Building.

October 12, 2021: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (10-12-21), two new members will be sworn in, but not before the current Assembly considers a final vote to sell the former Sitka Community Hospital Building.

With absentee votes tallied, Mosher narrowly wins second Assembly seat

At noon today (10-8-21), Sitka election officials began counting around 800 absentee and early ballots that were cast in the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s municipal election. The effort took around two hours, and the results are in. Dave Miller and Kevin Mosher have been elected to the Sitka Assembly, and Proposition 1, which asked voters to weigh in on the sale of the former Sitka Community Hospital Building , passed by a wide margin.

Here come the BIRDS, hello birds! TikTok fans flock to Sitka’s Raptor Center

Facebook and Instagram have been making headlines recently. Not all of the news is good, and a lot of people have begun to think that social media is for the birds -- and maybe it is! At the Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center in Sitka, bird lovers are flocking to TikTok to catch up with some avian social media celebrities.