Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

Assembly considers ballot question on sale of former Sitka Community Hospital building

Sitkans may get the chance to weigh in on the sale of the former Sitka Community Hospital building after all.

State’s top doctor visits Sitka Assembly to discuss recent surge

Sitka’s recent coronavirus surge has kept the community in high alert for several weeks now, with active cases currently hovering in the low 200s. In response, Alaska’s top doctor spoke to the Sitka Assembly on Tuesday night (7-27-21) about local and statewide trends, “breakthrough” cases, and new guidance from the CDC for vaccinated individuals.

July 27, 2021: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

The state’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anne Zink, will give a special report to the Sitka Assembly when it meets tonight (7-27-21).

Sitka reported 14 coronavirus cases over weekend

itka reported 14 more coronavirus cases over the weekend and four more hospitalizations.

At home on the water and on paper, Sitka writer wins prestigious national literary award

Sitkan Cathryn Klusmeier has been commercial fishing for nearly a decade. When she’s not on the boat, she’s writing, pushing toward her first book one essay at a time. She recently won a prestigious award, the Pushcart Prize, for an essay that contrasts fishing and her experience grappling with her late father’s chronic illness.

As active COVID cases reach 235, Sitka’s EOC renews call for masking, social distancing

Over the last two days, Sitka reported 64 coronavirus cases.

Infected passenger skips isolation, boards southbound jet out of Sitka

Alaska Airlines says it prevented a COVID-19 infected passenger from boarding a flight in Seattle on Tuesday after they’d arrived from Alaska on a multi-leg trip that included Sitka, Juneau and Ketchikan.

Sitka’s surge continues with 43 new cases reported over weekend

Sitka health officials reported 43 new coronavirus cases over the weekend and five more hospitalizations.

Sitka reported 22 more COVID cases on Friday

Twenty-two more Sitkans tested positive for the coronavirus today (Friday 7/16/21), bringing the city’s current active cases to 126. As the upward trend in positive COVID cases continues, Sitka will remain at a high alert level.