The Sitka Tribe of Alaska in November won another round in its legal fight with the state over the management of the commercial herring fishery. And next week (Jan 14) the court will hear new oral arguments, and decide whether the state has upheld its constitutional responsibilities in its management of the fishery.
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More than ten percent of Sitkans have received the initial coronavirus vaccine shot. As of Monday (1-4-21) morning, SEARHC had vaccinated 2760 people, according to spokesperson Maegan Bosak. 905 of them were in Sitka. That count doesn’t include around 100 first responders who received their first doses at the Sitka Fire Hall in mid-December.
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The new cases were reported between Monday, December 28 and Sunday, January 3, according to city data. A woman in her 20s, a woman in her 40s and two women in their 60s tested positive, along with a young man under 10.
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While many Sitkans were nestled snug in their beds in the wee hours of Christmas morning, a Coast Guard helicopter crew was busy rescuing four boaters whose 15-foot vessel had capsized near the Yamani Islets, around 27 miles south of Sitka.
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Case counts have slowed a bit just as vaccination access is increasing in Southeast. SEARHC began offering vaccinations to the public this week in Sitka. The vaccine is currently available locally for those aged 65 and older, medically vulnerable individuals and essential workers. A community vaccination clinic will be held Tuesday, December 29th, at Harrigan Centennial Hall from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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UPDATE (12-29-20, 10:20 AM): SEARHC began offering vaccinations to the public this week in Sitka....
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A photo of Silver Bay taken at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park on December 24, 2020. The assembly...
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Sitka began experiencing widespread power outages shortly after 1:15 a.m. out Halibut Point Road, downtown and on Japonski Island. Due to the weather event, Raven Radio is temporarily off the air. Until our signal is up-and-running again, updates will be posted to our website and Facebook page.
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Although the latest round of winter storms didn’t cause landslides in Sitka’s residential areas, they did cause damage to city property to the tune of just under a million dollars. When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (12-22-20) it will consider declaring a disaster emergency in the hope of securing state and federal funding to offset the costs of those repairs.
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The Sitka Assembly is already starting the budget process for next year. And while where the budget will end up is always pretty hazy this early in the budgeting cycle, the full impacts of the coronavirus and a timeline for Sitka’s economic recovery are still mostly unknown.
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