New COVID-19 cases prompt Sitka to shift to ‘high alert’
Six Sitkans have tested positive for the coronavirus since Sunday (11-1-20), prompting the city and Sitka School District to shift to a “high” alert level.
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Six Sitkans have tested positive for the coronavirus since Sunday (11-1-20), prompting the city and Sitka School District to shift to a “high” alert level.
Read MoreTwo more coronavirus cases were reported over the weekend.
Read MoreAfter last week’s torrential downpour that caused at least one landslide, Sitkans are preparing for another torrential downpour this weekend.
Read MoreWhat if there was a faster way to predict when a COVID-19 wave was about to happen before the positive cases started rolling in? Researchers at the University of Alaska are partnering with communities around the state to figure out if we can make haste, by testing waste.
Read MoreThe City of Sitka is rapidly working its way through $14 million in federal CARES Act relief. With the deadline just over two months away, local officials are in the unusual position of spending money as fast as they can.
Read MoreHarbor Mountain and Blue Lake Road are closed to the public after at least one landslide happened over the weekend.
Read MoreA staff member at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Read MoreThe Sitka Assembly has spent the last few months doling out $14 million in federal CARES Act funding to the community. While it’s set to distribute more of those funds in November, several recipients from the first round of business and nonprofit grants appealed to the assembly for more money.
Read MoreWith no federal or state funding available to support the project, plans for a new marine haulout in Sitka have come to a standstill. The Sitka Assembly this week (10-13-20) went back to the drawing board to look for new ideas to develop a haulout, which is considered vital to Sitka’s maritime industries.
Read MoreWhen the Sitka Assembly met Tuesday night (10-13-20), it held a ‘changing of the guard’-- recognizing outgoing assembly members, and certifying the results from last week’s municipal election.
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