Despite an upward trend in COVID-19 in the community, Sitka will continue to have no enforceable coronavirus measures. When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (11-24-20), it failed to muster the supermajority of votes needed to pass an emergency ordinance that would have limited restaurant capacity and prohibited large group gatherings.
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When the Sitka Assembly meets on Tuesday (11-24-20), it will consider an emergency ordinance that limits capacity of restaurants and bars and prohibits large group gatherings.
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A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck a little over 30 miles southwest of Sitka shortly before 1:30 on Monday.
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The cost to ship Sitka’s solid waste off the island could go up, over concerns about container fires on Southeast Alaska barges.
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City officials announced seven new COVID-19 cases in Sitka on Thursday (11-19-20).
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As Americans have closely watched the presidential race draw to its end over the last few months, in Sitka an educator was quietly celebrating her own executive victory. Earlier this year, Mt. Edgecumbe High School’s Chohla Moll won one of the most prestigious awards a science teacher in the United States can receive.
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The Sitka Assembly approved a new COVID-19 resolution on Tuesday -- it asks Sitkans to take several health precautions in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus and keep Sitka’s schools open.
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The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) wants to buy the former Sitka Community Hospital Building. Now the Sitka Assembly must decide if it wants to sell the property. When the group met on Tuesday (11-10-20) it discussed the request and possible next steps.
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Sitka Tribe of Alaska is holding its annual Tribal Council election on Tuesday (11-10-20).
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Eight new coronavirus cases were reported in Sitka on Monday (11-9-20).
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