Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

June 23, 2020: What’s happening at tonight’s assembly meeting?

Alaska’s Chief Medical officer will be paying a visit to Sitka’s Assembly, when it meets for a regular session on Tuesday (6-23-20).

First ferry visits Tenakee Springs in nearly nine months

A southeast Alaska town greeted its first ferry in nearly nine months on Saturday.

Assembly approves plan for CARES Act funds

The Sitka Assembly is moving forward with a plan to divvy up the remaining $9.5 million in federal coronavirus relief, but a working group still needs to iron out some of the details before the budget is finalized.

Sitkans march to commemorate, celebrate Juneteenth

Around 150 Sitkans marched on Friday (6-19-20) to commemorate Juneteenth. The holiday celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Specifically, it acknowledges the day in 1865 when enslaved people Texas finally received word of their liberation, over two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

Two new COVID-19 cases announced, plus two recoveries

Sitka’s coronavirus count reached 14 on Friday. Two new cases were announced in a press release on Friday evening.

Assembly to review CARES Act fund sharing

When it meets in a special session tonight (6-18-10), the Sitka Assembly will consider how to spend the city’s remaining $9.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds.

SAR team doesn’t take trapped teen for ‘granite’ in weekend rock climbing rescue

Sitka’s Search and Rescue team helped a teenage boy who found himself stuck between a rock and a hard place during a climbing session over the weekend.

Sitkans to receive utility, moorage subsidies

Sitkans who have been financially hurt by the coronavirus pandemic will get a break on their utility bills later this year. When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (6-9-20) it approved funding for two programs- a utility subsidy and a moorage subsidy. Both will be funded with federal CARES Act money. But it was another pot of unexpected federal funds that generated some discussion.