Knowing how much rain is falling -- and where -- is an important information for researchers creating a landslide warning system. But gathering that data is not so simple: You need rain gauges that work around the clock, and a small army of citizen scientists to take care of them. Sitka now has both.
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Around 250 Sitkans gathered in Totem Square on June 1 to honor George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died in Minneapolis Police custody on Memorial Day.
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The Sitka Assembly on Thursday (5-29-20) formed a CARES Act working group to come up with ideas on how to spend the over $14 million in relief funds headed this way, but some are concerned the group lacks full representation.
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Sitkans who have been financially hurt by the coronavirus pandemic will likely get breaks on their utility and moorage bills this summer. The Sitka assembly on Tuesday night (5-26-20) decided to move forward with two proposals to distribute CARES Act funding to Sitkans through subsidies.
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When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (5/26/20), it will approve the receipt of over $14 million in federal funding through the CARES Act, and it will vote on two ordinances that would dole out the coronavirus disaster funding to the public through subsidies.
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According to press releases from SEARHC and the city’s Unified Command Center on Monday (5/25/20), the patient was tested for the coronavirus as a part of the routine admitting procedure at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center. The patient was immediately isolated and is now quarantining at home.
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Baranof Elementary Principal Jill Lecrone and Kari Sagel joined KCAW's Erin Fulton to discuss the school's plan for kindergarten in the fall. They also discussed the Virtual Kids Camp the district will run this summer.
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Sitka residents and businesses may be getting a utility rebate, thanks to $14 million in federal coronavirus relief money coming into the city. The Sitka Assembly Tuesday night (5-19-20) met in a work session to discuss how to distribute the federal disaster relief funding.
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Students at Pacific High School graduated in a virtual ceremony with friends, loved ones and faculty on Saturday. It was the school’s first “Zoom” graduation but staff brought a personal touch to the platform, maintaining the closeness of Sitka’s most intimate graduation ceremony.
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72 Sitka High School seniors graduated in the school's first ever drive-thru ceremony on Monday (5-18-20). Students parked their cars in the Sitka High School parking lot, heard speeches from fellow graduates and honored faculty, and circled to the front of the building in their cars, one-by-one, to pick up their diplomas.
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