Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

Assembly rolls back travel quarantine, and ‘hunker down’ rule expires

Sitka is relaxing its tough quarantine policy to fall in line with the governor’s health mandates...

May 12, 2020: What’s on tonight’s assembly agenda?

Sitka’s local “hunker down” order is set to expire today (5/12/20). And when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight, it will consider rescinding an ordinance that requires everyone traveling to Sitka to quarantine for 14 days and requires businesses bringing workers into Sitka to provide plans to the city.

Mt. Edgecumbe High School graduates make history in first virtual ceremony

Mt. Edgecumbe High School graduates made history on Thursday (5-7-20) when they received their diplomas during the school’s first ever virtual graduation ceremony joining in from their home villages all across the state.

Sitka’s 14-day travel quarantine to remain in effect, for now

The Sitka Assembly is holding the line on its 14-day quarantine policy for all people arriving in the community, for now. During an emergency session held Tuesday (5-5-20) the assembly debated allowing a small subset of essential workers to go straight to work, without quarantining. Instead, members held off on the partial roll-back, and will consider downgrading the full quarantine at their next regular meeting.

As state reopens, Sitka childcare centers remain closed

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is reopening Alaska, which is mixed news for parents who work. Although many businesses are opening under guidelines for social distancing, that’s proving difficult -- and maybe even unrealistic -- for Sitka’s childcare centers, who have to comply with generally higher standards.

Assembly to consider revising part of 14-day quarantine rule

The Sitka Assembly is meeting at 6 pm tonight in an emergency session to consider relaxing part of Sitka’s 14-day self-quarantine requirement.

Assembly passes budgets on first reading with rate increases

When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (4-28-20), it passed a $29 million dollar general fund budget for next fiscal year. And it approved all of the enterprise fund budgets on first reading.

City to receive federal disaster aid money, Secure Rural Schools funds

Some much-needed federal dollars will be arriving soon in Sitka, but local officials remain uncertain where they’ll land.

Sitka Long-Term Care resident tests positive for coronavirus

Sitka now has its first confirmed case of the coronavirus.In a press release on Saturday (4-25-20), the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium announced that the patient is a resident at Sitka Long Term Care. No other identifying information about the patient was disclosed.