Not all the noise in Sitka on New Year’s Day was fireworks. An earthquake rattled doors and windows of many homes in the community on the evening of January 1. And although the magnitude 3 temblor was small, it was close by, underneath Sitka’s iconic -- and dormant -- Mt. Edgecumbe volcano.
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Come January 1, those filing for a 2020 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, have the option to donate to local nonprofits through "Pick.Click.Give."
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The Sitka Assembly is testing the waters on a proposal a local business made to build the city a marine haulout in exchange for 17 acres of city-owned land, valued at around $2 million dollars.
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Sitka’s privately owned cruise ship dock, Halibut Point Marine, is six miles out of town, so if passengers want to come downtown, there are shuttle buses. And for the past six years, the city has subsidized those shuttle trips using cruise passenger fee revenue.
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State managers intend to double the commercial harvest level for the Sitka Sound sac roe fishery. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, today (12/23/19), announced the target for the 2020 season would be just over 25,000 tons.
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Thursday’s meeting was meant to be a 30,000-foot view of the 2021 budget- this early in the game there are still many unknowns. Nevertheless, the Sitka School District remains the biggest expense on the city balance sheet, just ahead of public safety.
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Governor Mike Dunleavy’s budget was released last week, and it’s a mixed message for The Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka. The governor has removed the museum from a proposed list of assets to sell. But the price of admission is likely to increase.
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Sitka Americorps volunteer Ashley Hart Nessler is a finalist for a national award- Corpsmember of the Year. Nessler and Americorps coordinator Sarah Lawrie joined KCAW's Erin Fulton in the studio to discuss Nessler's work at Sitka High School.
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In a move intended to help level the playing field for local merchants in competition with online retailers, the Sitka Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution to join the Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission.
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A $2 million-plus makeover for Sitka’s downtown main street is back on -- maybe. The Sitka Assembly voted last summer to postpone the project for a year for additional study, but at a work session Tuesday night (12-10-19) city staff said that postponing the project came with its own caveats. And some residents are just antsy to get it done.
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