A local pharmacy business and the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium have reached an agreement: White’s Inc. will provide pharmacy services at Sitka’s long-term care facility.
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Sitka Community Hospital employees began receiving offer letters from the Southeast Alaska Health Consortium over the weekend, preempting the hospital sale transition that’s set to take place this summer.
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The Sitka Assembly contributed funding to public transportation, but otherwise conducted little public business at a special budget meeting on Wednesday (5/22/19).
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Two senior staffers have left city hall in Sitka, one after just three months in his position.
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A lawsuit involving a Sitka Assembly member and an assembly member’s husband settled outside of court over the weekend (5/20/19).
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The biggest cruise ship to ever visit Alaska made its inaugural visit to Sitka Friday. About 15 Sitkans took a tour of the ship which can hold over 6000 people, passengers and crew combined.
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After considering cuts from one department and increasing rates for another, the Sitka Assembly is closer to passing next year’s city budget, but the process that has spanned months isn’t finished yet.
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The end of municipal budget season is near, and after several special budget meetings in April, the Sitka Assembly is reviewing next year’s municipal budget at their regular meeting this Tuesday (5/14/19).
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Sitkans running errands this morning (Monday 5-13-19) were surprised to find brown paper covering the windows of the downtown branch of the United States Post Office. After over two decades of running the branch, the owner of the substation decided to close down rather than agree to what he believes is a bad contract with the Postal Service.
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The state ferry Columbia broke down en route from Sitka to Petersburg Tuesday night (5-7-19), leaving passengers stranded in Juneau while the DOT worked to diagnose the vessel’s problems.
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