Sitkans partake in statewide protests against Putin’s Alaska visit
On Friday (8-15-25), over 70 Sitkans gathered to protest the Trump-Putin summit happening in Anchorage that day.
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Alaska’s top doctor visits Sitka to discuss pandemic preparedness in the polar north
Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska's Chief Medical Officer, is visiting Sitka this week. She'll be giving a talk on Thursday (4-27-23), “Beyond Covid Pandemic Preparedness in the Circumpolar North," which she'll deliver at 4 p.m. in the Sheet’ka Ḵwaán Naa Kahidi Community House. She joined KCAW's Brooke Schafer to discuss her work. Listen here:
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24 new coronavirus cases reported in Sitka over long holiday weekend
24 new coronavirus cases were reported in Sitka over the long holiday weekend, according to data from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
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Free COVID tests available at Sitka’s public health center
As omicron drives COVID rates up throughout the nation, Sitkans have more tools in their toolkit to combat the highly transmissible coronavirus variant. The Sitka Public Health Center is now providing at-home tests to the public, free of charge. And if you test positive, your quarantine won’t be as long, with new CDC guidance trimming the quarantine time to five days for COVID-positive patients with no symptoms.
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Sitkans honor George Floyd, join call for racial justice
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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