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Alaska’s top doctor visits Sitka to discuss pandemic preparedness in the polar north

by KCAW News | Apr 27, 2023 | The Morning Interview

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: Read More

New COVID-19 cases and contact tracing: a Q&A with Sitka’s public health nurse

by KCAW News | Jul 17, 2020 | Local News

Sitka health officials have released more information on the four coronavirus cases announced on Friday (7-17-20). The following is a transcript of a Q&A with Public Health Nurse Denise Ewing, who gives more insight into recent cases and explains some changes to how contact tracing is conducted throughout the state.Read More

State team helps Sitka apply for disaster aid

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Sep 3, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated

Today (09-02-15) , a state team sat down with Sitkans affected by last month’s landslides. Six staff with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and one state geologist will be in Sitka for two days, to walk city officials and citizens through the process of procuring disaster aid. Read More

Humpback whales: to de-list or not to de-list?

by Rachel Waldholz and Ellen Chenoweth, KCAW | Dec 29, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated

As NOAA decides whether to remove humpback whales from the endangered species list, we take a look at the arguments for and against de-listing, and ask, what's at stake, for humpbacks and for us? Read More