Public warned about bear sightings at National Park. Island Institute event explores reslience. Checking in with the commercial net fisheries. It's a bird, it's a -- nope, it's a bird. Groundbreaking scheduled for Sealaska Heritage Institute's new education center. NOAA to open doors of Juneau lab on Ted Stevens Day.
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The school in Tenakee Springs has less than a month to double the size of its student body or risk closing. School board members in the small Southeast city are hoping families will move to town and boost the numbers.
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The Sitka Police Department will soon add to its staff. Last night, the Assembly gave a green light to add a patrol officer, a dispatcher and records clerk and a temporary traffic officer. The boost comes after department brass requested more resources from the Assembly.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class James Grover pleaded guilty at a court martial in Juneau to charges related to the possession of child pornography and making false official statements.
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The Sitka Performing Arts Center opened to great community fanfare in 2008. But among all the attendees at the building’s premiere, lead architect Sergio Fisher was missing.
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The Sitka Farmers' Market gets started again this Saturday. It happens from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. every other Saturday through Sept. 14. Garrett Bauer and Lisa Sadlier-Hart say the market is now in its sixth season. Multiple payment types are accepted, including WIC and Quest.
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Southeast voices weigh in on redistricting plans (again). Sealaska exits the plastics business. Court martial scheduled for Sitka Coast Guardsman. Army comes to Sitka to blow up found dynamite. Coast Guard sends five fishing vessels back to port after safety violations. And more.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class James Grover is charged with nine violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Three of the charges are for making false official statements. The other six are related to child pornography, negligent endangerment of a child, conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline, and service discrediting conduct.
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State Sen. Bert Stedman added his name to the list of Alaskans hoping to repeal the state’s new oil tax structure. The Sitka Republican signed a petition on Tuesday against Senate Bill 21.
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City of Sitka employees belonging to two unions have a new contract. The Assembly approved deals with the Alaska State Employees Association and the Public Safety Employees Association, five days before their contracts were set to expire on June 30.
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