Jason Shaffer died sometime between 11 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday, when his body was discovered inside the family home in the 2200 block of Sawmill Creek Road. Sitka police Lt. Barry Allen says there were NO signs of injury or foul play.
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Officials in the Sitka School District decide tonight what stays and what goes in the year ahead. The school board is trying to close a nearly $400,000 deficit, and it could make big cuts to get there.
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The board is planning to spend more than two-thirds of its savings to help patch a deficit. But even after that move, and some retirements and health insurance changes, it still has nearly $400,000 to make up. Looking at those numbers, it appears likely the district will need to cut positions and lay off employees.
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The Sitka Assembly is unhappy with the municipal administrator’s job performance. After an executive session last night, the Assembly gave Jim Dinley an “unsatisfactory evaluation.”
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Sitka resident Brent Cunningham, 46, crossed the finish line at the Boston Marathon about a half-hour before a bombing killed two people and injured scores of others. Cunningham, his wife Karin and their 17-year-old daughter, Megan, were all in Boston for the event, and are all safe.
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On Friday, April 5, officials announced to staff that Susan Labus no longer worked at SEARHC. The following Monday, her replacement was on the job.
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Mary Beth Palof and Bill Davis talk about Sitka's cancer support group. The group has been around for three years, and helps people who are currently going through treatment or who have survived cancer. Palof and Davis both are cancer survivors.
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Former Sitka educator's trial date pushed back to summer. Southeast residents critique ferry schedule during teleconference. Petersburg's Tonka seafood processor expands into Trident space. A sampler platter from this year's Folk Festival.
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During a hearing Thursday in Sitka Superior Court, Joe Robidou’s defense attorney said she needed more time to prepare. Julie Willoughby told the court that its original May 6 trial date was “unrealistic.”
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State Rep. Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau, her husband Jim Powell, and state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, play at the Juneau Folk Festival on Wednesday.
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