Jude Reis, Heather Bauscher and Elena Gustafson offer a sneak peek (including a reading) of "A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer," on stage April 19 at the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi. The performance raises money for Sitkans Against Family Violence, an organization that works to end domestic and sexual violence in Sitka.
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The order came April 3 from the Merit Systems Protection Board in Washington, D.C. It judges grievances brought by federal employees against federal agencies. The National Park Service must put Miller back in her old job within 20 days.
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Protesters in Sitka ripped up a giant check made out to Alaska’s big three oil companies Thursday at a rally opposing changes to the state’s oil tax structure. About 75 people, including Sitka’s mayor, gathered at Crescent Harbor Shelter at noon to voice their displeasure toward Senate Bill 21.
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The Sitka Sound sac roe herring season is over. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game announced the closure Thursday morning. After three competitive openings, the seine fleet captured just under half the 11,549 tons it was hoping for.
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As in 2012, this year’s herring began spawning shortly after seining opened, dramatically reducing the numbers of unspawned females, whose egg skeins are the money-making product of the Sac Roe fishery. On the flip side, a healthy spawn is critical to subsistence fishermen, who gather and distribute roe-on-hemlock branches across the region.
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The deal for Sitka teachers includes wage increases of about $800 a year for each section of the district’s salary table. It works out to annual increases of about 1-and-a-half to 2 percent.
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Sitka's municipal administrator was suspended for two weeks without pay. A letter in Jim Dinley's personnel file says he violated the city’s anti-harassment policy on two separate occasions.
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State Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins' bill would make hazing a misdemeanor, unless it results in death or serious physical injury, in which case it would be a felony.
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The Sitka Assembly suspended Municipal Administrator Jim Dinley for two weeks without pay, in response to a harassment complaint. The decision comes after nearly two months of investigation.
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Seiners participating in the Sitka sac roe herring fishery will stand down today while tenders and processors deal with Thursday's catch. That's according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Dave Gordon, who oversees the fishery.
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