Alaska Congressman Don Young is running for re-election this fall. Every challenger has failed to defeat him, but could this year be different? Alyse Galvin thinks so. The independent from Anchorage earned the Democratic party nomination Tuesday night (08-21-18).
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While the Assembly has a good sense of the offers on the table, less is known about what the economic impact of selling Sitka Community Hospital could be. The Assembly debated that question, but ultimately did not take action to answer it now.
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The Sitka Assembly is meeting tonight to hear a request from the Sitka Economic Development Association for an economc impact analysis of Sitka Community Hospital. Watch the meeting live here.
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The final candidate to file for Sitka’s election is no stranger to local government. Assembly member Aaron Bean filed to run for Mayor just before the deadline on August 3rd.
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On Tuesday night (08-14-18), the Sitka Assembly voted against including a question on the ballot to raise transient lodging taxes. If the measure had passed muster with voters, visitors would have paid a net 1% more on their hotel room or B&B in wintertime.
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Beginning October 1st, Alaska will ban smoking in restaurants, bars, and other public places. But it still may be legal to light up in Sitka under an opt-out provision.
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The filing period to run for local office in Sitka has closed, and there will be a contest in all three areas of government: for Assembly representation, the Sitka School Board, and the Mayor.
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game killed two bears in Sitka Monday night (07-31-18). Local biologists say a sow brown bear and her yearling were behaving “boldly” and posed a public safety risk.
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This is the last week to file for public office in Sitka, and one of the candidates for the Sitka Assembly is familiar with the job. Former mayor Valerie Nelson wants the Assembly to look at reducing the size of government before taxing citizens further.
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The Sitka Assembly will look to the state bond bank to help renovate Crescent Harbor and the Rocky Gutierrez Airport. The pair of resolutions raised ire with those worried about deepening Sitka’s debt load during the Assembly's meeting last night (7-24-18).
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