A customer at Sitka’s Wells Fargo was robbed Wednesday (9-9-20) morning. The Sitka Police Department received a call at 8:42 A.M. from a bank employee that someone had stolen $220 out of a customer’s hand while he was standing at the ATM in the Wells Fargo lobby.
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Another Sitka resident has tested positive for the coronavirus, after 10 days without a reported case in the community.
The person received a positive COVID-19 test result Monday (Sept. 7), according to state data. The source of the infection remains under investigation.
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A number of organizations--including the Sitka Sound Science Center and the RAND Corporation--have been working on a landslide warning system for Sitka. They recently received funding to create a dashboard for Sitkans to access all kinds of data and are asking residents to fill out a survey to help determine the best way to disseminate information during periods of high landslide risk.
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Around 100 students in the Yakutat School District went back to school Tuesday (Sept. 8). After a cluster of cases in late July, the community now has no active cases of the coronavirus. Students will attend classes in-person four days a week, unless they opt for virtual schooling. KCAW’s Erin McKinstry spoke with Yakutat School District’s new superintendent Patricia Hutcherson about the district’s Smart Start plan for the upcoming school year.
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The Yakutat Tlingit Tribe’s Environmental Department says that blue mussels, littleneck clams and cockles collected Aug. 18 and 19 from Ankau Saltchucks and Puget Cove contained low levels of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins. Butter clams from Ankau also contained low levels, and the Tribe continues to advise against their harvest based on past high levels of PSP.
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Mt. Edgecumbe High School devised a complex testing and quarantining plan to bring their students back to Sitka from across the state. KCAW's Morning Host Erin Fulton spoke with Mt. Edgecumbe High School Superintendent Janelle Vanasse about the school's Smart Start plan and how things are going so far.
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Around 100 students started remote classes in Kake on Monday (8-31-20). The school will remain fully remote until the community sees no confirmed coronavirus cases for two weeks. The small, Kupreanof Island community has reported 16 total cases in the last three weeks, according to data from SEARHC. KCAW’s Erin McKinstry spoke with Kake City School District Superintendent Rich Catahay about the school’s plan to balance educational needs and community health and safety concerns.
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The eight schools in the Southeast Island School District started classes on Monday (8-31-20)--including Port Alexander’s school. Students have the option to take classes online through the district’s statewide correspondence program or to attend full-time, in-person classes. KCAW’s Erin McKinstry spoke with Superintendent Sherry Becker about the district’s Smart Start plan for the upcoming school year.
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