What started with a tiny garden plot at Sitka's Pacific High has blossomed into a full-fledged Farm-to-Table program managed by students and over 40 summer volunteers under the guidance of professional gardener Andrea Fraga.
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While many other states are quickly adding new housing to meet rising demand, Alaska is not. A perfect storm of scarce land and high materials costs are keeping prices up for existing housing, and limiting the availability of new homes. UAA's Nolan Klouda explains "The Upside Down Economics of Alaska's Housing Market" for the Sitka Chamber of Commerce.
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Among the Sitka Tourism Task Force's five responsibilities is identifying the appropriate level of cruise tourism in the community. A Town Hall meeting scheduled for 4-8 p.m. December 7 in Harrigan Centennial Hall will present data from an earlier town hall meeting (on November 27), and try to identify the 'magic number' for Sitka.
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No one knows how knotweed came to Alaska -- possibly as beautiful ornamental in someone's garden -- but now there's an all-out effort to stop it before it chokes out native salmonberry and blueberry bushes along Southeast's roadways. The Alaska Invasive Species Partnership heard presentations on both the chemical control of knotweed, and "biocontrol," during its November meeting in Sitka.
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At its November meeting the board of Sitka's industrial park approved a few compromises to keep the marine haulout project on budget after learning of increased costs for pilings. Among the savings: choosing a conventional travelift over a recently-developed machine that can squeeze more boats into a smaller area.
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The US District Court of Anchorage has rejected the state's appeal of an emergency subsistence hunt in Kake in 2020. Judge Sharon Gleason wrote that the regulations which allow the federal government to "open public lands for the 'taking of fish and wildlife’ for ‘public safety reasons,’ is valid as applied to the emergency hunt for Kake.”
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The first on the scene following Monday night’s (11-13-23) crash of an Air Station Sitka helicopter was the crew of the distressed fishing vessel it was sent to assist. Logan Padgett and his brother played a critical role in the rescue of the downed air crew.
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The Sitka Community Land Trust has perfected a model for creating affordable homes for moderate-income buyers -- but it depends heavily on grants subsidies and, if possible, free land.
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Sitka's tribal housing organization -- BIHA -- is moving forward with two additional four-plexes in Kaasda He'en Shanaa'x, and opening 20 new lots on Herb Didrickson Dr. Although primarily for the benefit of tribal citizens, the developments will ease pressure on Sitka's tight housing market.
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The disproportionate amount of tickets for bear-related garbage infractions in the Indian River neighborhood, as well as many other issues, were discussed in this October's Government-to-Government meeting between the Sitka Tribe and the Sitka Assembly.
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