Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

Cannabis tax ballot question progresses toward final vote

The Sitka Assembly is one step closer to putting a marijuana tax question out to the voters, but it will be a slightly lower tax than previously advertised.

Coast Guard aids stranded boaters west of Yakutat

A Coast Guard crew from Valdez came to the aid of stranded boaters on Tuesday (6-14-22), about 80 miles west of Yakutat.

SEARHC hospital construction crew to process gravel on-site

The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium kicked off construction of its long-planned hospital expansion earlier this month on Japonski Island. At the Sitka Assembly meeting on Tuesday (6-14-22), SEARHC secured short-term permission to crush its own rock for gravel fill at the construction site.

City admin pens letter in opposition to state land sale

The city of Sitka is coming out strongly against a proposed land sale of Alaska Mental Health Trust land to a buyer in Montana.

June 14, 2022: Preview of tonight’s assembly agenda

The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium broke ground on its new hospital earlier this month on Japonski Island. Now it's requesting a permit to operate a rock crusher to make gravel fill at the hospital construction site, rather than trucking blasted rock from out the road.

Minor earthquake shakes Sitka on Monday

As reported by the Alaska Earthquake Center, around 12:50 p.m., a 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck around 37 miles west of Sitka.

Five months after sustaining slide damage, section of Sitka Cross trail repaired

A 30-foot chunk of the Sitka Cross Trail that washed out in a landslide in late January has finally been repaired.

Two teens apprehended for alleged involvement in arson case

Sitka law enforcement officers have apprehended two teenagers for allegedly starting a fire in Crescent Harbor last month.

Sitka Coast Guard crew medevacs man from Eurodam cruise ship

The Coast Guard medevaced a man Sunday night (6-5-22) from a cruise ship near Duke Island, around 120 miles southeast of Sitka.

Assembly considers options to fund heavy lift of marine haulout construction

Plans for a new marine haul out in Sitka are high and dry, after the Sitka Assembly on Tuesday did not reach a consensus on where to go next to look for funding for the project. Some members contemplated putting a tax on the October ballot and building the haulout with public funds, and some still hoped for some combination of grant funding and private capital.