Author: Katherine Rose

The Sitka Assembly will hold a special meeting tonight (6-12-24) to determine its next steps as it searches for a new municipal attorney. 

The Sitka Assembly has a short agenda for its regular meeting tonight (6-11-24). The only item of unfinished business in front of them is whether to approve a change to city code that would allow multiple structures on a single property to share water service.

Wildlife troopers in Sitka shot and killed three brown bears that entered a garage last Friday (5-7-24) in the Jamestown Drive Area.  

The Sitka Assembly is backing a change to fisheries policy that would limit halibut bycatch in the Bering Sea. The move comes after a policy change last year at the national level led to a lawsuit filed against the National Marine Fishery Service.

A Coast Guard helicopter pilot from Air Station Sitka will try his hand at Jeopardy! for the first time next week. What is an exciting moment for Sitka trivia lovers?

After a year of work, Sitka’s tourism task force unveiled its recommendations for the assembly– 32 of them to be exact. The Sitka Assembly accepted the recommendations at a special meeting on Thursday (5-16-24).

The sole finalist for the Sitka’s municipal attorney position has pulled out of the running. 

The city’s months-long budget process is nearly finished. When the Sitka Assembly met last night (5-14-24), it approved the general fund and enterprise fund budgets for next fiscal year, on first reading.  

The City and Borough of Sitka is out over $60,000 after a cyber scammer intercepted a payment intended for a contractor. 

When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (5-14-24), it will consider approving the city’s general fund and enterprise fund budgets for next fiscal year.