On its one year anniversary, the city’s strategic plan is getting a public review. About a dozen Sitkans turned out for a town hall on Tuesday (12-19-23) where city staff launched a survey to gather feedback on how to update the plan.
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What will home health look like in Sitka without a home health department at the local hospital? The top doctor at the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium or SEARHC gave an update on the future of home health services at the Sitka Assembly meeting on Tuesday. While there wasn’t much new information, it was another opportunity for community members to voice concerns, and for SEARHC to address them.
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When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (12-13-23) it greenlit a draft airport lease with the state.
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The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) will present an update on home health services at the Sitka Assembly meeting tonight (12-12-23).
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The Coast Guard has recovered the wreckage of an Air Station Sitka helicopter which crashed last month near Petersburg, but it could take up to eight months to learn what happened.
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The Sitka Homeless Coalition is expanding its services this winter with a new meal program and a part-time warming shelter for unhoused Sitkans on cold nights.
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Sitka’s assembly has postponed voting on a new airport lease with the state of Alaska. When the group met last night (11-28-23) assembly members agreed to hold off on renewing the 55-year contract, at least until the next meeting. And while controversial parking fees aren’t included in the proposed lease, the issue wasn’t far from several assembly members’ minds.
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A Tourism Task Force is getting to work in Sitka. The volunteer group recently held its first “town hall” meeting to gather information from the public on the effects of the rapid growth of tourism in the last two years, and to help the municipal government to plan for the future.
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In a split vote, Sitka’s Assembly has decided to share $1 million in excess sales revenue with the public, in the form of utility credits. The move comes after a record summer tour season left local government with an unusual decision: how to best spend the extra cash.
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For the second time, the City of Sitka has denied a citizen’s petition to put cruise limitations out to voters in a special election this winter. Organizer Larry Edwards received notice from the city on November 9 that a petition he sponsored with more than 40 other Sitkans was rejected.
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