Assembly, school board grapple with question of funding
Despite a lengthy meeting Thursday night (4-4-19), the Sitka School Board and Sitka Assembly have not agreed on terms for school funding next year.
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Despite a lengthy meeting Thursday night (4-4-19), the Sitka School Board and Sitka Assembly have not agreed on terms for school funding next year.
Read MoreIn the basement of the Sitka Sound Science Center researchers are incubating thousands of herring eggs to determine the effects of warming ocean temperatures and ocean acidification on the species -- now and in the future. KCAW’s Katherine Rose reports.
Read MoreThe Sitka Fire Department search and rescue team, on Saturday, aided a 13-year-old boy who became stuck after sliding down a steep, snowy slope on Harbor Mountain.
Read MoreThe Sitka Assembly is going to authorize an independent investigation of the police department -- maybe. On a split vote this week (3-26-19) the assembly authorized spending up to $35,000 to hire an investigator, but not until after a new interim chief has had a chance to weigh in on what some describe as a toxic workplace culture.
Read MoreWhile the possibility of a herring opener is becoming more uncertain, the message remains the same from a local activist group: protect the herring.
Read MoreThe Sitka sac roe herring fishery remains on two-hour notice, but many seiners and tenders have already left Sitka. If the Alaska Department of Fish & Game doesn’t find enough mature herring to allow fishing to occur, it would be only the second time in the 43-year history of the Sitka fishery that a commercial harvest has not been held.
Read MoreAs of Tuesday evening, herring seiners in Sitka were standing down from further test fishing -- but they weren't calling it a strike. After a full week spent looking for schools of marketable size and roe content, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game couldn’t interest any boats in making test sets over the weekend.
Read MoreADF&G conducted aerial surveys and monitored waters from aboard the research vessel Kestrel, but no seiners volunteered to conduct test sets for the department on Monday or over the weekend.
Read MoreAs of Friday afternoon (3-22-19) ADF&G biologists have seen a lot of herring, but the roe content hasn’t hit the 11 percent maturity mark needed to make the fish marketable.
Read MoreRepresentatives Dan Ortiz (District 36) and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (District 35) will be in Sitka on Sunday to hear feedback from residents about state budget cuts proposed by Governor Mike Dunleavy.
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