Category: Syndicated

Assembly signals plan to fund schools to the ‘cap’, but it won’t solve district’s budget woes

by Katherine Rose | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured News, Syndicated

The Sitka Assembly says it will continue to fund the Sitka School District to the cap, or the maximum allowed by state law. Read More

Police arrest alleged driver in drug sting, car chase

by KCAW News | Jan 21, 2025 | Local News, Syndicated

Police have arrested and charged a third Sitkan involved in last week’s drug bust. 47-year-old Casey Munro Douglas has been charged for vehicle theft, assault and criminal mischief for allegedly driving his truck into a police cruiser and evading police in a high speed chase down Monastery Street. Read More

Postcard: Student-built sheds bring local lumber into Sitka’s affordable-housing neighborhood

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jan 16, 2025 | Featured News, Syndicated

Sitka’s land trust cottages use a state-of-the-art model to create affordability, and now a high school construction class is using old-world skills to improve the neighborhood. Students are building storage sheds for every home using locally-sourced lumber. Read More

Assembly sets aside money in case of special election

by Katherine Rose | Jan 15, 2025 | Local News, Syndicated

The city is setting aside money, anticipating that a special election could happen this spring. Read More

Sitka Assembly hopes for progress with bulk water sales

by Katherine Rose | Jan 15, 2025 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka Assembly won’t sell water rights to a company in Florida, yet. At its regular meeting on Tuesday (1-14-25), the assembly postponed a vote on a contract with Global Hydration LLC, in order to give another company with water rights time to make good on its contract.Read More