Administrator update: Construction of Sitka’s new hospital on track despite federal funding uncertainty

The administrator of Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center says the new, $200-million-dollar facility under construction in Sitka will still have only 25 beds, but in almost every other way it will be an improvement over the current hospital. Bill Spivey gave an update on the progress of construction, and SEARHC’s plans for the future at a meeting of the Sitka Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (3-5-25).Read More