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Experts look for community input on Sitka's 'brownfields'

Experts look for community input on Sitka's 'brownfields'

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Sawmill Cove, the site of the former Alaska Pulp Corporation mill, is a classic “brownfield.” Significant investment and cleanup has allowed the community to redevelop the area for fish processing and boat maintenance. (GPIP photo) The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is holding a community visioning session for some site decontamination work. The STA’s Natural Resource specialist Callie Simmons and ANTHC’s (Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium) Contamin…Read Article

City may invest additional $715K in haulout ahead of opening

City may invest additional $715K in haulout ahead of opening

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Photo KCAW/Woolsey Sitka’s new boatyard is getting another wave of funding. Tuesday night (6-10-25) the Sitka Assembly approved a $715,000 appropriation that is expected to wrap up the first phase of construction for the city-owned haulout. In 2022, 80 percent of Sitka voters approved an initiative to build a marine haulout using over $8 million dollars from the sale of the Sitka Community Hospital building. While that was several million shy of…Read Article

June 10, 2025: What's on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

June 10, 2025: What's on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

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The marine haulout at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park has already hauled at least one boat in a practice run, but it still needs some more components before it can open for public use.When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (6-10-25), it will consider whether to put another $715,000 toward the first phase of haulout construction, which would include over $200,000 to fund a heated washdown pad for the facility. That means it could be used year-roun…Read Article

Gold Discovery Deepens: Sitka Strikes 65m of 2.00 g/t Gold, Adds Fourth Drill Rig at RC Gold Project

New drill results extend gold mineralization to 1km depth at RC Gold. Fourth rig mobilized to Rhosgobel target, visible gold discovered at Saddle zone. See full details.Gold · Yukon See the Story

Parks and Rec unveils summer activity schedule

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4-H pH program gives Sitka youth a taste of ocean science - Alaska Native News

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Youth in Sitka spent five months testing the water as part of an ocean acidification education program called 4-H pH. 4-H pH is led by personnel from three units at the University of Alaska Fairbanks: 4-H program assistant Jasmine Shaw with the Cooperative Extension Service, Christina Buffington with the Geophysical Institute and Natalie Monacci with […] The post 4-H pH program gives Sitka youth a taste of ocean science appeared first on Alaska…Sitka · Sitka Read Article

Spring court update: two Sitkans indicted and one civil ruling appealed

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Two Sitkans were indicted by a grand jury this spring on assault and theft charges, and a ruling in a highly publicized civil case was appealed. On the morning of May 20, 40-year-old Amanda Tison-Diamond called the police. She said she smelled decaying bodies and heard noises in her attic. According to a sworn police affidavit, Officer Mitchell Boord checked out the home, found nothing concerning, and asked her if she needed medical assistance, …Grand Jury · Sitka Read Article

Alaska Athletes Shine: Clare Mullin and Robbie Annett Achieve Triple Crowns

Sitka High’s Clare Mullin and Grace Christian’s Robbie Annett were selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week co-winners after sparkling performances at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Track & Field State Championships to round out sensational high school athletic careers. Both senior runners completed distance triple crowns at the state meet. They graduate as two of the most decorated runners in recent history with similarly impressive resu…Sitka · Sitka Read Article

This cyclist is over the hill thanks to his ebike

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Bill Hughes, owner of Sitka’s Yellow Jersey Cycle Shop, riding on the Cross Trail in June 2024. (KCAW/Jeb Sharp)E-bikes are ubiquitous in Sitka. Tourists rent them, commuters ride them, officials field complaints about them. But one aspect of e-bikes that is perhaps overlooked, is how they keep cyclists in the game as they age. 83-year-old Bill Hughes, the owner of the Yellow Jersey Cycle Shop, is a striking example. Hughes started cycling decad…Sitka · Sitka Read Article

Assembly conflicted out of hearing cell tower appeal

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“Cell tower and a perfect blue sky in the background” by Ivan Radic is licensed under CC BY 2.0.The Sitka Assembly periodically convenes as a Board of Adjustment to hear zoning appeals as a quasi-judicial body. At its meeting on May 29, the group was set to hear an appeal from Tidal Network, the telecommunications service run by the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Tidal Network applied for a height variance in the N…Sitka · Sitka Read Article

City to keep Lincoln Street open through June

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The Sitka Assembly is leaving Lincoln Street open for at least another month. When the assembly met on Thursday (5-29-25), the group agreed that more time was needed before making a decision on whether to bring back street closures on days with high cruise traffic. The city has been closing Lincoln Street several times a week for the last few summers of rapid cruise tourism growth- last year, the street was closed to traffic on days with over 5…Sitka · Sitka Read Article

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