CONTINUED PROTESTS – Scores of protesters gather at the roundabout Saturday afternoon for what has become a weekly protest of Trump administration policies and actions. In Sitka, eight Forest Service employees were fired in mid-February, including all on the cabin and trails crew and one managing the Redoubt Lake salmon weir, among others. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Joint Recommendation Under State of Emergency to Shelter in Place
BULLETIN: The following “shelter in place” recommendations were issued today by City Administrator John Leach, Fire Chief Dave Miller and SEARHC Chief Medical Director Dr. Elliot Bruhl, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic:
SITKA, March 22, 2020 – The Sitka Emergency Unified Command, including SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), the City and Borough of Sitka (CBS), and the Sitka Fire Department, have been working tirelessly to prepare for COVID-19 response in Sitka. The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a public health emergency that threatens to overwhelm the health system and economy of our community, endangering the lives and wellbeing of our citizens.
Governor Dunleavy has implemented several health mandates such as the closure of schools, services, and businesses, to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
It is now imperative that the citizens of Sitka follow strict guidance to hunker down, shelter in place, and stay home, in order to contain and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Due to the exponential spread of the COVID-19 virus in places near Sitka, and per the recommendations of the Sitka Emergency Operations Center, we highly recommend a “Shelter in Place” protocol, strongly urging all citizens in Sitka to:
•Hunker down and shelter in place in order to stop the spread of COVID-19.
•Food supply chains are fully functioning, and grocery stores will remain open. Residents who are healthy and do not believe they have been exposed to COVID-19 may shop at grocery stores but are asked to do so without lingering. If you go out, practice health directives such as handwashing and social distancing, by staying six feet away from others.
•Stay home and work from home as much as possible.
•To the extent possible, non-essential businesses are urged to close for a period of 14 days.
•Conduct business via electronic means as much as possible.
•If you are sick or suspect that you may be infected with the COVID-19 virus, you should take steps to help prevent the disease from spreading to people in your home and community. If you think you have been exposed to COVID-19 and develop a fever and symptoms, such as cough or difficulty breathing, contact SEARHC COVID Hotline at 907.966.8799 (7 am - 4 pm).After hours, call the Nurse Advice Line at 1.800.613.0560.
•Follow all health mandates issued by Governor Dunleavy, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and the Center for Disease Control (CDC). All mandates and more information can be accessed at coronavirus.alaska.gov.
•If you are picking up or dropping off passengers at the airport, please consider curbside pickup and drop-off of passengers to limit the airport terminal occupancy to travelers only.
•If you have recently traveled into Sitka, you MUST quarantine in accordance with CDC and DHSS mandates (https://gov.alaska.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/03172020-SOA-COVID-19- Health-Mandate-004.pdf).
Thank you for your cooperation as our community works together to stop any spread of the COVID-19 virus.
John M. Leach, Municipal Administrator
Dave Miller, CBS Fire Chief
Dr. Elliot Bruhl, SEARHC Chief Medical Officer
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Thanks to the generosity and expertise of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska broadband department, Tidal Network; Christopher Cropley, director of Tidal Network; and Luke Johnson, Tidal Network technician, SitkaSentinel.com is again being updated. Tidal Network has been working tirelessly to install Starlink satellite equipment for critical institutions, including the Sentinel, following the scheduled maintenance of GCI’s fiberoptic cable starting March, 13th. CCTHITA’s public-spirited response to the outage is inspiring.
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The Sitka High School jazz band and vocal jazz choir both gave command performances to an audience of some 5,000 at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho. ... The SHS band director is Brent Purvis.
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