STAYING CLOSE – Jeanette Warner, right, and her daughter Elizabeth visit with their good friend Eunavae Ballou Tuesday at the Pioneers Home. Staff members of the state-run assisted living facility have provided chairs outside for visitors to sit on while speaking over cell phones to residents inside the building in order to facilitate visits while lessening the possibility of spreading COVID-19, (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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August 5, 2020
A Note To Our Readers
Reopening: Phase One:
On March 30 the Daily Sitka Sentinel began taking precautions against the coronavirus, which was starting to show up in Alaska.
We closed our building to the public and four key employees started working remotely. Home delivery was suspended to protect our carriers from exposure to the virus.
Four months later, the virus is still with us and the precautions remain in effect.
In appreciation for the willingness of our subscribers to pick up their daily paper at drop-off sites, the Sentinel was free to all readers, and subscriptions were extended without charge.
As of August 1 the Sentinel is once again charging for subscriptions, but the present method of having subscribers pick up their papers at designated sites will continue.
The expiration date of all subscriptions has been extended without charge for an additional four months.
We thank our readers for their support in these uncertain times, and especially those who paid for the paper despite the free offer.
We look forward to the time when we can safely resume home delivery.
To check on the expiration of your subscription or to make a payment please call 747-3219. The subscription email address is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . We also will be mailing out reminder cards.
The single copy price is again 75 cents. The news racks do not require coins to open, but we ask that the 75 cents for a non-subscription single copy sale be paid with coins in the slot.
– The Sitka Sentinel Staff
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Alaska COVID-19
At a Glance
(updated 11-27-20)
By Sentinel Staff
The state Department of Health and Social Services has posted the following update on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alaska as of 12:15 p.m. Friday.
New cases as of Thursday: 724
Total statewide – 29,554
Total (cumulative) deaths – 118
Total (cumulative) hospitalizations – 678
To visit the Alaska DHSS Corona Response dashboard website click here.
The City of Sitka posted the following update on COVID-19 cases in Sitka as of 5 p.m. Thursday.
Active cases in Sitka – 39
Hospitalizations in Sitka – 3
Cumulative Sitka cases – 188 (167 resident; 21 non-resident)
Cumulative recovered – 149 cumulative
The local case data are from the City of Sitka website.
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20 YEARS AGO
November 2000
Photo caption: Robin Bergey and her baby, Kate, and Holly Samuelson join much of Sitka and the rest of America this morning in shopping for day-after-Thanksgiving Day sales. Holiday decorations are up around town, and shopping bargains are being offered.
50 YEARS AGO
November 1970
Telephone communications in Southeast Alaska were considerably advanced this month by the inauguration of a new microwave system between Juneau (Lena Point) and Sitka.Completed July 17, 1970, by RCA Alaska Communications, the system will become a major segment of the long lines of telecommunications operations in Alaska.
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