CATCH OF THE DAY – Mason Allery, age 6, holds the first fish caught during the 2021 Kids Fishing Day Saturday on Swan Lake. Mason was given a prize and afterward successfully released his catch. The Sitka Rotary Club, U.S. Forest Service and Alaska Department of Fish and Game hosted the event, which had to be canceled in 2020. To avoid gathering large groups of people together, this year prizes were handed out throughout the three-hour event. More than a hundred young fishers and their crew members turned out. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
August 5, 2020
A Note To Our Readers
Reopening: Phase One:
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Alaska COVID-19
At a Glance
(updated 6-16-21)
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 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
New cases as of Tuesday: 26
Total statewide – 67,936
Total (cumulative) deaths – 366
Total (cumulative) hospitalizations – 1,595
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. Tuesday.
Active cases in Sitka – 1
Hospitalizations (cumulative) in Sitka – 6
Cumulative Sitka cases – 387 (339 resident; 48 non-resident)
Cumulative recovered – 386
Deceased (cumulative) – 1
The local case data are from the City of Sitka website.
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Sitka Vax Stats
The State of Alaska DHSS reported Tuesday the following statistics on vaccinations for Sitka.
Partially vaccinated – 5,304 (72%)
Fully vaccinated – 4,904 (66%)
Total population (12+) – 7,385
Sitka has vaccinated fully vaccinated 77 percent of its senior population (1,478 total), age 65 and older.
Vaccination data for the City and Borough of Sitka can be found online at: https://bit.ly/3apStpb
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20 YEARS AGO
June 2001
Photo caption: Luke Nisbet holds up a “2005” sign at a rites of passage ceremony at Blatchley Middle School for the school’s 120 eighth-graders. It was the first ceremony to mark the “graduation” of eighth-graders from middle school.
50 YEARS AGO
June 1971
Two of the most controversial subjects to come before the city council in months are on tonight’s agenda. One would extend bar operating hours inside the city limits from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m.; and the other would permit operation of coin amusement machines by persons under 18.
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