CONCERT SEASON – Third-graders rehearse this morning at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School for their Winter Concert. The third-graders kick off the series of free school concerts held at the Performing Arts Center 7 p.m. Wednesday. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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26 Nov 2024 14:32

Sitka Police received the following calls as of midnight last night.
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25 Nov 2024 15:52

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25 Nov 2024 15:46

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Gov Replaces Budget Chief

By JAMES BROOKS

Alaska Beacon

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has replaced Alaska’s top executive-branch budget official just as work begins in earnest on his draft of the state’s fiscal year 2025 budget.

The governor fired Neil Steininger, head of the Office of Management and Budget, on Friday. Steininger was replaced by Lacey Sanders, formerly administrative services director for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.

The governor’s office declined to give a reason for the firing and switch. In a statement Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, the governor’s office said he looks forward to working with Sanders and that her experience will be valuable to the state.

Sanders has a long track record with the state, including stints as budget director and with the Legislative Finance Division, which provides budgetary advice and analysis for the legislative branch of government.

Steininger served in the position from January 2020, five months after the end of the tenure of Donna Arduin, Dunleavy’s first budget director.

--https://alaskabeacon.com/james-brooks

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20 YEARS AGO

November 2004

Sitka Community School’s Thanksgiving Turkey Trot drew 112 runners and walkers. In the 2.5-mile fun run Robert Sowers won in 17:15; Gary Smith was second in 17:54; Eric Speck was third at 18:11; George Wathen fourth at 19:50; Lincoln Wild fifth at 19:53; Torin Lehmann sixth at 20:06; Daniel Erickson seventh at 20:16; Andrew Friske ninth at 21:28; and Dan Baier tenth at 21:28.

50 YEARS AGO

November 1974

The Soroptimist Club met at Revard’s Thursday and began plans for the progressive dinner marking the 25th anniversary of the club’s beginning in Sitka, in 1949. The dinner will start at the home of Betty Shennett at Whitcomb’s Trailer Court, proceed to Marta Ryman’s, then to Bette Shupp’s and end up at Carolyn Young’s.

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