MASKED UP – Mt. Edgecumbe High School students receive prizes for their costumes this afternoon outside the school library. This year’s Halloween costume contest was held outdoors with everyone wearing masks in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Sitkans are trying to have a degree of normalcy while acting responsibly during the pandemic. Businesses are having Halloween-themed sales over the weekend. Also, Sitka merchants will be hosting the downtown Trick-or-Treat event Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. with everyone asked to observe social distancing recommendations. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
It’s a First: Metlakatla Elects a Woman Mayor
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By TOM HESSE
Sentinel Staff Writer
Metlakatla voters elected Audrey Hudson by a margin of 11 votes on Tuesday to serve as first woman mayor in the town’s 126-year history.
“I’m very proud,” Hudson said in a phone interview.
Hudson defeated Karl Cook 376-365. There won’t be a recount, she said.
“The community was half and half. It was very, very close,” she said, adding that 746 people turned out to vote in the town of around 1,400 people.
The Metlakatla Indian Community, the only reservation in Alaska, is located on Annette Island, about 15 miles south of Ketchikan.
Hudson, who has a sister who works for SEARHC in Sitka, said she is humbled by being elected, and is more excited to get to work on the issues that face Metlakatla than she is to hold the distinction of being the first woman mayor.
“The platform that I was running on was bringing the platform back to the people by communication and honesty,” Hudson said. “They know that I can do as well a job as anybody that made it into this office before myself, and it just so happens that I’m a woman.”
Hudson added that she’s looking forward to getting started, and that she’s thankful for the support of the community that elected her.
August 5, 2020
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Alaska COVID-19
At a Glance
(updated 10-30-20)
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 9:40 a.m. Friday.
New cases as of Thursday: 380
Total statewide – 14,837
Total (cumulative) deaths – 81
Active cases in Sitka – 17 (14 resident; 3 non-resident) *
Recovered cases in Sitka – 62 (49 resident; 13 non-resident) *
The state says the cumulative number of cases hospitalized is 430.
To visit the Alaska DHSS Corona Response dashboard website click here.
* These numbers reflect State of Alaska data. Local cases may not immediately appear on DHSS site, or are reported on patient’s town of residence rather than Sitka’s statistics.
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20 YEARS AGO
October 2000
Photo caption: Their Halloweeen party over, Sitka Tribe of Alaska staff members and their families turn heads as they stroll down Katlian Street Friday. Several Halloween events were held over the weekend. This afternoon kids were invited downtown to trick or treat at businesses; and tonight parties and more trick or treating expeditions will bring out more ... whatever.
50 YEARS AGO
October 1970
The only method through which the United States will adopt a 200-mile limit for its contiguous fishing zone is by a change in international law which would require consent of two-thirds of the nations at an international conference, the assistant Secretary of State for Fisheries and Wildlife told fishermen in Sitka.
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