WIND VICTIM – Crew members of the F/V Ocean Cape and more than a dozen volunteers help remove loose gear from the longliner after it went aground on the Crescent Harbor boat launch in high winds Saturday. The boat was successfully refloated. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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By Sentinel Staff With winter at an end, schools of herring have returned to Sitka Sound and are ac [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer A Sitka man and a 17-year-old juvenile have been arreste [ ... ]
Police Blotter The following calls were recorded as of 8 a.m. today. March 17 At 10:09 a.m. a sus [ ... ]
Bernice Stedman Dies at Age 93 Bernice Lorraine Stedman, a longtime Sitka resident, died March 17 [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The city accepted its first application today for appoin [ ... ]
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Electrification Expo Set for Saturday At Centennial Hall Sitka’s Electrification Expo will be h [ ... ]
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By Sentinel Staff In the ongoing City League volleyball season last week, Our Town Catering defeate [ ... ]
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‘Let’s Talk!’ong>Series to Run “Let’s Talk,” a new discussion series, will begin Sunday a [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Assembly voted 7-0 Tuesday night to establish a Tour [ ... ]
By Sentinel Staff Taking advantage of Sitka’s mostly clear weather Tuesday, a Department of Fish [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Sports Editor In a tournament that came down to a final, tiebreaker ga [ ... ]
Police Blotter The following calls were recorded as of 8 a.m. today. March 14 At 7:38 a.m. suspic [ ... ]
Annual Raffle Prizes Offered Sitka Cancer Survivors Society is holding its annual raffle, with the [ ... ]
By Sentinel Staff With a herring run estimated at 150,617 tons expected in Sitka Sound this month t [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The director of the Gary Paxton Industrial Park says the [ ... ]
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AK COVID-19
At a Glance
(updated 3-14-2023)
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 pm Tuesday, March 14.
New cases as of Tuesday: 448
Total cases (cumulative) statewide – 294,791
Total (cumulative) deaths – 1,449
Case Rate per 100,000 – 61.60
To visit the Alaska DHSS Corona Response dashboard website click here.
COVID in Sitka
The Sitka community level is now "Low.'' Case statistics are as of Tuesday.
Case Rate/100,000 – 46.90
Cases in last 7 days – 4
Cumulative Sitka cases – 3,293
Deceased (cumulative) – 10
The local case data are from Alaska DHSS.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2003
Photo caption: Members of the newly formed Sitka Retail in Action Board have formed to promote local businesses. The first event will be a street fair, “Spring Fever.” From left are Teri Egan, Kay McCarty, Raphaelle Grangeon-Peters, Cathy Hanson, Bonnie Brenner, Joyce Robertson and Tammy Thom.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1973
By calling Zenith 6000, Southeast Alaska residents now are able to contact Western Airlines reservations without charge to book flights anywhere in Western’s system. The service will continue until such time as the court case involving Southeast Alaska air service is settled.
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