Katherine Rose

Sitka's tribal health-care provider announced that the patient is a resident at a 15-bed long-term care center. All residents of the facility, which houses senior citizens and others in need of long-term care, were tested.

Weak markets and smaller-than-average fish — two factors in the premature closure of last year’s fishery — are being blamed for the move, along with new uncertainty over the spread of coronavirus in China.

The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday for a Sitka man whose empty kayak was discovered overturned the day before in Sitka’s Eastern Channel.

State managers intend to double the commercial harvest level for the Sitka Sound sac roe fishery. Meanwhile, subsistence users are seeing a shrinking spawning window, and fewer eggs on branches.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s latest budget proposal removes the Sheldon Jackson Museum from the asset disposal list and directs just under $400,000 in deferred maintenance money to replace the museum’s roof.

Officials say at least one local bear has done enough damage to warrant an aggressive response.

Last month, Sitka Tribe announced that the park service wasn’t renewing the contract and tribal tour leaders may not return to Sitka National Historical Park next year.

That lake-lurking bear has been particularly active, even destroying property and eating poultry. And it’s not the only one.

The brand new, Mt. Edgecumbe High School Aquatic Center in Sitka has been open to students for all of two semesters. Now it's scheduled to be closed — permanently — at the end of December.

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen said a group of 13 teams would be looking into restructuring options for all of the academic programs.