At 11 a.m. on Aug. 29, Sitkans found themselves without internet, cell service or texting and unable to use credit cards. Even some landlines – depending on the type of phone – didn’t work.
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Sitka tourism documentary ‘Cruise Boom’ to debut on PBS
A documentary examining the impact of cruise tourism’s explosive growth in Sitka will debut this weekend on national television.
Repair ship working to mend cable break that took Sitka offline
It could be close to a week until repairs are finished.
Ship en route to repair Sitka’s damaged fiber optic cable
The cable repair ship bound for Southeast waters is currently in Canada, and should arrive by the end of the week.
Fiber optic cable break in Sitka could take nearly two weeks to repair
Sitka has been without internet access since Thursday after an undersea fiber optic cable broke, cutting off the island from the online world.
Sitka still without internet, cell service after undersea cable break
GCI said technicians were working to temporarily reroute Sitka’s internet traffic with hopes to restore basic voice and text service and limited internet sometime Friday.
Vessel strike suspected in Icy Strait whale death
Two deceased whales were discovered in the Icy Strait area in July in Southeast Alaska.
Sitka at a ‘tipping point’ as residents grapple with impact of tourism
Sitka’s summer tourism season is in full swing with numbers expected to be close to last year’s record-breaking 585,000 cruise visitors.
New study sheds light on sablefish genetics
Sablefish, or black cod, don’t return home to spawn.
Sitka denies third application to put cruise limit question out to voters
Organizers from the group Small Town SOUL submitted an application in June to put a cruise limit question out to voters in this year’s municipal election.