Detecting COVID-19 in wastewater could help communities prepare for new waves of infections before public health officials see rising cases.
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Neighbors shaken but unhurt after 4-year-old fires AK-47 in Sitka trailer court
The Sitka Police Department can provide gun locks for people who need them.
On a quiet Alaska Day, Sitka’s Indigenous voices rise on Castle Hill for reconciliation
Since 2017, a growing group of Sitkans has held a mourning ceremony on Alaska Day at the bottom of Castle Hill while the transfer ceremony takes place at the top.
Tenakee Springs reports 1st COVID-19 case
The man had no symptoms of coronavirus when he tested positive.
‘We’re back to square one’: Sitka seeks private capital for public haulout after denial of federal grant
A $6.5 million federal grant would have covered 80-percent of the estimated costs for a new haulout, but those funds did not come through.
Yakutat officials ask residents to get tested for COVID-19 after several visitors test positive
Some of the visitors started showing symptoms while in Yakutat. Others did not show symptoms, and others had symptoms once they left.
New COVID-19 case in Angoon sets off emergency travel order
The new case triggers the resumption of an emergency travel order requiring incoming travelers to “practice extreme social distancing measures” for two weeks.
With winter coming, Alaskans urged to stay informed about COVID-19 — and to stay strong
“We’re hearing more and more ‘I don’t trust the CDC, I don’t trust the FDA, but I trust this YouTube video I just watched on Facebook,’” said Coleman Cutchins, with Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services.
One-of-a-kind photo collection documents 75 years of life in Angoon
“You can’t put a price on photos taken from somebody from within the culture and in this case, somebody from within the community as well,” said Chuck Smythe of Sealaska Heritage.
A pair of stranded killer whales and a sick sea lion near Sitka have biologists looking for answers
Biologists are tracking some unusual stranding events around Sitka this summer, and hoping to learn more about what brought about the deaths of two killer whales, and what has made a sea lion gravely ill.