The numbers of ships and passengers coming in July remain big question marks, and the summer season is already under way.
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For one Sitkan, a dream of debt-free home ownership came in the form of a trailer
In places like Sitka where construction costs are high and land availability is low, trailers are an important affordable housing alternative.
As renters struggle to find long-term housing in Sitka, the number of short-term rentals grows
While short-term rentals have doubled in Sitka, it’s still not clear how much that increase has affected the long-term rental market.
Garbage fires spur new shipping regulations, but who will pay the price?
Last fall, Alaska Marine Lines announced it would start refusing shipments of solid waste in open containers on June 1.
Alaska Court System services slowly coming back online after cyberattack
After nearly two weeks, the Alaska Court System’s email came back online on Tuesday. But other services are still down after a cyberattack last month.
Sen. Dan Sullivan: Time is short to salvage Alaska’s cruise ship season
Sen. Dan Sullivan has introduced legislation that would revoke the conditional sailing order imposed on the cruise industry by the CDC.
A year after Sitka made space for tiny homes, no one is building them
Last year, Sitka became one of the first cities in the country to introduce a set of tiny home friendly code changes.
Sitka is getting its largest apartment complex in over 20 years. The developer says it doesn’t pencil out.
It’s not just the view or the quality of construction that’s attracting renters to a new Sitka apartment building — it’s that they can’t find anything else.
Commercial and subsistence harvesters speak out against trawler bycatch of chinook salmon
Federal fisheries data shows trawlers in the North Pacific took about a tenth of the king salmon caught by Alaska’s commercial salmon fleet last year.
Sitka commission to develop plan for predicted tourism boom in 2022
City officials believe the steep uptick in tourism could put a strain on infrastructure, so last month the assembly directed the local planning commission to develop a “Tourism Master Plan.”