Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 7, 2021
US Sen. Dan Sullivan met in a socially-distanced roundtable with stakeholders in Sitka’s visitor industry on May 4, 2021. He and other senators from cruising states have tried to push through legislation to relax CDC rules and federal regulations that are preventing large cruise ships from sailing this season. “Every day, every hour that we’re not resolving this makes it a little less likely that we’re going to be able to resolve it,” he said. (KCAW photo/Robert Woolsey)
Alaska’s visitor industry is holding out hope that large cruise ships may be allowed to sail sometime this season possibly by July. But Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan says it would require policy changes on both sides of the US- Canada border for that to happen, and time is tight.
Posted by KCAW News | May 6, 2021
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The seventy-three members of the Mt. Edgecumbe High School Class of 2021 were graduated in ceremonies on campus the morning of Thursday, May 6. Although not the usual standing-room only crowd in the Sitka Performing Arts Center, Thursday’s event in the BJ McGillis Field House brought many families into Sitka, with students hailing from far-flung communities like St. Paul Island and Alakanuk.
This year’s Salutatory Address was delivered by Cheyenne Murphy of Bethel; Tia Patkotak of Anchorage was Valedictorian. See a full program here.
Graduation 2021 was quite a contrast to 2020’s ceremony, which was put together virtually as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened into the spring that year, forcing the cancellation of all events large and small. But the pandemic also left a mark this year: Besides masking, social distancing, and limited tickets for visiting family, a handful of students were in quarantine after athletes around
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Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 26, 2021
Harry Race will hold a clinic with the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine 11 A.M. to 12 noon Wednesday, April 28, at the Sitka Firehall. After a review of data the CDC has recommended the resumption of the J&J vaccine, after a nationwide “pause” on April 13. That “pause,” however, was par for the course for any new medication, according to the state’s top pharmacist. (KCAW photo/Berett Wilber)
The US Centers for Disease Control on Friday (4-23-21) recommended the resumption of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. After an extensive review of the data following reports of a rare blood clotting condition, the agency advised “that the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine’s known and potential benefits outweigh its known and potential risks.” Sitka’s Harry Race Pharmacy will have the J&J vaccine (which requires only a single dose) available at its next clinic 11 AM – 12 noon Wednesday, April 28, at the Sitka Firehall.
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