Alaska’s pioneer homes have far fewer beds than needed to meet demand. The region and state’s rapidly-growing senior population means waitlists have grown longer and longer.
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Allen Hall’s new art a tribute to Tlingit culture
Strength, loss, healing and transformation: those are themes present in a new permanent art installation that acknowledges the history of the original Sheldon Jackson Training School. The school later became a college and was influential in the lives of many Alaska Natives.
Some concerned about ‘takeover’ as SEARHC seeks to collaborate with Sitka hospital
Sitka’s tale of two hospitals stretches back to World War II. Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital was built in the 1940s while the city opened Sitka Community Hospital in 1956. And between the two facilities, Sitka has two emergency rooms, two obstetrics facilities and two physical therapy centers, among other duplicate services.
Former Sitka reporter publishes YA novel about growing up in Alaska
“I was really homesick. And that’s when I started tapping into those old, old memories. Not just my time in Sitka, which was more recent, but really going back to my childhood and my time spent with my family.”
Sitka, Petersburg food entrepreneurs win $40,000 awards
A Petersburg flavored-salt startup and a Sitka poultry and livestock entrepreneur won this year’s Path to Prosperity contest.
Bumps likely in the long road to a new Tongass plan?
The transition started early in the Obama administration. There could be at least three more presidents before it becomes a full reality.