Sitka Tribe scores one win in herring lawsuit and tries for another
Posted by Katherine Rose | Jan 7, 2021
STA staff and volunteers distribute herring eggs on branches after the 2020 subsistence harvest (KCAW/Berett Wilber)
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Sitka Tribe of Alaska in November won another round in its legal fight with the state over the management of the commercial herring fishery. And next week (1-14-20) the court will hear new oral arguments, and decide whether the state has upheld its constitutional responsibilities in its management of the fishery.
Andy Erickson is a lawyer with the firm Landye Bennett Blumstein, representing the Sitka Tribe of Alaska in its legal battle with the state that’s spanned over two years.
2020: The year we came together, living distantly
Posted by Katherine Rose and Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 31, 2020
Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner Amanda Price stands alongside photos of Jessica Baggen taken at her 17th birthday party in 1996. Baggen was murdered later that same evening as she walked home on the Sawmill Creek Road bicycle path. It wasn’t until August, 2020, that “genetic geneaology” was used to identify a suspect living in Arkansas. (DPS image)
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was like the pavement that all other stories rolled on- everything from school closures, the poor fishing season, the non-existent cruise season, to elections. Most news was propelled by the pandemic in some way.
As 2020 comes to an end, KUCB s newsroom takes a step back to reflect and share some of the most noteworthy news that was produced over the year.
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March brought the closure of schools and public facilities, forcing people into their homes and away from friends and family.
Despite that isolation and a string of local tragedies, moments of hope and unity stood out throughout the year in Unalaska.
Credit Berett Wilber/KUCB
Unalaska lifted its hunker down order Wednesday, allowing Unalaskans to once again go into public and congregate in groups of more than 10 people. It also allows bars and restaurants to reopen to limited dine-in service at 50 percent capacity.
The order had been in place since early December, shortly after the island moved into its high coronavirus risk threshold in light of two cases of community spread and potential widespread exposure to the virus.
In addition to lifting the hunker down order, city councilors voted to continue existing protective measures at their special meeting Wednesday. Those measures require that travelers quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Unalaska, face coverings be worn in businesses and organizations, and businesses post their COVID mitigation plans on entrances and exits.