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SEARHC offers $8.25 million for former Sitka Community Hospital …

WEBA $8.2 million deal to purchase and expand the former Sitka Community Hospital building will go before voters this fall, as an advisory question. When the Sitka …

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Yakutat’s new health clinic to help reverse ‘downward spiral

WEBA sign in the newly constructed Yakutat Community Health Center (Photo provided by Rhoda Jensen) Leseman has worked on similar projects in rural Alaska for …

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SEARHC community council: Return to Home Health ‘not on the …

WEBSince the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium closed its Medicare-certified home health department in Sitka last September, many Sitkans have publicly …

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Sitka’s vaccination success is notable, but it’s not the end

WEBPharmacists Trish White and Katelyn Ylitalo oversee a vaccination clinic at the Sitka Firehall. The combination of state-supplied vaccine through Sitka’s local …

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Assembly asks SEARHC to reconsider home health closure

WEBThe Sitka Assembly is calling for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, to reconsider a decision it made last fall to close its home …

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Sitka Health Summit sets two new goals for year

WEBThe Sitka Health Summit met for its annual Planning Day on Thursday (9-23-21) to generate ideas to improve health in Sitka. After a day of virtual discussion and …

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SEARHC to close Sitka’s home health department in September

WEBThe Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is closing its home health department in Sitka at the end of September. While the organization …

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Free COVID tests available at Sitka’s public health center

WEBPosted by Katherine Rose | Dec 27, 2021. A photo of a test kit obtained at the Sitka Public Health Center. The center is now providing two test kits per household, …

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Booster shot availability will open up for Sitkans in late September

WEBBeginning in late September, booster shots will be available for Sitkans who are 8 months out from getting their first two coronavirus vaccine doses. When Sitka’s …

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SEARHC awards $50,000 ‘Healthy is Here’ grant to Sitka Tribe

WEBSEARHC awarded $50,000 to each of the 15 tribes that are part of the SEARHC consortium, for a total of $750,000. Martha Pearson, director of health …

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2020 is the year that Health Care took the lead in Southeast

WEB2020 will always be remembered as a pandemic year — but in Southeast Alaska, it also will be noted as the year that Health Care became the largest private …

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Sitka first Alaska town to win national ‘Culture of Health’ prize

WEBSitka has become the first Alaska town to receive the Culture of Health Prize from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The $25,000 prize recognizes communities …

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SEARHC ‘on track’ to kick off hospital expansion next year

WEBA little over a year after the city sold Sitka Community Hospital to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, SEARHC is moving forward with its …

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KCAW Coronavirus Information Hub

WEBIf you are experiencing symptoms or test positive on a home test, you can get a PCR test through SEARHC by setting up an appointment. Recently, a drive-thru …

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Sitka health providers report steady rollout of COVID boosters

WEBHealth providers report that around 1200 third dose and booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Sitka. Fire Chief Craig Warren told the …

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SEARHC mandates COVID-19 vaccines for employees

WEBEmployees of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium must be vaccinated for COVID by June 30, or risk losing their jobs. The Tribal health consortium …

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SEARHC defends Home Health closure at Sitka Assembly meeting

WEBDr. Bruhl said that was because of SEARHC’s “commitment to process.”. The avenue SEARHC provides for the public to respond and ask questions is the …

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Assembly authorizes hospital sale on 6-1 vote

WEBAssembly authorizes hospital sale on 6-1 vote. When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (10-13-21), it closed the final chapter in the city’s ownership of the …

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How is a health initiative born

WEBA free Community Center and a plan to revitalize Katlian Street swept the election this year (KCAW photo/Emily Kwong) With the sound of a kazoo, the voting …

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