The Sitka Employee Wellness Coalition has honored Mt. Edgecumbe High School with its Well Workplace of the Month award for December. The award recognizes the efforts of Sitka organizations who promote employee wellness within their worksites.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced the award of $47 million in Youthbuild funding to 96 groups that will provide education in construction as well as leadership training to at-risk young people across the United States, who will take part in building affordable housing in their own communities.

A decade-old dream came closer to reality on Friday, Nov. 16, when the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium broke ground on a new $3.45 million patient housing facility across from the SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka.

Etsuko Osbekoff, a clinical nurse specialist at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, will be honored by the Indian Health Service Dec. 13 at the National Director's Award Ceremony in North Bethesda, Md.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium tobacco prevention program will celebrate the 31st Annual Great American Smokeout with the launch of a new collaborative program between SEARHC and Sitka Community Hospital to provide tobacco cessation services for all Sitka residents.

The Sitka Employee Wellness Coalition will host its monthly meeting from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, at Harrigan Centennial Hall.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium will break ground on a new $3.45 million patient housing facility at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, across from the SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital.

Beneath the Ocean's surface lives a foreign community. When kayaking or boating across the blue surface, which divides these worlds, one can never be completely sure what swims beneath. Though whatever is under there is certainly magnificent.

Governor Sarah Palin today appointed David George to the Sitka Superior Court. He replaces the Honorable Larry Zervos, who retired.

Robert E. Allen, Jr., a long-time Sitka businessman, has joined the Alaska Pacific Bancshares Board of Directors, according to President and CEO Craig E. Dahl. Allen filled the position vacated by Marta Ryman, who retired from the board after serving for over five years.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Emergency Medical Services department is offering a Wilderness First Responder course...

For the second straight year, the Ravens moiety topped the Eagles in the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Eagles vs. Ravens Wellness Challenge in Juneau.

The recommendation for men to grow one's beard out and women to dress in the styles of 1867 seems a little strange, but that's what it's about at the Alaska Day Festival in Sitka.

A new online resource is now available for employment and training information on high growth, high demand industries, thanks to a High Growth Job Training grant from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Injury Prevention Department has awarded $8,309 in mini-grants to five projects in several Southeast Alaska communities.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has expanded services provided this year at the Mt. Edgecumbe High School Student Health Center.

The Hames Corporation and the Hames Wellness Committee sponsored a virtual pedometer challenge from Sitka to Hawaii. An Alaska Airlines representative quoted eight million steps to get there.

Most adults can remember the days of walking to school, chatting with friends and neighbors on their way to class. Few children will share those memories, as most ride to school in cars or on buses.

Sitka's Bicycle Friendly Community project will host League of American Bicyclists trainer Preston Tyree for a work session on the federal Safe Routes To School program and how those ideals can be applied in Sitka.

League of American Bicyclists trainer W. Preston Tyree will lead a planning session about Sitka's Bicycle Friendly Community project and the next steps Sitka needs to take to become Alaska's first community to earn a Bicycle Friendly Community designation.

Sitka recently welcomed a new bustling business to town with the opening of Silver Bay Seafoods, a salmon processing plant. The plant opened for the 2007 season this summer; its season will run from June through September.

Mayor of City and Borough of Sitka, Marko Dapcevich, straps on a helmet before starting the town's community bike ride held Aug. 25. The event featured a crowd of 300-400 cyclists, including several city, tribal and school board officials.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Steps to a Healthier SE Alaska program and the SEARHC Diabetes program have teamed up with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska to help launch the Tlingít & Friends Bike Club.

Men have a one in six chance of getting prostate cancer in their lifetime.

Do you have a recumbant, unicycle, tricycle or tandem gathering dust in your garage?

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital Dental Clinic in Sitka will host a special pediatric dental clinic the week of Sept. 10-14.

Art Anderson Associates continues to recruit and hire individuals to bolster its skill set and meet growing project needs. Robert Dullanty, Scott Newbury, Daniel Green and Shan Zhao have recently joined the team, each bringing certain experience and skills that will grow the firm's ability to deliver on its promise of providing Value Beyond Engineering™ to clients and stakeholders.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Steps to a Healthier SE Alaska and SEARHC Injury Prevention programs are offering a StrongWomen instructor course on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 6-7, at the SEARHC Sitka campus.

Daniel Mossburg has been named the Safe Cyclist of the Month for July 2007 by the SEARHC Injury Prevention Department and Sitka's Bicycle Friendly Community project.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Lifestyle Balance Program will provide its fourth series of diabetes prevention classes starting in late August in both Sitka and Juneau.

A new health education kiosk has been installed in the Outpatient Department waiting area at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital.

Buzzing with creative energy, students explore a myriad of artistic classes at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp this summer. In its 32nd year, faculty and students work together, sharing what the arts represent personally to universally.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital clinical laboratory recently passed two accreditation inspections.

Sitka residents interested in helping Sitka earn a national Bicycle Friendly Community designation from the League of American Cyclists are invited to two upcoming events on Friday and Saturday, July 20-21.

There's a new covered bike shelter at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, courtesy of an Eagle Scout service project by Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.

SITKA - Gerry Hall has been named the Safe Cyclist of the Month for June 2007 by the SEARHC Injury Prevention Department and Sitka's Bicycle Friendly Community project.

One of Alaska's longest-serving ANCSA corporation directors has retired. Ethel Staton, a founding director of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act urban corporation for Sitka, was honored for her long service at the 33rd Annual Meeting of Shee Atiká on Saturday, June 16, in Sitka.

The Alaska State Council on the Arts recently awarded $545,674 in grants at their annual meeting, held June 15-16, in Sitka.

Race co-founder Mark Gorman claimed the overall title in the inaugural Sitka Sound Ocean Adventure Race on Saturday.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Injury Prevention Department is partnering with the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association to hold a recreational boating instructor course July 10-14 in Sitka.

A new online bike forum has been created so Sitka residents can discuss ways to help Sitka earn a Bicycle Friendly Community designation from the League of American Cyclists. A Bicycle Friendly Community provides safe accommodation for cycling and encourages its residents to bike for transportation, recreation and physical activity.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Steps to a Healthier SE Alaska program awarded small grants worth nearly $85,000 to 14 Southeast community groups to implement community-based wellness programs or policy changes. The winning grant applications came from seven separate communities.

The Sitka Employee Wellness Coalition has honored the Hames Corp. with its Well Workplace of the Month award for June.

Racers in kayaks, canoes, rowing shells, paddle boats, Tlingit warrior canoes and other human-powered watercraft will compete in the inaugural Sitka Sound Ocean Adventure Race on Saturday, June 16. The race is a benefit for the Sitka Maritime Heritage Society.

Registration is open for the next class session of the award-winning Community Wellness Advocate program.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium announces Noble E. Anderson, M.D., has joined the permanent staff at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital. He will be caring for patients at the hospital as well as making regular field trips to see patients in Hoonah.

Men change the batteries on their smoke detectors every six months and they take their car in for a tune-up every 15,000 miles. But most men go years without seeing a doctor.

The public is invited to join community leaders from 1-2:30 p.m. on Friday, June 1, at Harrigan Centennial Hall for the first follow-up meeting to the Sitka Health Summit, "Working Together for a Healthier Sitka."

The Sitka Employee Wellness Coalition has honored the White's Inc. with its Well Workplace of the Month award for May. The award recognizes a Sitka organization's efforts in promoting employee wellness within its workplaces.

Community wellness champions from all walks of life were honored during the Sitka Health Summit, held April 26-27 at Harrigan Centennial Hall, for the work they've done making Sitka a healthier place to live.

The State of Alaska's Section of Community Health and Emergency Medical Services has certified Sitka's two hospitals - Sitka Community Hospital and SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital- as Level IV centers.

Looking for something fun to do? Attend the Sitka Women's Expo from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, at the Sheet'k‡ Kw‡an Naa Kah’di community house.

Entries from across Alaska came to KTOO / Alaska One this year for the 13th annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest.

The American Hospital Association, in partnership with the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, has named SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Vice President of Hospital Services Frank Sutton the winner of the state's Partnership for Action Grassroots Champion Award.

The public is invited to a series of four lunch-and-learn sessions in May that will recap the book, "The Culprit and the Cure," written by Steven Aldana, PhD, who was the guest speaker at the Sitka Health Summit, "Working Together for a Healthier Sitka."

It's spring, so that means it's time to hit the trails for a cause.

The Sitka Employee Wellness Coalition has honored the Sitka Community Hospital with its Well Workplace of the Month award for April. The award recognizes a Sitka organization's efforts in promoting employee wellness within its workplaces.

The American Red Cross of Alaska recently honored 25 individuals for their heroic acts and contributions to Alaska's communities at the 2007 Red Cross ConocoPhillips Real Heroes Breakfast.

When was the last time you took your kids on a bike ride? Have you been to the driving range lately to hit a few golf balls? Has it been awhile since you took your partner dancing? Isn't it about time you had some fun?

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Raven's Way program (Yéil Jeey‡x) reached a milestone in March when the residential youth substance abuse treatment program admitted its 1,000th student since opening in 1989.

Want to go for a walk, bike ride or swim? Want to try a triathlon? Sitka women are invited to "build your own event" when you participate in the Sitka Women's Walk and Triathlon sponsored by the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium's WISEWOMAN program.

Half-way through the second day, the last of 400 programs were handed out. The five-day "Sharing Our Knowledge: A Conference of Tsimshian, Haida and Tlingit Tribes and Clans" attracted academics and artists from throughout North America and as far as St. Petersburg, Russia, and Alaskans, Native and otherwise, from communities throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

More than ninety Alaska Native and academic experts from the United States, Canada and Russia will come together in Sitka at Sharing our Knowledge: A Conference of Tsimshian, Haida and Tlingit Tribes and Clans . Hosted by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the Southeast Alaska Native Educators Association, the conference convenes March 21-25, 2007.

The first National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day takes place on Wednesday, March 21, with the theme "A Celebration of Life ... Protecting Our Future, Protecting Our People!"

Few people get to watch real emergency room doctors in action, be with operating room staff during surgery or even watch a dentist performing a root canal. Southeast Alaska Native high school students can experience these and other opportunities when they participate in the Ethel Lund Village Health Occupations Program.

The steering committee for the upcoming Sitka health summit, "Working Together for a Healthier Sitka," is accepting nominations for awards that will be given to Sitka health role models and wellness champions.

The Sitka Employee Wellness Coalition has honored the Sitka Pioneers Home with its Well Workplace of the Month award for March. The award recognizes a Sitka organization's efforts in promoting employee wellness within its workplaces.

Did you know humor is beneficial to your health? Studies have shown that laughter improves blood flow, reduces pain, strengthens immune function and decreases stress.

Sitka's Commission on Health Needs and Community Services, in conjunction with the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and Sitka Community Hospital, will hold the Sitka Community Wellness Fair and Recreation And Outdoor Gear Swap/Sale.

Leaders from the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and Mt. Edgecumbe High School signed a Memorandum of Agreement on Feb. 28, that will enable SEARHC to run the student health clinic at Mt. Edgecumbe High School.

The second annual Sitka Fun Fair is looking for local organizations willing to coordinate physical activities during the April 21 event.

In celebration of National Heart Month, the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium WISEWOMAN program and Sitka Tribal Enterprises will co-host a special "One Crazy Raven" performance by noted Tlingit storyteller and actor Gene Tagaban.

Frank Sutton, Vice President of Hospital Services for the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation's leading professional society for healthcare leaders.

The Sitka Employee Wellness Coalition has honored Sitkans Against Family Violence with its Well Workplace of the Month award for February. The award recognizes a Sitka organization's efforts in promoting employee wellness within its workplaces.

The No. 1 killer for women in Alaska and the United States is heart disease. But heart disease also is one of the easiest diseases to prevent. To help inspire women this year to take better care of their hearts, the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium's WISEWOMAN program is joining the celebration of National Heart Month in February.

The Sitka Employee Wellness Coalition has honored Center for Community with its Well Workplace of the Month award for January.

Need to have someone take care of your child while you run errands, go to the doctor's office or shop for the holidays?

The Sitka Employee Wellness Coalition has honored Southeast Alaska Independent Living, Inc. with its Well Workplace of the Month award for December. The award recognizes an organization's efforts in promoting employee wellness within its workplaces.

The Alaska Health Education Consortium will honor the Community Wellness Advocate program with the Barbara Berger Award for excellence in health education and health promotion in Alaska. The award was presented at the Alaska Health Summit, during the event's annual awards luncheon Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the Sheraton Hotel's Howard Rock Ballroom in Anchorage.

The Sitka Injury Prevention Team will meet from noon-1:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, at Harrigan Centennial Hall.