Sitka makes plans for pilot bus project

SITKA, Alaska (AP) – The city of Sitka will consider a free downtown bus service this summer on a trial basis.
The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports the Assembly voted 6-0 Tuesday to have Interim Municipal Administrator Phillip Messina prepare a supplemental budget ordinance for the trial project.
Pat Kehoe, a member of the Island Artists Gallery, says the proposal came out of a brainstorming session of downtown merchants and the Chamber of Commerce, who observed that despite increased num