The theme for this year’s 4th of July celebration in Sitka will be “Communications through the Years.” Ken Fate, the general manager of Raven Radio, made the announcement at this week’s meeting of the Sitka Chamber of Commerce (5-16-12). Fate went on to tell the chamber about KCAW’s thirty-year history, and its connections – both social and financial – to the community. more

Residents in a few select neighborhoods in Sitka will be trying out a new kind of bear-resistant trash can this spring. The local sanitation company is doing a field test of two prospective containers. Both are mostly plastic, and neither is considered “bear-proof.” All the authorities want to do is to frustrate brown bears looking for an easy meal, in the hope that they move on. more

The attorney for a citizen’s initiative in Sitka is unsure what the city has to gain by further attempts to block a public vote on land sales. Late last month, Juneau attorney Joe Geldhof and Sitkans for Responsible Government won a reversal in the Alaska Supreme Court. The justices gave the initiative the green light, but also remanded the case back to the Sitka judge to review some apparent conflicts in Sitka’s code. more