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Thank you to the 57 people that contributed a total of $2,850 to Raven Radio in 2011 using Pick. Click. Give. You can join them this year by making an additional gift to Raven Radio when filing your PFD online this… more

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Southeast News

Stevens’ portrait unveiled

A portrait of the late Senator Ted Stevens – unveiled Friday evening -- will hang on the second floor of the Alaska State Capitol between the House and Senate chambers. more

Juneau man charged with multiple code violations

Ronald W. Hohman is facing six misdemeanor counts of maintaining a nuisance property, failure to close a building, and not using a public sewer. more

Judge orders redistricting board to revise plan

A state court judge has ordered the Alaska Redistricting Board to redraw three Fairbanks-area House districts and another in the Aleutian chain. more

National News

Bomb Explodes In Afghanistan, Casualties Reported

The blast went off at a parking lot outside the police building in Kandahar, a local official said. Seven people were killed, and least 19 were wounded, he added. In the north, meanwhile, Afghan police said that an American soldier shot and killed an Afghan guard at a U.S. base. More

Egyptian Official: Explosion Halts Gas Exports

The attack along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula disrupted exports to neighboring Israel and Jordan. The blast that took place Sunday at dawn is the 12th successful attack on the line since the popular uprising that ousted longtime Egyptians leader Hosni Mubarak in February last year. More

Move Over, Iowa, Nevada Has A Caucus Problem Too

Some highly improbable events lately have embarrassed the host states in the presidential nominating process, including Nevada, which held its caucus Saturday night. More

Statewide News

Missing Anchorage Woman Case Being Treated As Possible Abduction

A young woman working as a barista in an Anchorage coffee stand has been missing since Wednesday night. Few details are available, but the Anchorage Police Department is treating it as a possible abduction. More

Subsidized Air Travel In Alaska Included in FAA Reauthorization Bill

Federally subsidized air travel in Alaska is no longer under the threat of congressional budget cutting. Friday, the U.S. House passed a compromised version of the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill. It keeps the Essential Air Service subsidy in place for rural Alaska communities, and it funds a number of airport improvements. More

Veteran Employment Measure Passes House, Senate

Alaska’s House and Senate have passed bills aimed at easing veterans’ chances of getting jobs.The measures direct the state to consider military training and experience when granting professional licenses. Alaska licenses about 40 professions, from barbers to contractors to nurses. More

The CorvidEYE

Two for the road

JAZZFEST_smProving without a doubt that teachers "can do," Sitka Schools music directors Mike Kernin (Blatchley Middle School) and John DePalatis (Sitka High) open the Saturday night (2-4-12) concert of the Sitka Jazz Festival. The pair jammed with Ed Littlefield on drums, Peter Apathy on bass, and Bob Athayde on piano. Continue
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Local News

Arctic Slope corp. buys Sitka’s McGraw construction firm

A regional Native corporation from Barrow is making inroads into Southeast Alaska. The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation purchased the business of McGraw Custom Construction, which has been in Sitka for 30 years. Continue
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Tax panelists share problems, offer few solutions

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A Chamber of Commerce panel discussion on local taxes went into overtime this week (Wed 2-1-12), but did not move very far toward solving Sitka’s looming budget gap.

Speakers representing the municipal government, the school district, and local business spent… more

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Grant to help develop sustainable businesses in rural Southeast

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation awarded $225,000 to the Anchorage-based Alaska Conservation Foundation. But the money will be spent in Sitka, Kake, Hoonah, Hydaburg and Wrangell. Continue
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State takes control of Sheldon Jackson College archives

IMG_0522_feaUnder a deal signed Tuesday, the state’s Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums will take control of thousands of pieces of material once belonging to Sheldon Jackson College – everything from historic documents to a mammoth tusk presented to the college as a gift. Continue
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