Month: October 2009

Film on Peratrovich coming to Sitka

A film telling the story of Alaska civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich will be screened Sunday (11-1-09) at the performing arts center at Sitka High School. “For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska,” is set to air on public television stations around the country this fall.

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City will try for new Hames lease

The lights at Hames Wellness Center most likely are staying on. With an Oct. 31 deadline looming, the Assembly asked city officials on Tuesday (10-27-09) to negotiate a new lease on the center.

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Teens judged by peers in Youth Court

Young people who get in trouble in Sitka might just find themselves in an entirely different kind of court: the Sitka Youth Court. The program has been around for about 10 years and this week (10-20-09), 15 new attorneys were sworn in.

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INTERVIEW: Gov. Sean Parnell

Gov. Sean Parnell was a busy man on Alaska Day. He walked in the parade, he attended military memorial services, and he spoke at the re-enactment of the 1867 Transfer Ceremony on Castle Hill. In between all of those things, he spoke to Raven News about some issues facing Southeast Alaska.

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Parnell, Poe talk issues in Sitka

Two candidates for governor were in Sitka over the Alaska Day weekend. Sitting Gov. Sean Parnell and Democratic contender Bob Poe both are hoping to win the state's top job in 2010. Raven News spoke with both about some Southeast Alaska issues.

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Pike ponds purged of invasive fish

Yakutat could be done with its pike problem. The state poisoned the ravenous invasive species out of some small lakes near the northern Southeast Alaska town. And the salmon that once lived there have started to return.

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