KCAW takes top honors at Alaska Press Club
KCAW made another outstanding showing at the annual Alaska Press Club Awards in Anchorage last weekend (4-21-12). Follow this link to revisit our award-winning pieces.
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KCAW made another outstanding showing at the annual Alaska Press Club Awards in Anchorage last weekend (4-21-12). Follow this link to revisit our award-winning pieces.
Read MoreBefore the digital revolution, making radio was hard work. You had to carry records and tapes all over the place, plus look at a stopwatch all the time. A guy could get pretty worn out! Chief announcer Ken Fate catches thirty winks in this photo from when white socks and Birkenstocks ruled the earth.
Read MoreJennifer Robinson is a co-founder of Lead:Sitka, a group created to inspire civic engagement among twenty- and thirty-somethings. Robinson discusses how the group has taken shape over the past year, and what its plans are for the near future.
Read MoreAssembly member Terry Blake moving from Sitka, will resign seat this summer. Assembly appropriates $5.9 million for schools. Redesign of Pacific High (with pitched roof) gets warm reception. Full turnout for Sitka airport disaster drill. Troopers find missing sportsfisherman alive and well on Prince of Wales.
Read MoreTerry Blake is about halfway through his term. He and his family are moving to Texas, to be closer to family in the Lower 48. He and wife Suzi have two sons and have lived in Sitka for six years.
Read MoreSitka Schools will receive $5.9 million from the city this year. The Assembly approved the funding during last night’s regular meeting. Members also approved the latest version of plans for Pacific High School's remodel.
Read MoreThe community-wide disaster drill involved emergency responders, doctors, nurses, airport and airline officials, the Coast Guard, and even students from Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
Read MoreSitkans joined tens of thousands of others around the world on Monday (4-23-12) distributing free books for World Book Night. The event began in the UK last year, and coincides with UNESCO's World Book Day (which commemorates the death of Cervantes and the birth of Shakespeare). KCAW special correspondent Bill Foster sent this letter from Sitka's book bus.
Read MoreMike Vieira introduces the Sitka High Man Choir, featuring tenors Justin Stenberg and Nick Weatherman, baritone Garrett Smith, and basses Gus Bruhl and John Roberts. Only in its second year, the Man Choir won a command performance at this year's MusicFest.
Read MoreBookmobile tours Sitka for "World Book Night." ACSM speaker series puts spotlight on athletic trainers. Leaders from ANB/ANS take nostalgic tour to Petersburg. Sitka Assembly to consider final school appropriation during regular meeting tonight.
Read MoreKCAW Prize Drawings: click on the links for rules and winner info.
Alaska Seaplanes Drawing – ends 12/31/22
Alaska Airlines Drawing – ended 4/9/2022
Quiet Drive – ended 4/3/2022
Spring 2023 Quiet Drive – ends 4/2/2023
Allen Marine Drawing – ends 4/6/23
Alaska Seaplanes Drawing – ends 10/8/23
Alaska Airlines Spring 2024– ends 3/24/24