MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. LIGHT
WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST TO 10 MPH.
Author and journalist Lael Morgan has worked at the Juneau Empire and LA Times, taught at the University of Alaska, and founded her own alternative newspaper. Morgan is well-known for her book Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush. Her latest effort is Eskimo Star, From the Tundra to Tinseltown: The Ray Mala Story. She spoke with KCAW’s Holly Keen.
Trusts are becoming a more common way to create affordable housing, by allowing people to own homes, but not the land underneath them. They have a long track record in the lower 48, for the moment they’re a new idea in Sitka. The Sitka Community Development Corporation would like to change that. Board members and volunteers have launched a campaign to build awareness about Community Land Trusts, and to explain why they think CLT’s are a good fit for Sitka. more
The Tongass Futures Roundtable is shutting down. The organization tried to resolve Southeast Alaska forest-issue conflicts. more