May 2013 - Page 2 of 9

2013 Mugs Available in Retail Shop

The 2013 mugs are now on sale at the Raven Radio retail store! Your mug collection is incomplete without one, so stop by and pick one up today.

Wed May 29, 2013

Assembly contributes $25K for downtown revitalization. Sitka's 2014 municipal budget moves closer to reality. Repeat win possible for Sitka derby champ. Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins wins POW marathon.

SHS Softball tries for 4th straight state title

Sophomores Sid Riggs and Kalene Koelling from the SHS Girl’s Softball team discuss their regional championship in Ketchikan last week, and their prospects for a fourth straight state title in Ketchikan this weekend.

Assembly grants $25K to boost downtown

The Sitka Assembly is putting $25,000 toward an effort to revitalize downtown Sitka. At its regular meeting last night, the Assembly heard a presentation from a group of Sitkans who formed last fall to improve the city’s central business district.

Brave Heart to honor volunteers Friday

Brave Heart staff Willow Moore and Amanda Taylor discuss this Friday's banquet in honor of the organization's dedicated volunteers, Cupcakes & Kudos (5:30-9PM Fri May 31, Harrigan Centennial Hall, tickets $30 Old Harbor Books).

Tue May 28, 2013

Land trust, not landlord -- Community Land Trust interview series part 3. Skagit River Bridge collapse prompts examination of Alaska bridges. Needy children in Southeast Alaska receive donated clothing.

Repeat win possible for Sitka derby champ

It’s shaping up to be a big fish year in the Sitka Salmon Derby. After the first three days of fishing, the leading king weighed in at over 55 pounds. Mike Vaughn says this is a lot bigger than last year’s winning fish -- and he should know. He caught them both.

Land trust, not landlord

When you start talking about providing affordability, or low-cost housing, in a community, there’s always a little pushback. Not In My Backyard comes to mind, along with resistance to anyone’s tampering with the open market. Michael Brown, with Burlington Associates in St. Joseph, Minnesota, says CLT’s don’t deserve either.

Cable House sunset

Kay Simmons captured this picture Thursday night's sunset behind the Cable House, which is home to our studios. Thanks, Kay!

Subsistence as ‘spiritual economics’

Sheldon Jackson Museum curator Jackie Fernandez and artist Peter Williams outline this summer's Visiting Artist Program. The program will begin this Saturday with a lecture by Williams called "Subsistence: Sustainable and Spiritual Economics" (2PM Sat May 25, SJ Museum. Free.)