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Sitka Assembly conducts follow-up interviews for Municipal Administrator candidates
The Sitka Assembly once again interviewed the two candidates for municipal administrator during two public meetings last week.
Sitka School District approves cutting 8.5 staff positions next year
Sitka School District board members consider cutting staff positions in the 2026-7 school year...
Sitka Legacy Foundation awards grants to six food security projects in Sitka, Port Alexander
The one-time grant will fund a wide variety of projects from community gardens to community meals and food pantries.
KCAW newsroom brings home five Alaska Press Club Awards
Raven Radio brought home five Alaska Press Club awards this year. Thad and Sandy Poulson, co-publishers of the Sitka Sentinel, were honored as well.
Commentary
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Commentary: Make your voice heard on the draft Tongass Forest Plan
My name is Bethany Goodrich, and I wonder how many of you listening have also made your favorite memories on Kruzof Island? An Island so iconic, so important to our community, it’s part of our identity. If you care about Kruzof, listen up.
The Morning Interview
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Sitka Community Land Trust nears completion on six-unit apartment complex
The Sitka Community Land Trust is nearing completion on a six-unit apartment complex at its lot on Halibut Point Road.
Sitka Conservation Society gives heads up to public about Forest Service community meeting
Andrew Thoms joins KCAW for the Morning Interview to discuss an upcoming community workshop to break down the proposed changes to the Tongass Land Management Plan
Spruce Root and Sitka Public Library offer financial literacy workshop
This weekend, the Sitka Public Library and Spruce Root are offering a financial literacy workshop at the library.
Southeast News
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Council selects Ketchikan City Manager
Sign leading to Ketchikan City Hall shown on Dec. 9 2025. (Hunter Morrison/KRBD) The Ketchikan...
Ketchikan’s rural designation to remain unchanged
Perseverance Lake in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Leila Kheiry) The Federal Subsistence Board on...
Forest Service Brings Tongass Plan Revision to Wrangell
Tongass National Forest Deputy Supervisor Barb Miranda talks about the Tongass Forest Plan...
Alaska News
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Alaska News Nightly: Monday, April 27, 2026
Scientists explain the true origin of a mysterious golden orb found at the bottom of the Gulf of...
Four Dunleavy appointees to boards and commissions resign ahead of confirmation vote
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office did not respond to questions asking whether the appointees had...
Anchorage STEM school’s supporters ask judge to block closure
At issue is whether the Anchorage School District gave appropriate notice to the community when it...
NPR
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Deadlock over Iran’s nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz cripples peace efforts
Two months after the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran started the war, peace talks are on hold, with...
The MAHA movement is mad about glyphosate and Trump’s EPA
Some people in the MAHA movement are angry with the Trump administration’s stance on...
‘We don’t know what will happen to us’: U.S. deportees in limbo in DRC
15 South American migrants and asylum seekers deported from the U.S. to the DRC are now living in...
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