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JJ Carlson makes bid for second full term on Sitka Assembly
Sitka Assembly Member JJ Carlson filed Thursday (7-23-26) to run for a second term. She’s the first to bid for an assembly seat this year.
Bulk water shipper seeks more time to develop Sitka export plan
At an industrial park board meeting last week (7-16-26), leadership from Arctic Blue Waters Alaska Inc. said climate change and geopolitics have made the prospect of selling Sitka’s water more possible than ever before. But they still need more money to develop a plan to collect and ship it.
Assembly proposes sales tax changes to address Sitka’s childcare needs
Lowering the winter sales tax rate, and upping the summer one. That was a popular proposal discussed at a Sitka Assembly work session on Tuesday (7-21-26) aimed at addressing the island’s childcare shortage.
Sitka Assembly Member Kevin Mosher first to file for mayor’s seat
Current Sitka Assembly Member Kevin Mosher has filed to run for mayor. Mosher, who is two years into serving his third term on the assembly, has served as an assembly member since 2018.
Station Highlights
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One year out from federal defunding
An update and message of gratitude one year out from the loss of federal funding for Raven Radio.
The Morning Interview
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SFAC brings madcap romance to the high seas with ‘Anything Goes’
The Sitka Fine Arts Camp's musical theater camp is bring the works of Cole Porter to Sitka with Anything Goes.
Researcher documents intersection of Indigenous beadwork, Russian Orthodoxy
Esmeralda Goncalves, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and former Fulbright Scholar, is in Sitka on a 2026 Craft Research Fund Grant.
SAIL Annual Picnic returns to Crescent Harbor on Friday
The annual picnic will take place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 24, at the Crescent Harbor Net Shed.
Southeast News
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Good, but not record breaking, deer harvest forecast
This year’s deer harvest isn’t expected to reach the record highs of the past two seasons but...
Cooling system issue causes small explosion in Klawock grocery store
The dairy section at the Klawock grocery store was cleared out after there was a reported issue in...
New superintendent of Ketchikan schools shares plans for leading the district
Kara Four Bear was hired earlier this year to lead the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District....
Alaska News
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Dozens of weather stations crucial for Alaska aviation went dark on Monday
No flight cancellations were immediately reported.
Join us for News & Brews trivia! | August 10
Join Alaska Public Media at 907 Alehouse and Grill in Anchorage on August 10 for a free trivia...
A 7.1 quake hits Japan’s Kyushu, trapping people in a collapsed shopping mall
The quake shook Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon local time,...
NPR
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Leaders gather in Washington to pay their final tributes to Lindsey Graham
Lawmakers, foreign leaders and President Trump are gathering Tuesday for the first of two days of...
Photos: Spain and France’s battle record wildfires
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes as powerful wildfires sweep...
‘Ricochet’ explores how the right to bear arms expands — while gun laws contract
The New York Times reporter Mike McIntire says gun companies and the NRA are broadening the scope of the Second Amendment, socializing kids to appreciate guns and marketing a new brand of masculinity.
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