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Gymnasts jump for joy on Parks and Rec’s new AirFloor

by KCAW News | Apr 25, 2025

Sitka gymnasts were jumping for joy this week when they got to practice for the first time on the city’s new air floor that was donated by the Sitka Recreation Foundation. The city’s Parks and Rec Department team sent over this audio postcard from the event:

After a five-year closure, Hoonah Sound reopens to subsistence shrimp harvest

by KCAW News | Apr 24, 2025

The backyard shrimp barbecue may be returning to Sitka this summer. The state is reopening Hoonah Sound to subsistence shrimp harvests for the first time in five years. As KCAW’s Robert Woolsey reports, the rebound is due to positive signs in the curious life cycle of shrimp.

Gov. Dunleavy’s BSA proposal could mean more cuts for Sitka’s schools

by Katherine Rose | Apr 23, 2025

Governor Dunleavy has proposed a $560 per-student increase. That’s lower than the $680 the governor approved last year, and which Sitka’s school board was counting on in its most recent draft budget.

Station Highlights

Federal Funding & KCAW

by KCAW | Apr 23, 2025 | Station Highlights | 0

Funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is 24% of KCAW’s budget this year and now it's under threat...

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‘Anti-genre’ bands return to Sitka for weekend concerts

Apr 25, 2025

Visiting bands Sledgehammer and Peter Wooten will perform in Sitka this weekend. The bands last visited Sitka in February, when they played a memorial concert to raise funds for the families of the late F/V Windwalker crew.

Sitka History for Tour Guides (and anyone else!) offered this weekend

Apr 24, 2025

Many people involved in Sitka's visitor industry find themselves teaching a bit about the community's history. But where is a good place to learn it? SMHS is offering a course this Saturday, April 26.