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Audit finds Sitka School District will start budget process with deficit
The Sitka School District is now looking at a budget deficit as it enters Fiscal Year '27.
Electric rates may stay fixed, while other rates rise for Sitkans
Rates for most city utilities this year are likely to increase, with one exception. At a special budget meeting on Feb. 27, the Sitka Assembly reviewed the city’s electric, water, wastewater, solid waste and harbor funds.
City, nonprofit group to host childcare listening sessions on Saturday
Accessing affordable childcare is an ongoing challenge in Sitka, and now the city is looking for solutions.
MEHS Student Arts Project offers cultural healing, one stitch at a time
The first visiting artist as part of a volunteer-led project to support Mt. Edgecumbe students' mental and cultural health arrived this past week to teach a skin-sewing workshop.
The Morning Interview
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YAS and SAIL hold survival skills camp for high schoolers over Spring Break
Youth Advocates of Sitka (YAS) and Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) are holding a...
Ocean Wave Quilter’s Guild rings in 25th annual fundraiser, tying together funds for student scholarships
Ocean Wave Quilter's Guild's Sarah Jordan and Megan Pasternak join KCAW for the Morning Interview to discuss what to expect from tomorrow's (3-3-26) auction, as well as how quilters are adapting to closing crafts stores around the Southeast.
Inaugural trades fair commemorates grand opening of Sitka’s latest marine haul out
Garry White, Maggie Lilly, and Jordan Young join KCAW for the Morning Interview to discuss what services Sitkans can expect from the haul out and the upcoming marine trades fair.
Southeast News
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Southeast shrimping temporarily closed
Spot prawn harvest in Hoonah Sound. (KCAW/Wilber) The state has expanded a fishing closure for...
JAG Marine plans for what could become Southeast’s largest shipyard, partners with Wrangell
Preliminary plans for Wrangell’s deep water port on Feb. 19, 2026. JAG Marine plans to build and...
Kayhi students dive into all things oceanic in this marine science club
By Meg Thompson, Milla Kinunen, and Minh-Thu Vo Kayhi students competed in ocean-related trivia at...
Alaska News
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Join us for News & Brews trivia! | March 23
Join Alaska Public Media at 907 Alehouse and Grille in Anchorage on March 23 for a free trivia...
Lawmakers question Alaska’s decision to turn over confidential voter data to DOJ
Lawmakers in the predominantly Democratic bipartisan House majority said they were concerned the state didn’t push back harder on the DOJ’s request.
Prosecutors drop case against UAF student about 5 weeks after he ate AI-generated art
Nick Dwyer, the graduate student whose artwork was destroyed, signed an affidavit Feb. 3 in...
NPR
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A glimpse of Iran, through the eyes of its artists and journalists
Understanding one of the world’s oldest civilizations can’t be achieved through a...
President Trump is trying to make it harder to vote. Here’s why that matters
Trump is promoting tighter restrictions on mail-in ballots as well as passage of the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to vote. UCLA professor Richard Hasen unpacks the ramifications.
A new one-a-day-pill holds promise for HIV’s ‘forgotten population’
It’s designed to take the place of complicated, multiple drug regimens that many people with...
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