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Job Opportunity: Development Director

Oct 10, 2018

Love Sitka? Love radio? Raven Radio seeks enthusiastic, self-motivated team member to coordinate our fundraising efforts. Full-time, exempt position. Applications accepted until position is filled. Initial screening begins October 22.

Local News

Washington man charged with murder in Yakutat

by Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW | Oct 16, 2018

After an altercation that ended in a stabbing, Yakutat Police detained 46-year-old John L. Stapleton from Kent, Washington on Sunday. Following the on-scene investigation and interviews by state troopers, Stapleton was charged with murder in the second degree the next day.

Sitka police officer files sexual harassment lawsuit

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Oct 16, 2018

A female police officer filed a sexual harassment complaint against the Sitka Police Department on Thursday. 32-year-old Mary Ferguson alleges that throughout her time on the force, she was treated differently because of her gender and subject to sexual harassment by male officers. This is the second lawsuit filed against the department in less than two months.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Mallott resigns following ‘inappropriate comments’

by Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO, Juneau | Oct 16, 2018

Byron Mallott resigned suddenly today as lieutenant governor, over "inappropriate comments" he recently made. State Health and Social Services Commissioner Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson was sworn in during a ceremony in Anchorage today to replace Mallott.

The Morning Interview

SEARHC gives free mammograms to Sitkan women over 40 in October

Oct 17, 2018

October is Breast Cancer Screening and Awareness Month. SEARHC's Loretta Coleman and Heleena Van Veen talk about the importance of early detection and treatment of breast cancer.

See youth performance of E.B. White classic “Charlotte’s Web” this weekend

Oct 16, 2018

Another season of performances starts this weekend for the Young Performers Theater at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp. Their first show, directed by Zeke Blackwell, will be an interpretation of the E.B. White classic "Charlotte's Web" from Friday, October 19 to Sunday, October 21.

Open your home to homeless Sitka youth

Oct 15, 2018

Youth Advocates of Sitka was recently awarded a three-year federal Transitional Living Program (TLP) grant aimed at combating homelessness among Sitka youth by housing them with volunteers. YAS Executive Director Charlie Woodcock spoke on the Morning Interview to ask Sitkans to step forward and open their homes to youth in need.