Month: March 2010

The Sitka Assembly on Tuesday approved hundreds of thousands of dollars to study hydro electric projects on two lakes on Baranof Island. For one of those projects, officials say spending a few hundred thousand now could save millions later.

A town hall meeting on SB 881, the Sealaska land selection bill, will be held in Sitka at 7PM Friday March 12 in Harrigan Centennial Hall. To help frame the discussion, KCAW's Robert Woolsey asked two residents to share their views on the bill. Davey Lubin is a wildlife charter operator who recently advocated against the bill during a trip to Washington DC.

A town hall meeting on SB 881, the Sealaska land selection bill, will be held in Sitka at 7PM Friday March 12 in Harrigan Centennial Hall. To help frame the discussion, KCAW's Robert Woolsey asked two residents to share their views on the bill. Dale Williams is a Sitka Tribal Council member, and a Sealaska shareholder.

The Sitka High girls have won their first 3A basketball title in Region V. The Lady Wolves edged past Haines on Friday night, 37-31, in the championship game. But, in the very next game, Haines won the 3A boys’ title, in a one-point, overtime contest against Mt. Edgecumbe that will likely be remembered as one of the best efforts of the Braves’ basketball program.

Sitka High School and Mt. Edgecumbe High School have a decades-old cross-town rivalry. And it was visible to some extent at this week's Region V high school basketball tournament. But students and staff say the rivalry -- which has had its share of tension -- is becoming more and more positive.

The Sitka School Board met at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall on Tuesday night – something it does once a year. This year, as in years past, much of the discussion centered on what more the district can do to offer Tlingit language and cultural education.

A legislative subcommittee has determined state Sen. Albert Kookesh, D-Angoon, violated state ethics law in connection to remarks he made to the Craig City Council. But a second complaint, that Kookesh made similar remarks to the Sitka Assembly two years ago, did not hold water with the subcommittee. Ed Ronco reports.

Twenty high school basketball teams from around Southeast are in Sitka this week for the Region V tournament. The toughest competition of the tournament will likely be in the 3A classification, where seven teams each of boys and girls will compete for the regional title, and the first and second place teams will take a state berth. At the BJ McGillis gym at Mt. Edgecumbe High School through Saturday.