October 2011

Homeowner: Solar panels a worthwhile experiment

Even if they haven't been prolific or profitable, Michelle Putz says having solar panels on her Sitka home has still been worthwhile.

Stellar Stardust

Thanks to EVERYONE who made the Stardust Ball a fun, creative, and rockin' good time! Photos courtesy of Megan Pasternak.

Update on the Governor’s domestic violence initiative

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/interview_103111.mp3 Jean Seaton, Assistant District Attorney in Sitka, discusses progress in the Governor’s domestic violence...

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/news_103111.mp3 Biologists track scary fish virus found in British Columbia; Tenakee students connect water quality and salmon habitat; 9th Circuit Court allows Logjam sale to...

On the way

In Wrangell, master carver Wayne Price prepares to board the Sitka-based Coast Guard cutter Maple which is taking two red cedar trees to Sitka for a memorial totem pole Price is working on.

Tenakee students wade into science

Teachers at Tenakee School hope that a new way of learning science will better connect their students to what amounts to a giant outdoor laboratory surrounding their school.

Wild Foods Potluck

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/interview_102811.mp3 Spencer Severson, Ellen Frankenstein, Adam Andis, Sitka Conservation Society Wild Foods Potluck, 6PM Wed Nov 2 at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Please bring your...

Fri Oct 28, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/news_102811.mp3 NW fish cops need more resources to fight mislabeling; Juneau artist, author Jeff Brown wins Lifetime Achievement award; Petersburg, Juneau have...

Hoonah to top Sitka in cruise visits next summer

For the first time ever next summer, Hoonah will have more cruise ship visitors than Sitka. Fred Reeder, with the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska, told the Sitka Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (10-26-11), that the Icy Straits Point cruise destination was reaping the benefits of sustained marketing, at the expense of Sitka.