The Sitka assembly likely will hold off on passing any tax increases until it’s seen a draft of the 2013 budget. In discussion at the assembly table on Tuesday night (3-6-12), members informally agreed to give municipal administrator Jim Dinley time to hammer out a budget, before floating any ideas for possible cuts.
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Sitka Republicans bucked statewide trends yesterday (Tue 3-3-12) and put Rick Santorum on top of their presidential preference poll – by a large margin. The former senator from Pennsylvania took 42 votes to Mitt Romney’s 28. Trailing Romney by only one vote was Ron Paul with 27 votes. Newt Gingrich came in fourth with 19 votes.
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Coast Guard drops charges against 2010 helicopter crash survivor. USFS will re-evaluate the impact on deer habitat of seventeen Tongass timber sales. Board of Fisheries rejects a slate of proposals intended to increase sport and personal use access to salmon on the Taku River.
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Rich McClear was general manager, first of KTOO-FM in Juneau, and then of KCAW-FM Sitka, from before the station's sign on in 1982, until 1993. He and his wife, Suzi, have continued to work abroad developing community radio stations and training journalists in eastern Europe and the Balkans. In a three-part interview with KCAW's Robert Woolsey, the McClears reflect on the circumstances that helped shape Raven Radio, and consider the future of community radio in the age of social media.
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The Sitka-based Coast Guard aviator was facing charges of negligent homicide and destruction of government property in connection with a 2010 helicopter crash. He also faced charges of dereliction of duty.
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Today (3-6-12) is Raven Radio’s birthday – the thirtieth anniversary of the start of regular daily broadcasts. Rich McClear, the station's first general manager, turned down an offer from national media to work in community broadcasting. Reflecting on that decision after three decades, McClear and his wife Suzi believe they made the right choice.
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Sitka High Basketball coaches Rich Krupa (girls) and Andy Lee (boys) discuss their dual championships at the regional tournament in Ketchikan over the weekend. Both face tough opening games in the state tournament next week in Anchorage. With SHS activities director Mike Vieira.
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Sitka assembly to reconvene tonight to discuss school funding, city budget cuts. Board of Fisheries adopts a compromise crafted by commercial trollers and Juneau sportsmen over hatchery chum access in Stephens Passage. Raven Radio at 30: "Community Radio is still the future," says Rich McClear.
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Sitkan Bill Foster dazzles the crowd during one of two showings of wearable art over the weekend. Foster is a retired Alaska Airlines baggage handler (and biology teacher); his piece goes a long way toward explaining why our luggage may have gone missing over the years. Next up for Sitka's ArtiGras: The first-ever "Tattoo as Body Art" Show on Monday, March 12. Warning: Foster will be in that show, too!
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Melissa Hantke, co-director of the Fireweed Dance Theater, and Laura Turcott, guest choreographer, discuss the company's annual performance 7 PM Sat Mar 10 at the Sitka Performing Arts Center.
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