Sitka gardener Judy Johnstone, and Local Foods Network president Kerry MacLane discuss the arrival of the first USDA-funded high tunnel in Sitka. The simple greenhouses are subsidized through a program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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North Pacific Council votes to reduce halibut bycatch by 15-percent. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka begins installation of wood pellet heating system. Univ. of Pennsylvania moves DNA research effort to Juneau's Celebration 2012. Fishing industry group raises money to rebuild Japanese seafood market.
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Corrie Bosman and Andrea Thomas discuss Yoga Union's relocation to the Kellog Building on the SJ Campus, and an open house planned for this Sunday (6-10-12).
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Skipper charged with reckless endangerment after grounding troller. KCAW interview: Gov. Parnell on oil tax reform, infrastructure repair. Fifteen troopers graduate from Academy after doing "more pushups than can be calculated." Gov. Parnell signs bill creating revolving loan fund for shellfish farms.
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On Thursday (6-7-12), the Sheet'ka Kwaán Naa Kahídi echoed with the footsteps of fifteen newly minted graduates of the Department of Public Safety's Training Academy, who marched in singing, "This life was made for me." Besides their certificates, Alaska's newest public safety officers received their badges.
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A Sitka fisherman is facing charges of reckless endangerment after running his boat aground in Sitka’s Eastern Channel Wednesday evening (6-6-12). 52-year-old William A. Walder was arrested by Sitka police officers at the scene after refusing to comply with rescue personnel to leave his troller “Yankee,” as the boat listed on the rocks near Error Island. He was also charged with boating under the influence.
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In a wide-ranging interview with KCAW News, Gov. Sean Parnell discussed oil policy, education funding, the Choose Respect campaign against domestic violence, Sitka's roads and more.
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Paul Cox is the Artistic Advisor to Sitka Fest!, an idea he and Sitka Fine Arts Camp director Roger Schmidt conceived growing up in Sitka together. Sitka Fest! unites under one banner many of the arts and culture activities in Sitka in July and August.
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Parnell tells Sitka Chamber that he's committed to creating economic opportunity. Sitka Assembly kills proposed changes to senior tax exemption; tax cap increase lives on. Sealaska fighting back against term limits measure.
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Gov. Sean Parnell says he’d rather give communities like Sitka a fishing pole than a “bunch of fish.” The governor’s twist on the old adage came during his remarks to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (6-6-12). The Sitka audience was interested in everything from melting permafrost, to the in-state gasline, ferries, the EPA, and student loans. The governor appeared well-versed in all these issues, and may have found talking about them a relief from the issue that has polarized Juneau since January: Oil tax reform.
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