The Sitka Assembly rejected changes to the tax code that would have limited the exemption to those with lower incomes. At a special meeting Tuesday night, members said the ordinance they ended up with was just too complicated.
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After a yearlong outage, the Cape Edgecumbe weather buoy is back in business. The platform floats 35 miles off shore from Sitka and is crucial to weather forecasting for the surrounding area.
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While a slow-moving ship makes for slow-motion crash, the Matanuska's collision with the Ocean Beauty plant in Petersburg on May 7 was enough to knock out processing operations for the summer. Tom Sunderland, vice-president of marketing for Ocean Beauty, told KFSK News recently that the plant will still offer support services for the salmon fishing fleet this summer. This video was shared on YouTube by a passenger on the ferry who witnessed the crash.
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Island Institute co-director Carolyn Servid describes this summer's roundtable conversation scheduled for July 18-20 in Sitka. "Resilient Communities: A Form of Creative Resistance," will involve 12 core participants -- including Sitkan Gordon Blue -- and thirty particpants in a three-day exchange of ideas.
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Ocean Beauty's Petersburg plant will not process salmon this summer, in wake of ferry crash. Sitka High Lady Wolves capture third-straight state softball crown. Cutter Maple restores "mischievous" Cape Edgecumbe buoy to service.
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Someone’s going to have to go up on a tall ladder in the Sitka High gym – again. The Sitka Lady Wolves softball team won their third-straight small schools state title last weekend – their fourth in eight years – which means it’s time for another banner to hang from the gym’s rafters.
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Vaughn holds on to win derby with 41.4-pound king. Smithsonian curators go into the field with Native artists. Twenty-three year old legislative candidate says he's "in it to win." Local Boundary Commission approves Petersburg borough petition, with modification.
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Staff from the National Museum of the American Indian visited Sitka this weekend to learn about the origins of many of the objects they care for in Washington, D.C. On one trip, the group sought out maidenhair ferns, important for basket weaving.
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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, 23, declared his candidacy on Friday, which was the filing deadline. In November, he'll face Bill Thomas, a Haines Republican who added Sitka to his district when the state re-drew legislative boundaries.
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If you are traveling to Sitka for Raven Radio's 30th Anniversary Celebration, now is your time to get tickets for the Blues Cruise and Raven Radio Banquet. Tickets for the Blues Cruise on Monday, July 2 are $50 per person and tickets for the banquet Tuesday, July 3 are $40 per person. This is a special offering for our out of town guest only at this time. Please contact Amy at 907-747-5877 or amy@kcaw.org to purchase your tickets. Tickets will go on sale in town Friday, June 8 at Old Harbor Books.
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