Year: 2012

Thu Jan 5, 2012

Kake to mark 100th anniversary with weekend festivities. Ketchikan shipyard to build its first commercial fishing vessel. Program lets residents learn about modern archaeology. North Slope's big three CEOs to meet with Parnell.

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Kake weekend festivities mark 100 years as a city

Kake is a community of nearly 600 people on northwest Kupreanof Island. And on this Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Henrich Kadake is among those preparing for company. Kadake says they’re hoping for 100 visitors on this, the city’s 100th birthday.

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Wed Jan 4, 2012

Weather radio to be repaired in Sitka. Coastal Management petition backers push hard in home stretch. Dungy catch tops 2.6M pounds, is among decade's lowest. Pacific Northwest weighs ocean zoning. Petersburg upset at Juneau DA's dismissal record. Anchorage lawmaker plans tax credit for hiring vets. Russian tanker approved by Coast Guard before Nome mission.

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Katey Schultz: Perspectives on war, Middle East

Katey Schultz is the Island Institute's writer-in-residence. She discusses her fiction writing on topics surrounding war and conflict in the Middle East. She's giving a reading at 7 p.m. Wednesday night at Kettleson Memorial Library, and giving a workshop on Jan. 14.

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Tue Jan 3, 2012

Year-end reflections from KCAW's translator communities. Family purchases Ketchikan pulp mill site from city. PFD sign-up now open. Russian tanker in Dutch Harbor, preparing to bring fuel to Nome.

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Wintry New Year

Icicles dangle from tree branches and rocks along the side of a hill on Halibut Point Road on Saturday afternoon. Sitka was blanketed by snow on New Year's Eve, but the first day of 2012 brought warmer temperatures and lots of melting.

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