In an otherwise gloomy budget year for the City of Sitka, the community hospital is holding its own. Hospital chief financial officer Lee Bennett had some of the happier news of the budget season. He shared it with the assembly during its third-and-final budget work session last night (5-10-12).
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Sitka police chief Sheldon Schmidt demonstrates a couple of bear-resistant garbage cans to assembly member Mim McConnell after a budget work session Thursday (5-10-12). The Bear Task Force and Alaska Pacific Environmental Services (aka Stragier Sanitation) will be installing 24 of the cans throughout Sitka neighborhoods this spring and summer.
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Lexi Fish discusses May weatherization classes at the Southeast Alaska Career Center.
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Activist Gershon Cohen uses high-school civics to set the stage for a statewide initiative curbing corporate rights. Kookesh session wrap: School meals and transportation issues.
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One of the original co-sponsors of Alaska’s cruise ship initiative is now setting his sights on corporate “personhood.” Haines resident Gershon Cohen has developed a civics presentation for high school- and college-age students on the principles of democracy. Over the course of two class periods, Cohen draws a connection between the democratic values of the framers of the Constitution and the personal values of students. He then demonstrates how those values become distorted when applied to corporations.
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Filmmaker Hannah Guggenheim produced this video to celebrate the ongoing effort of the community of Sitka and the Sitka Fine Arts Camp to revitalize the Sheldon Jackson Campus.
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Julia Smith, Meg Baier, and Kat Elsner discuss the culminating event of the Girls on the Run program: A 5K fun run at Sitka National Historical Park this Saturday (5-12-12). Runners and running buddies should arrive at the Sitka...
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https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/news_050812.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. Bethany Lowrance and friends discuss high school soccer,...
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Assembly accepts resignation of Terry Blake; launches search for a replacement. Water rate hike passes on first reading. Public offers testimony on Parks & Rec budget, Supreme Court ruling.
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Ferry Matanuska collides with Ocean Beauty dock in Petersburg. Groh: Permanent Fund Dividend a policy of plenty. Pacific Northwest communities explore off-stream hydro reservoirs.
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