Former Sitkan sentenced for embezzlement. Construction of POW mine to begin within 3 years. States prep residents for tsunami debris. AK House speaker waiting to see if he’ll call Senate back. Nenana ice jackpot biggest ever at $350K.
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Assembly to wade through budget. Southeast’s largest tribal organization pushes for sea otter changes. USFS approves large logging project near Petersburg.
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Sitka’s Assembly took its first crack at the city budget on Thursday night. The budget makes $1.2 million in cuts. Department heads and community leaders said very few of the cuts will go unnoticed.
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A former Sitka resident will spend three years on probation and pay back money he embezzled from the nonprofit organization he once led. Judge Ralph Beistline handed down the sentence after 46-year-old Gerald Bigelow pleaded guilty to embezzlement in Anchorage federal court on Thursday. Federal prosecutors say Bigelow stole more than $17,000 from the Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center by making unauthorized withdrawals and purchases with the organization's debit card.
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KCAW made another outstanding showing at the annual Alaska Press Club Awards in Anchorage last weekend (4-21-12). Follow this link to revisit our award-winning pieces.
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Before the digital revolution, making radio was hard work. You had to carry records and tapes all over the place, plus look at a stopwatch all the time. A guy could get pretty worn out! Chief announcer Ken Fate catches thirty winks in this photo from when white socks and Birkenstocks ruled the earth.
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Jennifer Robinson is a co-founder of Lead:Sitka, a group created to inspire civic engagement among twenty- and thirty-somethings. Robinson discusses how the group has taken shape over the past year, and what its plans are for the near future.
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Assembly member Terry Blake moving from Sitka, will resign seat this summer. Assembly appropriates $5.9 million for schools. Redesign of Pacific High (with pitched roof) gets warm reception. Full turnout for Sitka airport disaster drill. Troopers find missing sportsfisherman alive and well on Prince of Wales.
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Terry Blake is about halfway through his term. He and his family are moving to Texas, to be closer to family in the Lower 48. He and wife Suzi have two sons and have lived in Sitka for six years.
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Sitka Schools will receive $5.9 million from the city this year. The Assembly approved the funding during last night’s regular meeting. Members also approved the latest version of plans for Pacific High School's remodel.
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