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Sitka high schools to raise money for Afghanistan

The student councils from Sitka High and Mount Edgecumbe High School want to raise nearly $60,000 to benefit a girls’ school in Afghanistan.

Herring fleet to go on 2-hour notice

Two-hour notice means when a fishery is called, officials will give the fleet a minimum of two hours to get into position.

“You are the vessel of your poem”

SHS sophomore Chaya Pike is the SE regional winner of this year's Poetry Out Loud comptetion. She and her coach, Stefanie Ask, are headed to Juneau for the state competition on Mar 27. Pike recites the poem "Onions" by William Matthews.

Mon Mar 26, 2012

Regional Advisory Committee urges Subsistence Board to hold off on changing fishery management around Angoon. Scientists, volunteers reassemble killer whale skeleton at Sitka Sound Science Center.

Orca skeleton scanned, reassembled in Sitka

The bones of a killer whale recovered from Kruzof Island last year will soon be on display at the Sitka Sound Science Center. Volunteers and scientists spent this week rearticulating the orca skeleton.

Subsistence board: Angoon petition goes too far too fast

A regional group advising the Federal Subsistence Board says it should wait before considering a petition to change management of some fisheries near Angoon.

Both sides testify on subsistence controversy

Different sides of the Angoon sockeye controversy made their case before the Federal Subsistence Board on Thursday.

Test set taken as seiners show up for Sitka herring

Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game officials are expected to do another aerial survey Friday morning to look for herring. A spotting flight on Wednesday found none, but herring predators are concentrated between Old Sitka Rocks and Dog Point.

Report: More renewable energy keeps money in Sitka

Right now, Sitka uses renewable resources for about a quarter of its energy needs. Nonrenewable resources, such as oil products, account for three quarters of the energy in town.

Thu Mar 22, 2102

Wilson's transportation fund gets traction. Southeast less likely to see redistricting changes than other AK regions. Oil execs say billions needed to stem production decline. Bill changes way youth survey is administered. Angoon team among those heading to Gold Medal basketball tourney in Juneau.