A little before midnight on January 4, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Alaska. Tinaa was still nowhere to be found. Buller thought that might have sensed the temblor and went to hide someplace. So, the family waited, hoping she’d turn up after the excitement died down.
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The Alaska Board of Game on Monday (1-14-13) rejected – once again – calls to open big game hunting seasons earlier for residents than for non-residents. A total of six proposals restricting non-resident access to hunting were before the board at its Sitka meeting. The board considered two, and took no action on the others, due to their similarity.
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Listen to Tuesday's Tsunami Call-In with Police Chief Sheldon Schmitt, Fire Chief Dave Miller, Assistant Fire Chief Al Stevens and Joel Curtis, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service and see the slides that Joel refers to and the web links mentioned during the program.
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The Alaska Board of Game advanced a pair of reports that call for trapping wolves in Southeast Alaska, in an attempt to help deer populations recover. But both plans are far from final.
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Thanks to Johnny Wake, frontman of the Glorious Youth Parade, Sitka’s sprawlingest dance...
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The state’s Fish & Game board meetings typically are not celebrated for their entertainment value, but bear research can make for pretty good story telling, even if it’s scientific story telling.
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Kettleson Memorial Library and the Sitka Sound Science Center are the recipients of hundreds of thousands of dollars ... from two separate donors.
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The 7.5-magnitude temblor is believed to be responsible for a landslide into Betty Lake -- one of the water sources for the Armstrong-Keta hatchery at Port Armstrong. Further north, in Deer Lake, avalanches caused by the earthquake are believed responsible for swamping a skiff owned by NSRAA, the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association.
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Mayor Mim McConnell and Ellen Daley, service provider coordinator for Project Homeless Connect, discuss the second annual event coming up on Tue Jan 29 at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Volunteers are still needed: Please call Jamie Anderson at 738-0784 if interested.
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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins was elected to the Alaska Legislature in November though the election wasn’t settled finally until early December. Since then, the 23-year old has been working to build the relationships he’ll need to represent the new district, both as a freshman legislator, and as a member of the Democratic minority. Every politician has a first day in office; for Kreiss-Tomkins, it's also the first day of his professional career.
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