NPR investigative reporter Daniel Zwerdling's three-part series on sustainable seafood began airing during All Things Considered on Monday evening, February 12, 2013. Because of this story's unusual length (22 minutes), KCAW's automation system interrupted the broadcast with routine programming announcements. Please accept our apologies for this glitch. Listen to all three stories in the series, uninterrupted, here.
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Levi Eggerton is hoping to start the first Alaska chapter of the Mule Deer and Blacktail Foundation in Sitka. The Foundation will be holding a banquet this Saturday (5PM Sat Feb 16, Harrigan Centennial Hall, tickets $60 ea./or $85 per couple). Eggerton, along with the Sitka Conservation Society's Scott Harris, discuss the project.
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Troopers decline to name cause of death in homicide of Kake 13-year-old. Assembly meets over weekend, offers municipal attorney job to Wasilla lawyer. Speaker's office accidently distributes "crock of s--t" reply to Valdez LNG proposal. Yakutat to explore wave-energy converters.
On Monday, members of the Sitka High DDF team gathered at Raven Radio to hold a public forum debate live on the air, similar to the way they'll compete in Anchorage. Listen to them debate whether the rise of China serves the interests of the United States.
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The FDA is considering approving genetically engineered, or GE, salmon to be sold in the U.S. It has sparked renewed protests by opponents of genetically modified organisms, or GMO’s. Sen. Mark Begich on Thursday introduced two bills in the US Senate that would ban these new salmon. Sitka held a demonstration at Crescent Harbor on Saturday.
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Alaska State Troopers will not make public any information from the autopsy of a 13-year-old girl killed last week in Kake.
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The Sitka High School Drama Debate and Forensics team is heading to the state tournament in Anchorage this weekend.
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Robin Koutchak is currently in private practice in Wasilla. Her resume in Alaska stretches back to 1992. Assembly members decided to offer her the job after a special meeting on Sunday evening.
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Sitka Trailworks executive director Deb Lyons discusses the recent conclusion of work on the newest part of the Cross Trail, and the organization's plans this spring for development on the causeway.
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Sitkans rally to oppose genetically-modified salmon. School board, assembly consider possibility of self-insuring. Forest Service launches 5-year review of TLMP. Senate Finance Committee takes 2-hours of testimony on cruise ship wastewater.
