A new preschool is opening in Sitka this fall, with the aim of closing the gap in achievement for low-income students. The preschool will be housed in Baranof Elementary, and will help transition three-year-olds from the existing Head Start program into kindergarten. Members of the team collaborating on Wooch.ein Yei Jigahxtoonei outlined their plans for the Sitka School Board this week (9-10-13).
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The city had $100,000 to spend on nonprofit organizations. It opted to keep about $10,000 for emergencies. But most of the rest of it went to 12 different organizations.
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The Sitka Assembly took the first step toward raising electric rates last night. Sitka plans a 10 percent across-the-board increase. The goal is to help pay for big projects, especially the expansion of the Blue Lake dam.
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Assembly to take up electric rates, land sales and more. Southeast Conference coming to Sitka next week. Judge to weigh Juneau/Petersburg border dispute.
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About 250 Southeast business, government and nonprofit leaders will gather in Sitka Sept. 17-19.
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Police arrest Florida man for Sitka break-ins. Grand jury indicts two men for Pioneer Bar fight. Cross Trail gets infusion of federal cash. Opinions sought on Sitka library expansion. Disentanglement efforts end with whale mostly freed.
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Raven Radio’s Alaska Airlines Raffle is going on now. This is your opportunity to win two round-trip tickets anywhere Alaska Airlines flies with no blackout dates. Tickets are $10 and available week days at the station. The drawing will be on air Tuesday, October 22. Thank you to Alaska Airlines for donating the tickets for this station fundraiser, all proceeds benefit Raven Radio.
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September 11 is one of three Americorps National Days of Service. Garrett Bauer, Alyssa Wooden, and Melissa Berger discuss the firehall's plans to climb stairs in the Cathedral Arms in honor of their colleagues who lost their lives on 9-11-01. The event will be held Sat Sep 14, 10AM - 1PM.
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The world is getting a little smaller, thanks to Dr. Gary Greene. For the past three decades, he’s worked with researchers like former ADF&G groundfish biologist Tory O’Connell to map the ocean floor. The result is a surprisingly detailed understanding of fish habitat called “benthic mapping.”
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Police say shortly after 11 p.m. Friday night, a 20-year-old Florida man climbed into the AC Lakeside grocery store ceiling above the men’s bathroom. But his plan was quickly foiled when he fell through that ceiling over an adjacent hallway, and fled through the store’s emergency exit.
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