The cost of keeping a boat in Sitka’s harbors will likely increase next year, by about 6%. The Sitka Assembly voted to raise moorage fees at its regular meeting on Tuesday night, and the increase is probably the first of many.
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Stef Steffen(left in photo), one of the founders of Raven Radio and a Board Member for more than 30 years is stepping down from the board. Please join us this Friday at 7 pm at the station to honor and thank Stef! Snacks and drinks will be provided. All are welcome!
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Librarian Sarah Bell and 'super-friend' Gus Adams discuss the $250,000 budget gap in the Kettleson Library project, and how to close it.
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Sitka Assembly to consider library design, budget when it meets in regular session tonight. A moorage rate hike is also on the agenda. Funeral procession and mass for Fr. James Blaney to take place at 11 AM today in Sitka. HIV/AIDS activist Joyce Kamwana speaks in Sitka about the role of the Global Fund.
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Joyce Kamwana is an ambassador. But she’s not the kind of ambassador who rides around in a limo with flags on the fender. “The reason I’m here is to basically give a face and a voice to HIV/AIDS.” Kamwana traveled to Sitka to speak our local RESULTS group in support of the Global Fund. The anti-retroviral therapy she received -- that saved her life -- was paid for through one of the first grants to Malawi by the Global Fund.
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Blaney had served as a pastor in Catholic Churches throughout Southeast Alaska for over twenty-five years. He died last Wednesday, December 4, in Sitka. He was 76.
A decade ago, when a Sitka couple proposed creating a bear rescue center from the remains of Sitka's decommissioned pulp mill, the plan raised some local hackles. Ten years later, the Fortress of the Bear is home to five brown bears and two new black bear cubs -- and it's about to embark on a major expansion, building a black bear enclosure this winter.
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Sitka's Fortress of the Bear: 10 years later. SE halibut fishermen could see small increase in 2014 quota. Petersburg to use Sitka as model for city/hospital relationships.
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SCS staffers Ray Friedlander and Mary Wood, and board members Judy Lehmann and Richard Nelson, talk about this Sunday's (5-8:30 PM Sun Dec 8, Sweetland Hall) Wild Foods Potluck. The program will feature short films and presentations. Learn more about the Sitka Conservation Society.
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