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LatestSitkan indicted for reckless driving after car chase down Smith Street
by Katherine Rose | Apr 11, 2024
A Sitka man was indicted in March for reckless driving and resisting arrest after a high speed car chase. Other Sitkans were indicted on charges of forgery and sex abuse.
April 9, 2024: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?
by Katherine Rose | Apr 9, 2024
Sitkans continue to call for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, to reestablish its home healthcare department after it closed last fall. When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (4-9-24) it will consider a resolution urging SEARHC to re-establish the Medicare-certified department.
Commercial herring fishery closed for season on Friday
by KCAW News | Apr 8, 2024
The Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery closed for the season on Friday (4-5-24).
The Morning Interview
LatestSitkans can learn more about Medicare at Friday presentation
Apr 24, 2024
SEARHC patient benefits coordinator Susan Briles and financial planner Cyndi Gibson joined KCAW for the morning interview to preview their Medicare presentation scheduled for this Friday.
HOPE Coalition, police raise awareness about fentanyl
Apr 23, 2024
Fentanyl is no joke, and this week, Sitka Counseling's HOPE Coalition and the Sitka Police Department are joining forces to share information about the dangers of overdose.
Porch Fest returns for 2024
Apr 22, 2024
Sitka's annual Porch Fest returns for summer 2024 and will feature music, crafts, and local food vendors.
Southeast News
LatestAs the birds migrate, Wrangell celebrates with the Stikine River Birding Festival
by KSTK Wrangell | Apr 24, 2024
A Blue Heron on the beach on Wrangell Island. (Photo courtesy of Rich Einert) Bonnie Demerjian has...
Archaeologists try to answer new questions about first humans in Southeast Alaska
by KRBD Ketchikan | Apr 23, 2024
A team of scientists and Alaska Native community members, that included Sealaska’s Kelly...
Wrangell Assembly preview: sales tax, cybersecurity grant plus more
by KSTK Wrangell | Apr 23, 2024
(Sage Smiley/KSTK) Wrangell’s Borough Assembly will discuss leasing property, cybersecurity, and...
Alaska News
LatestAirlines are ordered to give full refunds instead of vouchers and to stop hiding fees
by APRN | Apr 25, 2024
Travelers and their luggage in a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in August 2023....
Anchorage’s Covenant House receives $1M federal grant to help foster youth before they age out
by APRN | Apr 24, 2024
Sean Gaither, director of housing at Covenant House, shows Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary...
In Anchorage’s LaFrance-Bronson runoff election, the incumbent mayor is the underdog
by APRN | Apr 24, 2024
Left: Anchorage mayoral candidate Suzanne LaFrance speaks to supporters at a rally on April 12,...
NPR
LatestVenice tests a 5-euro fee for day-trippers as the city grapples with overtourism
by NPR | Apr 25, 2024
The fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program to charge day-trippers an entry fee...
After two Boeing 737 Max crashes, families are still seeing answers from DOJ
by NPR | Apr 25, 2024
More than five years after two 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people, families of the victims are...
Some 300 musicians, from Diplo to Nile Rodgers, lobby Congress for ticketing reform
by NPR | Apr 25, 2024
Billie Eilish, Fall Out Boy, Nile Rodgers, Cyndi Lauper, Lorde, Sia, Diplo and Chappell Roan are...
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