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LatestSitka Coast Guard crew rescues three fishermen west of Yakutat
by Katherine Rose | Nov 13, 2024
(Screenshot from USCG rescue video) A Sitka Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued three fishermen...
Sitka Assembly narrowly passes agreement with cruise dock
by Katherine Rose | Nov 13, 2024
The City of Sitka has its first agreement with the local, privately owned cruise dock. When the Sitka Assembly met last night, it approved a “Memorandum of Understanding” or MOU with the Sitka Dock Company. But the assembly was split on whether the document would be effective or necessary.
Sitka Assembly welcomes new finance director
by Katherine Rose | Nov 13, 2024
Sitka’s city finance director is stepping down. Finance Director Melissa Haley informed the city of her resignation in early October. When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (11-12-24), it approved the promotion of her replacement, controller Brooke Volschenk.
The Morning Interview
LatestServices for veterans available through SAIL’s VOICE program
Nov 14, 2024
Southeast Alaska Independent Living offers a range of services for veterans. "VOICE" is a way for veterans to maintain control over the services they use and how to pay for them.
ANB and ANS to host monthly ‘Winter’s Bone’ flea market fundraiser
Nov 13, 2024
This winter, the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood in Sitka will host a new monthly indoor flea market.
New ‘greenhouse gas inventory’ a first step in charting Sitka’s future in renewable energy
Nov 12, 2024
Sitkans will be able to view and comment on a new Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the community at the end of the month. Taking an inventory of how much fossil fuel Sitka uses is the first step in deciding where to begin a shift to renewables.
Southeast News
Latest31-day wolf-trapping season set to begin on Prince of Wales Island
by KRBD Ketchikan | Nov 14, 2024
An Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist, came upon this Alexander Archipelago...
Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department extinguishes tender boat blaze
by KFSK Petersburg | Nov 13, 2024
Smoke visible from the Carole B at Petersburg’s South Harbor at approximately 7:00 p.m. on...
Ketchikan sends off the first Capitol Christmas Tree to come from the Tongass
by KRBD Ketchikan | Nov 13, 2024
Residents peer through the windows at the top of the Capitol Christmas Tree in Ketchikan on...
Alaska News
LatestThe new executive director for the UA Center for Economic Development is eager to tackle the state’s economic challenges
by APRN | Nov 14, 2024
Jared Reynolds, the executive director of the University of Alaska Center for Economic...
State orders new Knik Arm tunnel study
by APRN | Nov 14, 2024
A truck hauls concrete from Port MacKenzie near where a Knik Arm tunnel would connect Anchorage to...
Juneau’s high school has seen an uptick in fights this school year
by APRN | Nov 14, 2024
Students walk to the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé entrance for the first day of...
NPR
LatestTrump picks North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department
by NPR | Nov 14, 2024
Burgum ran in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. He then became a vocal supporter of...
Trump names former Georgia congressman Doug Collins as his pick to lead the VA
by NPR | Nov 14, 2024
Collins served in the House from 2013 to 2021 and was a key defender of the president-elect during...
Texas company, supervisor indicted in fatal 2021 trench collapse
by NPR | Nov 14, 2024
A Bastrop, Texas, man was working in a trench when it collapsed. He died a week later.
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