Emily Kwong, KCAW, Author at KCAW

August 22, 2017: Preview tonight’s Assembly meeting

A summertime storm has damaged the O’Connell Lightering Facility. The Sitka Assembly will talk about that and more tonight.

Sitka hires Utah commissioner as city administrator

The Sitka Assembly has chosen who they want as their next municipal administrator. The elected official from Utah will take the reins from interim city administrator Phillip Messina next month.

100+ Sitkans attend candlelight vigil for Charlottesville

The violence that erupted this weekend during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville rippled across the countr. Activists held candlelight vigils. One took place in Sitka Monday night (08-14-17).

After signing wastewater bill, Governor Walker celebrates salmon

Governor Bill Walker put pen to paper Thursday afternoon, signing a bill at a shipyard in Sitka. The measure means big savings for small ships -- especially those that ferry passengers around Southeast.

Will Sitka see a new airport terminal in 2020? Assembly approves design funding

The terminal at Sitka’s Rocky Gutierrez Airport may get an $11 million dollar makeover over the next three years. The city, in consultation with AvAirPros, presented its plan to the Sitka Assembly at a work session last night (08-08-17).

Cutter Maple reaches Northwest Passage

The Coast Guard Cutter Maple reached the Northwest Passage Thursday (8-3-17), less than a month after departing its former home port in Sitka. While cruising, the Maple is assisting in scientific research for the Scripps Institution for Oceanography.

Video: Back-to-back Coast Guard rescues during Southeast heat wave

Beneath blistering heat, the Coast Guard performed two mountain rescues in Sitka in a single day this weekend: one near a lake and another atop a dormant volcano, both hikers struck down by heat exhaustion.

Smith, Ackley, and Finkenbinder pursue Sitka Assembly seat

As names on the ballot, Sheila Finkenbinder, Sonya Smith, and Jaime Ackley join Steven Eisenbeisz, Ben Miyasato, and Richard Wein in running for three seats on the Sitka Assembly.

As deadline to file nears, Wein, Eisenbeisz, and Miyasato run for Assembly

So far, three Sitkans have filed to run for the Sitka Assembly and one for the Sitka School Board. The window to run closes on Friday, August 4th at 5 p.m.

In voting “no,” Murkowski seeks bipartisan reform for ACA

In Sitka on Friday (7-28-17), Senator Lisa Murkowski sat down with reporters for her first in-depth interview since voting against a Republican-led bill to repeal Obamacare. She said the bill left Alaskans in the dark about the future of their health insurance.