Abalone populations are good in some places, and all but gone in others. An Alaska Sea Grant Survey hopes to engage residents in strategies to improve management of this resource, and improve harvests. With NOAA fellow Ashley Bolwerk and doctoral candidate Taylor White.
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Sitka Police shot a brown bear near the intersection of Monastery and Sirstad Street early Sunday morning (7-24-22).
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Sitka Public Library's Youth Services librarian Maite Lorente and with Kylee Jones from the Sitka Conservation Society joined KCAW's Brooke Schafer to discuss the 100 Breakfasts and Books program sponsored by SCS. Listen here:
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The filing period to run for local office opened on Monday, July 18. Through Friday August 5, Sitkans can file to run for a seat on the assembly or school board.
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Incumbent mayor Steven Eisenbeisz was the first candidate to file in the 2022 Sitka municipal election. Eisenbeisz is wrapping up his first term as Sitka’s mayor, a role he took on after serving two terms as a Sitka Assembly member. KCAW’s Katherine Rose recently spoke with Eisenbeisz about why he’s seeking elected office again:
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The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is holding the first in a series of what's expected to be 6 public hearings. The committee has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and collected tens of thousands of pages of documents as part of its investigation into the deadly attack.
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Sitka police are investigating a stabbing that happened on Sunday morning in the 800 block of Halibut Point Road.
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Ninety-six runners competed in the 29th Sitka Alpine Adventure Run on Saturday (7-17-22). Daily Sitka Sentinel Sports editor Garland Kennedy was among the competitors. He shares his insights into the event with KCAW's Robert Woolsey.
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Sitka’s community covid alert level dropped to “medium” this week, after several weeks at “high.” That’s according to a weekly report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued on Thursday (7-14-22).
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Students Isa Najem and Cicely Parnas and Sitka International Cello Seminar director Zuill Bailey discuss this year's curriculum, which shifted slightly away from the classical cello repertoire into "alternative approaches to the cello." Concert and ticket information available here.
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