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SFAC presents an evening of violin and piano

Wyatt Underhill, a violinist, joined the San Fransisco Symphony as Assistant Concertmaster in 2018. He and Joe Hauer, a celebrated pianist, met at Oberlin Conservatory.

Archaeologist researching houses on Japonski Island

Four Public Health Service buildings across from SEARHC's Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center were originally single-family housing built by students at Mt. Edgecumbe Boarding School in the 1950s.Candace Rutledge is a local anthropologist and archaeologist who is researching these houses on Japonski Island.

Half-Century bike ride a first for Sitka

The Sitka Half-Century is Saturday, August 24 at 9 a.m. Doug Osborne and Brian Looney joined KCAW's Brooke Schafer in the studio to discuss the bike ride, which is the first of its kind in Sitka.

Harris Air to end flight service in September

Harris Air is grounding its Sitka-based fleet after 20 years of commercial flights. The move leaves some Southeast communities with only one option for commuter flights.

Researchers give talk on market squid migration, population boom

Ben Burford is a Stanford PhD candidate who studies squid and squid migration. He and Lauren Wild, a University of Alaska PhD candidate studying fisheries, will give a talk on the causes of squid proliferation in the Gulf of Alaska Thursday, August 22, 7:30 p.m. at UAS, Sitka.

Stakeholders reflect on first year of ‘Tobacco 21’

Amanda Roberts is a tobacco health educator with SEARHC. She and AC Lakeside manager Greg Dahl and Loyd Platson of Sitka Counseling joined KCAW's Brooke Schafer in the studio to discuss how the program has gone in the last year.

Teens prep for grand opening of new center, ‘The Cloud’

Sydney Carter is the community program coordinator for Youth Advocates of Sitka and Simon Rose is a teacher at Pacific High School. The two joined KCAW’s Brooke Schafer in the studio to discuss the grand opening of "The Cloud," a new teen center in Sitka.

‘Boys Run’ gears up for another season of mentorship

It's time to think about becoming a coach for the Boys Run program, sponsored by Sitkans Against Family Violence. Sam O’Brien is the youth development coordinator at SAFV and Jim Bleil is a Boys Run coach. The two joined KCAW’s Brooke Schafer in the studio to discuss the program.

McNichol opts out of second school board term

The school board race has held the biggest surprise of this year’s municipal election so far: Board president Jennifer McNichol will not run again for her seat this fall.

Sitka Schools offer online enrollment for all students

Sitka's co-assistant superintendent Sarah Ferrency and STEPS coordinator Kari Sagel discuss the district's new online enrollment system. The system was piloted last year in kindergarten, and is now available to all new and returning students.