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64th Sitka Salmon Derby kicks off this weekend

Memorial Day Weekend marks the 64th Annual Sitka Salmon Derby. KCAW's Brooke Schafer spoke with Eric Jordan, who runs the derby weigh station, about the weekend's events.

Sitka’s Rasmuson hat trick

Sitkans John Ingman, Ellie Schmidt, and Richard Nelson were among 35 artists selected by the Rasmuson Foundation this month for Individual Artist Awards.

Fish and game biologists emphasize being ‘bear aware’ this summer

Bears are coming back to town. They're on the trails. They're in your trash. Fish and Game biologists Holly Dennison and Steve Bethune and Sitka Conservation Society's Andrew Thoms joined KCAW's Brooke Schafer in the studio to discuss how Sitkans can be more prepared when a bear encounter occurs.

Listen: Where no sax has gone before

Inspired by legendary jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin, Derek Brown transforms the saxophone into a multi-voiced percussive instrument. He'll play 7 p.m. this Friday, May 17, in the Odess Theater.

The CorvidEYE: Maple turnover

Almost two years after leaving Sitka on an historic 8,000-mile voyage through the Northwest Passage, the USCG Cutter Maple returned to duty with a splash this spring at its new homeport in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. The ship assisted NASA in an open-ocean test of its Orion spacecraft.

Columbia back in service, but repairs are temporary

The state ferry Columbia will be back in action this weekend, after undergoing repairs in Juneau earlier this week. According to a press release from the Alaska Department of Transportation, the Columbia will resume its regular schedule on Sunday May 12, departing from Ketchikan at 9 a.m. heading northbound.

KCAW News ‘goes to eleven’ at Alaska Press Club awards

The KCAW News Department won a record 11 awards at the 2019 meeting of the Alaska Press Club in April. Our colleagues at the Daily Sitka Sentinel brought home 3, cementing the fact that -- for a town of its size (or any size, really!) -- Sitka values exceptional journalism.

In its 34th year, Julie Hughes Triathlon one of longest consecutive in U.S.

Next weekend marks the 34th annual Julie Hughes Triathlon. The race is a tribute to Julie Hughes, a high-school swimmer who died of leukemia in 1985 at the age of 15.

Cycling Club invites Sitkans to enjoy summer on two wheels

As the summer approaches, more and more Sitkans are pulling their bikes out of storage and riding around town. May is National Bike Month and to further motivate people to travel on two wheels, the Sitka Cycling Club will host community events all month long.

Sitka’s Problem Solvers take on de-extinction at international event

Future Problem Solvers pack the KCAW studio to talk about their event and their team, which is headed to the International Conference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst June 5-9. The conference will feature a competition on the topic of de-extinction.