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.
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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.
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A dog was attacked and killed on a Sitka trail on Saturday (5-4-19), defending her owner from a brown bear. "Rascal," a female shepherd/huskie mix, put herself between her owner and the advancing bear, which then fatally mauled her.
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Juneau actor Patricia Hull and pianist Jon Hays will perform the one-woman musical Mother Jones in Heaven at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, May 3, in the Mean Queen. Hull says a pub is the ideal venue for the show, which celebrates Mother Jones's life advocating for workers' rights -- and her love of the pint!
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Researchers with the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit based in Santa Monica, California, and other community partners are beginning work on a three-year project to develop a landslide warning system in Sitka using inexpensive sensor technology, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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Multiple sclerosis is an invisible disease. It's symptoms and their severity vary from one person to the next, caused by an abnormal response of someone's immune system against their brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. The cause of the disease itself is yet unknown.
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The Sitka Maritime Heritage Society is a local nonprofit dedicated to teaching and preserving Sitka's long maritime history. One of their biggest undertakings in this mission is the restoration of the Japonski Island Boathouse.
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The Sitka Assembly, Thursday (4/25/19), held a special budget meeting to discuss all aspects of the 2020 general fund budget.
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The opioid epidemic has had an impact in communities across the country, including Sitka. But opioid abuse is preventable. One way to do that is by properly disposing of unused opioids in your home.
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Behind every quilt, there's an idea and a story. And the same is true for the historied Annual Ocean Wave Quilters Quilt Show, an exhibition of new quilts now in its 37th year.
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