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After two decades of success, Sitka Trail Works invites residents to help guide the future

Ben Hughey is the executive director of Sitka Trail Works, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving outdoor access for Sitkans. Having completed most of it's founding trail plan, the organization is going to "open the floodgates" for ideas for future projects from more neighborhood connectors to backpacking trails to kayaking routes.

January 25, 2022: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight

When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (1-25-22) it will continue its discussion of a short-term tourism plan and may approve a budget for that plan, on first reading.

Board seeks public input on relocating fisheries meeting to Ketchikan

Due to COVID concerns, the meeting was moved to Anchorage and pushed back two months, to early March. That prompted additional criticism from fishermen and subsistence harvesters. Now the board is reconsidering Ketchikan.

Commentary: Ashli Babbitt is no martyr, but she deserved due process

Ms. Babbitt was neither a martyr nor a heroine, nor are any of the others who entered the Capitol illegally on January 6, 2021. That said, Ms. Babbitt was a citizen of these United States, and her rights to due process unalienable,

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro to perform concert at Sitka PAC

Renowned ukulele musician Jake Shimabukuro will be touring Alaska this month, stopping in Sitka on Sunday January 30. Sitka Fine Arts Camp Executive Director Roger Schmidt joined KCAW's Erin Fulton on the morning interview to talk about Shimabukuro's body of work and the concert that's being hosted by the Sitka Fine Arts Camp.

Section of Sitka Cross Trail closed following slide

A section of the Sitka Cross Trail is closed until further notice, after a landslide washed out about 20 feet of the trail over the weekend.

Sitka reports 51 new coronavirus cases

Sitka reported 51 new coronavirus cases on Thursday (1-20-22) according to data from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. The new cases bring the city’s seven-day case rate to 161

New Archangel Dancers recruiting new performers

The New Archangel Dancers are an all-women, volunteer, nonprofit Russian Folk Dance group -- a staple of the summer visitor season in Sitka. The NADS are recruiting new members, with events 7-8 p.m. on January 24 and 31.