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Sitka ‘Nutcracker’ to open this Friday at Performing Arts Center

The annual Christmas production of the Nutcracker will be returning to Sitka this holiday season, with a special theme of "animal kingdom."

City officials discuss plans for boom tourism year in 2022

City Administrator John Leach and Public and Govt. Relations Director Melissa Henshaw joined KCAW's Meredith Redick to discuss how the city is preparing for next year's record-breaking tourist season. Listen here:

Storage shed destroyed in blaze early Monday morning

A large storage shed caught fire early Monday morning threatening two nearby homes.

Sitka Legacy Fund calls for Sitkans to participate in ‘Giving Tuesday’

Sitka Legacy Foundation's program manager Robin Sherman and advisory board member Grace Brooks joined KCAW's Erin Fulton to discuss the importance of "Giving Tuesday" and local philanthropy.

A medical anthropologist explores the interaction of race and infectious disease in historic Sitka

Adam Kersch is a doctoral student in Cultural Anthropology at UC Davis. He'll be giving a lecture at noon on Wednesday, November 24, on 200 years of infectious diseases and colonialism in Sitka as part of a series on Southeast Alaska Native history in honor of Native American Heritage Month.

Sentinel Sports: Volleyball and Swim season wrap up with state competition

Daily Sitka Sentinel Sports editor Garland Kenned joins KCAW's Robert Woolsey in an update on the state Volleyball Tournament and Swim Meet, which featured Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby.

Sitka COVID count creeps up to 11, community to remain at ‘high’ alert

Sitka reported two more coronavirus cases yesterday (Thursday 11-18-21), continuing an upward trend in cases this week. Sitka’s seven day COVID case rate is currently 11, keeping the city in a “high” COVID alert...

Cleanup, containment underway at Sitka Sound Science Center oil spill

The source and volume of the spill is currently unknown, but there’s speculation from both the Coast Guard and the state Department of Environmental Conservation that it might originate somewhere uphill, on the former campus of Sheldon Jackson College, which is now owned by the Sitka Fine Arts Camp.

A refuge from high housing costs, Sitka’s land trust neighborhood is growing two cottages at a time

The homes were sold for about $260,000 -- far below the market value for a new home in Sitka. In a presentation to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (11-17-21), land trust co-executive director Randy Hughey said that the organization’s formula for affordability included keeping the houses small, selling only the houses and not the land, and using grants to subsidize site preparation and utilities.

Commentary: Masks and vaccines, not the medical bureaucracy, will end COVID

It is my belief that the decision about whether or not somebody needs to be vaccinated or wear a mask to go into a private business should be left entirely up to the owner of that private business, and not to politicians or government health care bureaucrats.