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Presentation ‘clears the muddy waters’ of Medicare

Susan Briles is with the patient health benefits team at SEARHC. She'll be holding Medicare presentation 11 A.M. this Friday, April 30, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. (People who are age 65 or in their 25th month of disability are eligible for Medicare). Briles says much of what you hear on television and see in magazine advertisements is misleading and designed to promote anxiety -- when in fact, Medicare is not scary.

Students from UAS RASOR program present research

Ellen Chenoweth, Program Director for the UAS Rural Alaska Students in One-Heath Research (RASOR), joined KCAW's Erin Fulton along with program students Carry Fenno and Lauryn Jones to talk about the program and upcoming student presentations. Listen here:

Special Coverage: Verdict reached in Derek Chauvin trial

Jurors in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin reached a verdict this morning. At 5 P.M. tonight, Raven Radio will air NPR's one-hour program on the trial and verdict. Local news will air early, at 4:49 p.m.

‘Wear Your Heart’ celebration set for this Saturday

This Saturday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Brave Heart Volunteers will hold a 20th Anniversary fundraiser celebration, with a new "Lovebirds" logo created by artist Jerrod Galanin. A variety of swag with the Galanin art will be available for a donation. Executive director Angie DelMoral and Galanin.

Decolonization group seeks internal, external healing for Sitka

Lakota Harden and Caroline Fenton joined KCAW's Peter Apathy to chat about the decolonization discussion group.

AFS recruiting host families for the ’21-’22 school year in Sitka

After a year's break due to the pandemic, Sitka will be hosting four international high school students next year. Connie Kreiss and Erika Knox explain how to become involved.

With new travel-related cases, Sitka enters a second week at ‘moderate’ covid risk

Sitka is heading into a second week at moderate risk for the coronavirus. According to Sitka's Covid Dashboard, four of the nine cases reported since the school district’s spring break have been travel related.

Community land trust helps young, single mother build a home of her own

For many young Sitkans, buying a house feels like an impossible dream. But for one single mother, a community land trust is turning the dream of home ownership into a more affordable reality.

Herring fishery’s cumulative catch reaches 8000 tons

The 2021 Sitka Sound Herring Fishery opened for the sixth time today (4-1-21).

Sitkans invited to a (socially-distanced) ‘Night on Broadway’

"A Night on Broadway" (7 p.m. Saturday, April 3, Sitka PAC) is a chance for Sitka audiences to reconnect with some of the marquee vocalists featured by the camp: Branden Noel Thomas, Jessica Mohr, Sam Faustine, Rhiannon Guevin, and Mina Brooks-Schmidt. Audience capacity will be 25-percent. Masks required.