Raven Radio is excited to welcome Tash Kimmell as our next "Report for America" journalist beginning in June, 2021. Tash is a Journalism graduate of the University of Oregon. She'll take over the reins from our current RFA, Erin McKinstry.
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Chief ranger Perry Edwards discusses some projects in the lineup for the Sitka Ranger District this summer, including improvements to the Shelikov Beach trail and Harbor Mt. trail, the realignment of the Gavan Hill trail, and the Starrigavan Watershed Restoration project. Also, improvements to Sandy Beach (yes, that's Forest Service!) are in the works.
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Comedian and journalist Charlie Berens will be in Sitka working on some projects with Sitka Salmon Shares and working, more broadly, to protect and support Alaska's small boat fishing fleet.
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President Joe Biden will deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress the evening of Wednesday, April 28. KCAW and NPR will provide live special coverage of the president's remarks, and the Republican response, beginning at 5 p.m. KCAW's local newscast can be heard at 4:49 p.m. Alaska News Nightly will immediately follow special coverage.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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Lakota Harden and Caroline Fenton joined KCAW's Peter Apathy to chat about the decolonization discussion group.
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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.
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