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Friday’s Wooch.een luncheon: Coordinating resources in a resource-rich community

KCAW's Katherine Rose speaks with SEARHC Health Educator Doug Osborne about today's (12-1:30 P.M.Friday, April 10, 2020) Wooch.een Luncheon (to be held remotely). Osborne says it's a chance to network and identify needs and resources during the coronavirus pandemic. Also every Mon-Sat at 3 P.M. for 15 minutes: "The Daily Dose of Relaxation," a guided group meditation. Email douglaso@searhc.org for login information to both.

Got fish? Donation program connects Sitkans with seafood during pandemic

Linda Behnken is the director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association. ALFA, and its community-supported fishery, Alaska's Own, is starting a seafood donation program to aid Sitkans in need. In partnership with the Seafood Producer's Cooperative, Sitka Sound Seafoods, and Sitka Mutual Aid. For more information on how to contribute the program visit www.alaskansown.com.

Herring spawn enters the digital age with interactive mapping

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has developed a pair of interactive tools to help the public stay on top of where herring are spawning in Sitka Sound. The "Sitka Sound Daily Herring Spawn" is a step up from the diagrams that the department has published in the past. The "Sitka Sound Herring Survey" identifies where the major predator groups (whales and sea lions) are congregating, and shows the gps track of the ADF&G aerial survey.

Sentinel Sports: Haven’t tried eSports? Now is the time!

eSports fan Christian Litten joins Daily Sitka Sentinel sports editor Garland Kennedy and KCAW's Robert Woolsey to talk about the boom in eSports happening around the globe.

‘The Library Show’ offers BINGO for the well-read (and wannabes)

Hunkering Down for many Sitkans means endless Netflix, but there is an alternative: KCAW's The Library Show is starting "Library BINGO." Five-in-a-row wins an Elizabeth Peratrovich coin. A "coverall" wins a giant Nutella cake baked by Library Show host Kari Sagel.

Feeling anxious about the whole coronavirus thing? You are normal!

Anxiety is a normal response to threat, as old as humankind itself. In an excerpt from an upcoming episode of Raven Radio's Health Chat, host Martha Pearson speaks with SEARHC psychiatrist S.R. Thorward about how to manage the very normal feelings of anxiety we're all experiencing around the coronavirus pandemic.

Sitka legislator teams up to develop national coronavirus model

Sitka Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has partnered with a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs -- including Google executive Max Henderson -- to develop a new website, covidactnow.org. In a very short time, the site has influenced policy-makers across the country, as they impose stricter measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Homeowner extinguishes bathroom blaze

Sitka firefighters responded to a small fire in a home bathroom on Monday afternoon (3-23-20). Chief engineer Craig Warren says the firehall received the call at 4:35 P.M. on Monday that a wastebasket was on fire in the bathroom of an upstairs apartment on Edgecumbe Drive. By the time firefighters had arrived on scene, the homeowner had contained the fire with a chemical extinguisher.

What ‘Shelter in Place’ means in Sitka

Last Sunday (3-22-20) the City of Sitka issued a strong recommendation that Sitkans "Shelter in Place." Similar recommendations -- and in some places, mandates -- are happening all over the country. KCAW's Katherine Rose spoke with municipal administrator John Leach, and asked him to clarify what "Shelter in Place" means at this time for Sitkans.

Sentinel Sports: Region V Basketball, Iditarod are the end of sports, for a while

Daily Sitka Sentinel Sports editor Garland Kennedy wraps up Region V Basketball and the Iditarod, and contemplates life with nothing but eSports! With KCAW's Robert Woolsey.