Researchers with the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit based in Santa Monica, California, and other community partners are beginning work on a three-year project to develop a landslide warning system in Sitka using inexpensive sensor technology, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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Multiple sclerosis is an invisible disease. It's symptoms and their severity vary from one person to the next, caused by an abnormal response of someone's immune system against their brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. The cause of the disease itself is yet unknown.
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The Sitka Maritime Heritage Society is a local nonprofit dedicated to teaching and preserving Sitka's long maritime history. One of their biggest undertakings in this mission is the restoration of the Japonski Island Boathouse.
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The Sitka Assembly, Thursday (4/25/19), held a special budget meeting to discuss all aspects of the 2020 general fund budget.
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The opioid epidemic has had an impact in communities across the country, including Sitka. But opioid abuse is preventable. One way to do that is by properly disposing of unused opioids in your home.
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Behind every quilt, there's an idea and a story. And the same is true for the historied Annual Ocean Wave Quilters Quilt Show, an exhibition of new quilts now in its 37th year.
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Dr. Andrés López is the Sitka Sound Science Center's Scientist in Residency Fellow this spring. He is an ichthyologist at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks whose research focuses on the genetics of fish.
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Sea critters and plants will parade down Lincoln Street Friday in celebration of Earth Day, stewardship for our environment and the diversity of the region's wildlife. The 18th annual Parade of Species, organized by the Sitka Conservation Society, will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Totem Square
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Signing up for Medicare and Social Security benefits can ease financial burdens for all who qualify, but signing up is not an easy task. Luckily, help is coming April 19.
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On this Morning Interview, KCAW's Enrique Pérez de la Rosa spoke to Mohan Arul and Yuli Nuri, exchange students from India and Bulgaria respectively, to talk about how different cultures think and care about the Earth.
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