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March Madness in Sitka: The Region V Basketball Tourney

The complete schedule and scores (as they come in!) from the 2A/3A/4A Region V Basketball Tournament at the BJ McGillis Gym in Sitka.

Sentinel Sports: Southeast teams gear up for regional championships

Sitka Sentinel reporter Klas Stolpe joined KCAW's Robert Woolsey in the studio to discuss the 2A/3A/4A regional basketball championships happening this week in Sitka.

Maritime Heritage Society celebrates the ‘slime line’ at annual meeting

Edie Leghorn, Rebecca Poulson and Eric Jordan of the Sitka Maritime Heritage Society joined KCAW's Erin Fulton in the studio to discuss the organization's annual meeting, this Wednesday, March 6 at 6 p.m. at ANB Hall.

Ocean Wave Quilters to raise scholarship funds for high school seniors

The funds will go towards funding awards for Pacific, Mt. Edgecumbe and Sitka High School seniors for use in their next endeavors after graduation.

Art show takes provocative look at plastics

a artist Libby Stortz is teaming up with Bags for Change advocate Michelle Putz to install a new show "The Ugly Side of Plastic" in time for the annual Sitka ArtWalk this spring. The pair are calling for submissions on several themes: the ugly side of plastic, alternatives to plastic, and advocacy for moving away from plastic.

Commentary: Oversized PFDs will harm Alaska

My name is Jeff Budd and I am very concerned for Sitka and the rest of Alaska's communities given the governors budget and it implications, and the huge PFD.

Whales smell swell and have other sensory gifts, says researcher

Dr. Hans Thewissen is a researcher and author who has spent the past three decades traveling the world, studying whales. Now he's in Sitka for a month-long fellowship with the Sitka Sound Science Center's Scientist in Residency program.

Sentinel Sports: Sitka, MEHS well-matched for Region V tourney

Daily Sitka Sentinel Sports editor Klas Stolpe says the Sitka High and Mt. Edgecumbe basketball teams are power-balanced going into next week's regional tournament at the B.J. McGillis gym.

ALFA invites skippers, deckhands to apprenticeship program

The Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association has expanded their Crewmember Apprenticeship Program for the 2019 season after being awarded a $142,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife foundation.