Have you noticed new boats in Sitka's harbors? That's because the Coast Guard has some crews up from the lower-48. Capt. Stephen White is the sector commander for the United States Coast Guard in Juneau. He joins KCAW's Katherine Rose to discuss _______________.
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It’s shaping up to be a competitive year for candidates running for local office. The filing period to run for seats on the Sitka Assembly and school board closed on Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. (8-7-20).
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Public Health Nurse Denise Ewing answered KCAW's questions about changes to contact tracing in this recent Q&A
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Although the in-person experience has been cancelled this summer, cello students are still having one-on-one interaction with some of the best classical teachers and performers in the country.
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Sitka writer Jack Calvin's "Fisherman 28" and "Square Rigged" are both out in new editions. Sitka Sound Science Center director Lisa Busch describes how these two amazing stories were were written, and how they've been revived for modern audiences.
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Two young Sitkans have tested positive for the coronavirus.
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As part of the CARES Act, congress appropriated $100 million earlier this year to help tribes cope with housing and sanitation issues during the coronavirus pandemic. The funding is helping some Southeast Alaska communities combat existing issues that the pandemic has only made worse.
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As local nonprofits redirect fundraising efforts in the time of COVID-19, Sitka Kitch has found a way to feed the body and the mind-- vegetarian Indian food and virtual trivia!
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Rep. John Lewis was a 17-term representative from a Georgia's 5th Congressional District, and a seminal figure in the US Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. His funeral is being held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, beginning at 6:30 A.M. AKDT on Thursday, July 30.
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The Sitka Unified Command announced Wednesday, July 29 that a male resident in his fifties received a positive COVID-19 test result on Tuesday, July 28, after taking a test Saturday, July 25.
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