A cruise ship passenger is reported to be in critical condition, after becoming ill during her voyage down the Inside Passage this week. A helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka medevaced the woman from the Ovation of the Seas on Tuesday afternoon (6-25-19).
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Dr. Adam Booth, Kyle Turchick, Bryce Vascik and David de Guzman joined KCAW's Rich McClear in the studio for "The Morning Interview" to discuss ecosystem dynamics research and their various landslide projects.
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Dr. Robert Gerlach joins KCAW's Robert Woolsey to talk about a growing population in Alaska: ticks. Dr. Gerlach is the State Veterinarian at the Environmental Health Lab in Anchorage.
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KCAW's General Manager Becky Meiers talks to KCAW's Rich McClear about some exciting news about the station's translators. Those are the low-powered repeaters that bring Raven Radio to communities across Southeast, like Angoon, Pelican, Port Alexander, and more.
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Loyd Platson and Heylie Heck joined KCAW's Rich McClear for a discussion of teen alcohol use in the local community. Platson is the director of the H.O.P.E. Coalition and Heck is the FASD coordinator at Sitka Community Hospital.
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The Sitka Police Department stopped a man on a mid evening booze cruise Monday night (6-10-19). After a chase, the police officer on duty arrested the driver at ANB Harbor.
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Meet KCAW's 2019 Summer News Intern Nina Sparling! Sparling joined Brooke Schafer in the studio Friday (6/7/19) to talk journalism, typewriters, and public transit.
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The best modern raincoats use some variety of next-generation plastics to keep the rain out while staying breathable and light. But these are far from the first of their kind. Alaskan Natives have been making raincoats for centuries, without synthetic materials -- using seal gut.
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Two Sitkans were among 35 Alaskans selected last month for locals won Rasmuson Individual Artist project awards. John Ingmann and Ellie Schmidt each received $7,500 for to advance their artistic work
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After five days of fishing, no one was able to top Emitt Johnson’s 31.2 pound king salmon in the 64th Sitka Salmon Derby. The 12-year old will take home $4,000 for his chinook, which he landed in Kalinin Bay about 25 miles north of Sitka, over Memorial Day weekend.
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