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.
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Lindsay Worthington is a professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. She and USGS geologist Maureen Walton are heading up a major project to study the undersea Queen Charlotte Fault system, which they call "The San Andreas of the Pacific." The fault, which is offshore of Southeast Alaska, has had more frequent and larger seismic events over recent decades than its California cousin.
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An archive of reporting from KCAW News and our partners on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The first herring of the spring are beginning to arrive in Sitka Sound. Aerial surveys conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game on Thursday (3-19-20) located a small school of herring near Olga Point. Herring predators, however, are already in place in force.
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Thursday, March 12, is the first day residents can respond to the US Census online. Sarah Peterson, Kari Sagel, and Margot O'Connell talk about what Sitkans can expect, and why it's a valuable tool for Southeast residents. The survey takes about 10 minutes, has only 10 questions, and asks for fewer details than the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend application.
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Climate change and tiny houses are on the agenda again when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (3-10-20).
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Daily Sitka Sentinel sports editor Garland Kennedy reviews the final Battle of the Bridge matchups last weekend, before Sitka and Edgecumbe head to Juneau for the Region V Basketball Tournament. He also talks beach logging, and Iditarod! With KCAW's Robert Woolsey.
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Kari Sagel, with the Sitka School District, talks about the "Sneak Peek" of Baranof Elementary School for future kindergarteners, 2-3 P.M. Friday, March 27. Sagel also recaps last weekend's Filipino celebration at Keet Gooshi Heen. March 27 is also the day online registration opens for the Sitka School District. Other topics: The School Climate and Connectedness Survey, Childcare Cafes.
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The Sitka Grand Jury last month indicted a woman for second-degree murder and manslaughter, following an alleged drunk-driving accident that left one man dead last November. The Grand Jury also indicted three other Sitkans on lesser felonies.
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Fourteen states hold primary elections Tuesday, March 3, with about one-third of Democratic Party delegates at stake. Follow NPR's Liveblog here.
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