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Listen: Board braces for an unprecedented political battle over schools

Sitka School Board members Eric VanCise and Elias Erickson joined district superindendent Mary Wegner and business manager Cassee Olin to discuss the possibilities for school funding next year -- which could be cut anywhere from 0 to 25-percent, depending on the aftermath of the political storm now brewing in the state capitol.

Sentinel Sports: Sitka, Edgecumbe teams head to state tournament

As basketball season enters its final two weeks, Sitka Sentinel reporter Klas Stolpe joined KCAW's Robert Woolsey in the studio to discuss last weekend's 1A, 2A tournament and this week's ACA state playoffs.

Listen: City holds hospital town hall

The Sitka Assembly will hold a special meeting Wednesday (3/20/19) on the impending sale of Sitka Community Hospital. This follows the release of documents last week that outline the purchase agreement between the city and the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC).

AFS to hold public meeting on local fisheries

The American Fisheries Society is hosting three dynamic mixed media presentations designed for the Sitka general public on locally relevant fisheries topics.

Call-in: Share your views with the Sitka School Board

This Monday, March 18, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. members of the Sitka School Board and district...

2019 Wearable Art goes ‘On The Edge’

Bobbi Jordan, Angela McGraw, and Roberta White discuss this year's Wearable Art Show (3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16). The show will have 22 "sets" on the theme On The Edge. Only 400 tickets will be available for each show ($25/15). The evening performance will open with a performance by jazz vocalist Stephanie Rebecca Patton.

Learn how to track a senate bill at Sitka’s LIO

Ken Fate of Sitka's Legislative Information Office joined KCAW's Erin Fulton in the studio to discuss how Sitkans can keep track of what's happening at the state government level. Fate outlined tools Sitkans can use to track bills, and discussed upcoming opportunities to give testimony at the LIO.