Trailcam videographer Hugh Bevan has a knack for reminding us that spring is not just about herring and sunshine -- local brown bears are perking up. In this "highlight reel" from the past five years, Bevan captures bears at their best: Roaming the wild country around Sitka completely undisturbed by the concealed trailcam.
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The Coast Guard Auxilary in Sitka is holding a couple of safety events: A life jacket practice session at the Blatchley Pool, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, when residents are invited to try out their personal flotation gear (participants are welcome to wear clothing in the pool, but it must be clean); and free courtesy exams for trailered recreational and charter boats noon - 4 p.m. April 21, in the Sitka High parking lot.
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The Baranof Barracudas are heading next to Juneau for Southeast Champs and then the Alaska Junior Olympics in Anchorage.
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March is National Nutrition Month. Kelly Lakin and Holly Marban of SEARHC join us in the studio to discuss "Go Further With Food."
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SAFV is holding a kick-off event from 4 to 6 pm Saturday March 24 at the Baranof Island Brewing Company as part of a capital campaign to renovate and expand the SAFV building.
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Director Matthew Jackson talks about his film “Uprivers,” documenting two watershed communities in the path of open pit mines. The 30-minute film will be screened in Sitka on Friday, March 30th at 6 p.m. at Naa Kahidi.
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March 21 is Kick Butts Day, a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about tobacco addiction.
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Justine Webb is the field station coordinator for the Sitka Sound Science Center and Jan Straley is a humpback whale biologist with the University of Alaska Southeast. They're preparing for this Saturday's Food Web Cruise (8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 24, departing from Crescent Harbor; tickets $55 including brunch, available at Old Harbor Books or on the dock).
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The commercial sac roe herring fishery in Sitka Sound goes on two-hour notice tomorrow (Tuesday 3-20-18) at 7 a.m. But whenever fishing opens, it won’t be the full-throttle race to the grounds as in past years.
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Budget season is here, and Sitka's city and school district face tough choices this year. Raven Radio will be opening up the phones for two on-air, call-in shows this week, March 19th and March 21st from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
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