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Ocean Wave Quilters 42nd annual show has a ‘sassy’ theme

(Ocean Wave Quilters Photo) The 42nd annual Ocean Wave Quilters Quilt Show is set to open on May...

Young performers put on ‘The Reluctant Dragon’

Sitka Fine Arts Camp's Young Performers Theater presents 'The Reluctant Dragon,' a tale about two young people who befriend a misunderstood dragon.

Travelift for Sitka’s haulout project set to arrive next week

Construction of Sitka’s long-awaited marine haulout is nearing the finish line– for Phase 1, at least.

‘Anti-genre’ bands return to Sitka for weekend concerts

Visiting bands Sledgehammer and Peter Wooten will perform in Sitka this weekend. The bands last visited Sitka in February, when they played a memorial concert to raise funds for the families of the late F/V Windwalker crew.

With state funding still uncertain, Sitka School Board rolls back staff cuts for next year

The Sitka School Board has restored four elementary teaching positions, a school nurse, and a data manager to next year's budget -- even though state lawmakers haven't settled on an amount for school funding.

Gymnasts jump for joy on Parks and Rec’s new AirFloor

Sitka gymnasts were jumping for joy this week when they got to practice for the first time on the city’s new air floor that was donated by the Sitka Recreation Foundation. The city’s Parks and Rec Department team sent over this audio postcard from the event:

After a five-year closure, Hoonah Sound reopens to subsistence shrimp harvest

The backyard shrimp barbecue may be returning to Sitka this summer. The state is reopening Hoonah Sound to subsistence shrimp harvests for the first time in five years. As KCAW’s Robert Woolsey reports, the rebound is due to positive signs in the curious life cycle of shrimp.