The much-anticipated terminal expansion and renovation project at Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport begins this week. The project is estimated to cost around $40 million, the bulk of it funded with a federal grant. Garrett Burtner and Joseph Bea joined KCAW to discuss the project.
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In a conversation with KCAW, Sen. Lisa Murkowski describes efforts to list Alaskan king salmon as endangered as "a wrongheaded use of a legitimate law." She believes the Washington-state environmental group Wild Fish Conservancy wants to stop commercial salmon trolling in Alaska.
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The Sitka Conservation Society and the Sitka Sound Science Center are partnering on a multi-age learning experience all about whales. March 11-13 Sitkans can join the "Flukes and Flippers" camp hosted by the two nonprofits. Kari Paustian and Allie Prokosh joined KCAW for the morning interview to discuss the program. Listen here:
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The documentary "Sacred Alaska" traces the origins of Russian Orthodoxy in Alaska, and explores its enduring legacy. 5 p.m. Friday, February 23, Coliseum Theater, free admission.
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The annual BANFF Mountain Film Festival returns to Sitka this weekend, with a screening featuring eight short films that highlight outdoor adventures around the world.
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Sitka Legacy Foundation is a locally organized endowment fund that provides grant funding to local nonprofits. Connie Sipe joined KCAW's Erin Fulton to discuss the fund, which hit the million dollar mark this year. Listen to their conversation here
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Elizabeth Peratrovich Day is Friday, February 16. Debe Brincefield, with the Alaska Native Sisterhood, shares details about events planned to honor one of the country's top civil rights heroes.
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KCAW's Meredith Redick spoke with Alaska Heat Smart Executive Director Andy Romanoff about how to decide if a heat pump makes sense for your home and what resources are available to subsidize the cost of installing a heat pump.
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Should there be a permitting and emissions inspection process for commercial buses in Sitka? That’s a question the Sitka assembly will take up tonight when it considers an ordinance that would establish an emissions standard for commercial buses in Sitka and issue a limited number of permits for buses that pass inspection.
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Mt. Edgecumbe High School students Evelyn Garfield and Denia Foster and SAFV's Gabrielle Eggli joined KCAW for the Morning Interview to discuss Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month and the work being done by peer educators in Sitka. Listen to their conversation here:
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