Herring season is just around the corner, and this year, KCAW’s herring coverage will look a little different. Reporter Katherine Rose is currently in Japan on a grant-funded reporting trip to investigate the journey of herring once it leaves Sitka.
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A Grand Jury indicted four Sitkans last month, on charges ranging from burglary to misconduct involving a controlled substance.
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Plans to expand the Sitka Sea walk continue, with a public meeting on March 7 at Harrigan Centennial Hall to give and update Phase II. Landscape architect Monique Anderson joined KCAW for the morning interview to discuss project developments and the upcoming meeting. Listen here:
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The Original Artist Grind is 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. Organizers Ted Howard, Jeanne Stolberg and Jeff Budd joined KCAW for the morning interview to discuss the program.
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Alaska Storytellers is offering free community dance classes throughout the month of March.
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Fireweed Dance Theatre's annual gala performance is 7 p.m. this Saturday, March 2, at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. The evening features 25 performers, six choreographers, and a special reunion dance of FDT alumni.
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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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