Are you interested in painting a hard plastic buoy for the annual 2024 Brave Heart Volunteer Buoy fundraiser? Come join Pat Kehoe in a buoy painting workshop hosted by Sitka Sound Science Center and BHV this January.
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Jeff Budd and Melinda McAdams share details about this month's Monthly Grind, which is devoted to the 1980s. Advance tickets $5 at Old Harbor Books, refunded for anyone who brings a homemade dessert (one refund per family). Show starts 7 p.m. Saturday, January 13, at the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi.
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A near-miss summer troll season, and a close call for an Air Station Sitka helicopter crew punctuated a year of news where Sitkans generally worked together to preserve their sanity (by taking a hard look at cruise tourism) and their healthcare options (by speaking out on SEARCH's closing the Home Health Department). Here a look back at 2023.
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Three teenagers and an adult survived a car accident over the weekend and avoided serious injuries after a truck rolled over on Sawmill Creek Road.
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The Alaska Native Sisterhood Christmas dinner will take place a day early this year, on Sunday, December 24 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Sitka will break ground on a new marine haulout soon, but how it will be managed remains uncertain. Industrial park board members recently discuss plans to run the haulout along the lines of the city's publicy-owned cold storage facility.
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The US Forest Service and Smokey Bear invite Sitkans to a holiday social from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, December 18, at the Forest Service office on Halibut Point Road. Megan Chamberlain and Ashley Bolwerk from the Forest Service joined KCAW's Peter Apathy to discuss the gathering.
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Sitka Tribe of Alaska's Healing to Wellness Court is a therapeutic court that allows participants charged with nonviolent crimes involving drug or alcohol abuse to enter a therapy program in place of jail time. Tribal Court Judge Pam Steffes and Community Supervision Officer Belle Oswalt joined KCAW to discuss the program.
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The registration deadline for Sitka's 2024 Wearable Arts show is December 15. Bobbi Jordan and Emmie Fish joined KCAW's Erin Fulton to discuss the show and how Sitkans can get involved. Listen here
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Sitka High's Drama, Debate and Forensics team will be showing off their skills in a tournament this weekend.
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