The 52nd Sitka Music Festival is in full swing. Artistic Director Zuill Bailey and violist Martin Sher joined KCAW's Andrew Hames to discuss this week's slate of classical concerts and other events.
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A small group of Sitkans joined in a worldwide celebration of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny's birthday on June 4. Navalny is serving a 9-year prison term for speaking out against the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Rescue divers have recovered a fourth body from the scene of a charter fishing accident that happened over Memorial Day Weekend.
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Local author Debbie Miller joined KCAW's Andrew Hames to discuss her latest children's book, Glaciers Are Alive, about the world of tidewater glaciers. This is the twelfth book Miller has written in collaboration with artist Jon Van Zyle.
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A 50-year old woman has been medevaced, after a Sitka driver hit her on Sawmill Creek Road.
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In its third year, the Skipper Science Partnership app allows fisherman to contribute info their observations on the water to a database that aids in the monitoring of changing ocean conditions throughout Alaska. Heather Bauscher joined KCAW's Robert Woolsey to discuss the program.
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Pianist Alfredo Oyágüez and violinist Alex Gonzalez joined KCAW for the Morning Interview to discuss the week ahead, full of concerts and events with the Sitka Music Festival. Listen to their conversation here:
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Two people remain missing after a charter vessel capsized near Sitka over Memorial Day weekend. The 30-foot aluminum boat was returned to Sitka by a salvage crew Monday (6-5-23).
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There aren’t many scallop fisheries in Alaska. While the mollusks are plentiful in Southeast waters, harvesting them is resource and time intensive. KCAW’s Ezra Dan spoke with a local scallop fisherman who is bringing the delicacy to dinner tables in Sitka and Southeast, with sustainability in mind.
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Each week in June, musicians from the Sitka Music Festival will join us to discuss upcoming concerts. On Wednesday (5-31-23) the festival's artistic director and Grammy award winning cellist Zuill Bailey joined KCAW's Brooke Schafer to discuss performances set for this weekend, featuring the works of Mahler, Piazzolla, Schumann, and a Rachmaninoff retrospective.
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