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Volcanic ash cloud could linger over Sitka through Saturday

The volcanic ash cloud that’s shut down flights throughout Alaska over the last three days may linger over Southeast this weekend.

UAS fisheries program to host hands-on mariculture workshop

UAS assistant professor Angie Bowers and mariculture program coordinator Sara Ebersol joined KCAW's Brooke Schafer to talk about the UAS Applied Fisheries program and upcoming opportunities, including a three-day hands-on workshop. Listen to their conversation here:

STA hosts events in honor of Child Abuse Prevention month

April is Child Abuse Prevention month, and Sitka Tribe of Alaska Social Services is hosting two events to help build awareness of child abuse.

Sheet’ká Family Challenge offers a full lineup of activities for spring

The Sheet’ká Family Challenge is happening in April, May, and June. Kari Sagel, with the Pathways Family Engagement Workgroup, discusses the lineup of free, family activities.

Fourth annual Yaaw Koo.éex’ slated for this weekend

Sitka's fourth annual Yaaw Koo.éex’, or Herring Ceremony, will be held this Saturday, April 15 at 1pm.

Science Center welcomes new Scientist in Residency Fellow this month

Scientist in Residency Fellow, Brian Ulaski, arriving the first week of April. Brian is a postdoctoral fellow with UAF studying seaweeds and mariculture.

Audio postcard: Cedar bark basketry class a lesson in art, and in life

Visiting artist Holly Churchill taught classes in cedar bark weaving at UAS Sitka in March. The daughter of famed Haida weaver Delores Churchill, Holly Churchill's lessons were as much about life, as about art.

‘Parenting in the Digital Age’: Dialog and education can help protect children from online abuse

Homer Police Lt. Ryan Browning will be in Sitka to give a presentation called "Parenting in the Digital Age," 6 p.m. Friday, April 7 at the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi. Browning developed his program in response to a couple of recent cases he investigated in Homer, involving adult predatory behavior on young girls, and attempted suicide. This presentation urges dialog with kids, rather than trying to monitor their behavior through apps or software.

650 tons of herring caught in first commercial opening on Tuesday

Seiners caught around 650 tons of fish in the first opening of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery on Tuesday (5-28-23).

‘Herring Film Night’ and potluck set at UAS this Thursday

UAS Sitka's PIED program (Perspectives on Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity) invites everyone to the world premiere of "Sitka Herring: A Tale of Two Harvests," 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in Room 229 at UAS.