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In a flash, Girl Scouts resolve HPR crosswalk issue

After years of government inertia, the Girls Scouts of Troop 4140 in Sitka have spearheaded the installation of flashing crosswalk signs along some of the busiest state road in town.

UAS Sitka offers NW Coast basketry, design this summer

UAS Sitka assistant Art professor Liz Zacher and adjunct instructor Mark Sixbey discuss two NW Coast Art classes this summer. Downloadable audio.

Budget, bulk water round out Assembly action on Tuesday

During their regular meeting Tuesday night (06-15-16), the Assembly approved purchase agreements with two bulk water companies, passed the FY17 budget and union bargaining agreements, and assumed control of marijuana licensing in Sitka.

Dance group reflects cross-border cultural resurgence

Southeast Alaska’s Tlingit culture doesn’t stop at the Canadian border. An Inland Tlingit group from up the Taku River has strong connections to Alaska.

Biologists investigate local abalone, otter populations

Lauren Bell, research biologist at the Sitka Sound Science Center, is joined by former aquarium director Taylor White, who is a PhD student at University of California Santa Cruz. Downloadable audio

After seven years at sea, avalanche experts stop in Sitka

You may be surprised to learn that Jill Fredston doesn’t row everywhere. Fredston and her husband Doug Fesler arrived recently in Sitka aboard their yellow cruiser, the Compañera with a pair of rowing shells lashed on deck.

Assembly: “The city can’t afford to get into the welfare business.”

The Sitka Assembly voted down an ordinance last night (6-14-16) to subsidize the utility bills of low income Sitkans. Bill sponsor Tristan Guevin said he’d still like to city do more to help those most in need.

Founding festival musician to perform free concerts

Stevenson is one of the five original musicians from the first festival in 1972, and she came to Sitka almost every year for the first 40 years. Downloadable audio

Sitkans hold vigil for Orlando shooting victims

A crowd of nearly 100 Sitkans gathered in Totem Square last night (06-13-16), to honor the 49 victims of Sunday's (06-12-16) shooting at Pulse, an Orlando nightclub. The group gathered beneath a blue sky in a big circle and, holding strips of orange paper, took turns reading the forty nine name aloud.

June 14, 2016: What’s happening at tonight’s Assembly meeting?

When the Assembly meets tonight (06-14-16), they’ll put a rubber stamp on the FY17 budget. They’ll also vote on a program to subsidize utility bills and evaluate bulk water contracts with two companies, including Alaska Bulk Water Incorporated.