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Wizenberg: Turning a love of food into a career

Molly Wizenberg is a food writer and restaurateur from Seattle. Her blog, Orangette, just won a James Beard Foundation award for Best Individual Food Blog. Wizenberg will be reading from her work at Kettleson Memorial Library at 7 p.m. tonight (04-27-15). Downloadable audio.

Botanists look to fern for clues to Southeast’s past

A species of fern common in Asia has been found in Southeast Alaska. But unlike invasive species, Wright’s filmy fern is an early colonizer. And figuring out how and when it got here is the next piece of the puzzle.

Rob Harcourt: Where the wild things swim

Rob Harcourt is a professor of Marine Ecology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He's in Sitka as a Scientist in Residency Fellow (SIRF) at the Sitka Sound Science Center. Harcourt uses advanced tagging techniques to study ocean animals and their habitat -- everything from jellyfish to blue whales. He'll be speaking tonight (6PM Wed Apr 22, Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center, free) on climate change and penquins: "Will Happy Feet feel the heat?" With SSS research director Tory O'Connell.Downloadable audio.

Native Youth Olympics connects athletes with culture

Mt. Edgecumbe High School seniors Johnna Bouker (Dillingham) and Brittany Woods-Orrison (Rampart) discuss their participation in this year's Native Youth Olympics. The pair talk about the physical skills required in each event, as well as the cultural connections. With NYO coach Archie Young.Downloadable audio.

Closing after 65 years, Brenner women look to the future

The doors of one of the oldest family-owned stores in Sitka closed last month. Brenner’s Fine Clothing and Gifts has been a staple on Lincoln Street for the past 65 years.

Coast Guard and SAR training together

Pete Melnick, the Operations Officer of Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, and Lance Ewers, the volunteer captain of Search and Rescue (SAR), share plans by to conduct a joint training operation this weekend and ongoing recruiting efforts. Melnick also shared safety reminders as boating season approaches. Downloadable audio.

Middle schoolers tackle Shakespearean comedy

Zeke Blackwell talks about the Young Performer's Theater's production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, which debuts this Friday at the Odess Theater. The 17th century play will be performed with a condensed version of its original text by a cast of 19 students, in 5th through 8th grade. Downloadable audio.

Hear the archives of Sitka History Minute!

Fred Bahovec was a writer, adventurer, prankster, and former Sitkan. He was also featured on the...

Public media cuts could end local programming

Some Alaska public broadcasters would have to give up local programming if the state Senate’s budget cuts go through.

PSP Part 2: With new lab, STA takes a gamble on shellfish testing

Despite the risk of paralytic shellfish poisoning -- or PSP -- Southeast Alaska has a robust dive fishery that includes geoduck clams. The entire industry hinges on weekly testing results from the Department of Environmental Conservation laboratory in Anchorage. This scenario could change in the not-too-distant future, as Sitka Tribe of Alaska seeks to open an independent testing lab for Southeast.