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Marc Luiken is state’s new transportation commissioner

There’s a new boss at the state agency overseeing roads, airports and ferries.

Morning host Melissa Marconi-Wentzel signs off

Thousands of KCAW listeners across the region -- from Yakutat to Port Alexander -- have awoken to the voice of Melissa Marconi-Wentzel saying, "Good Morning. You are listening to Morning Edition." But how much do you know about the person behind the voice?

What does civil rights mean to 21st century kids?

Almost 50 Years after Martin Luther King led the march from Selma to Montgomery, that resulted in the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the landscape of civil rights has changed. There are new faces tackling modern issues in the city of Sitka.

Sitka Community Theater staging a 1920s play

Sitka Community Theater is holding auditions for "The Flattering Word," a 1920s one-act, and hosting Broadway Night, featuring show tune performances by local singers.

Yay Zombies! Undead offer insight into global pandemics

Utah State University professor Jim Powell uses zombies to illustrate the concepts of mathematical epidemiology and the spread of global pandemics. He'll speak tonight (7:30 PM Thu Jan 22, room 229) at the Sitka campus of the University of Alaska Southeast.Downloadable audio.

Tongass committee chafes at early deadline

Members of the Tongass Advisory Committee are unhappy with Forest Service efforts to speed up their work.

A remembrance of Ron

Ron Krueger passed away recently – of natural causes. He was one big contradiction…a complex man with good qualities and challenging habits.I met Ron at Raven Radio – 30 years ago...

Sitkan charged with four felonies in police standoff

A Sitka man is facing felony charges following a late-night standoff with police earlier this month. A grand jury has indicted 33-year old River J. Dailey for allegedly threatening the lives of a man and his wife, and two police officers.

Heavy rains flood creeks, fill reservoirs

There is an upside to having rainy, autumn weather in the middle of winter: both Sitka’s reservoirs are filling up. Frank Rogers, Sitka’s senior hydroelectric operator, says water levels in Blue Lake rose 2 feet overnight on Tuesday (1-20-15), after over two inches of rain fell in the area.

Budget woes to stall Katlian Bay road project?

A six-mile extension of Halibut Point Road into Katlian Bay is slated for funding this year - but the state budget crunch may change that. The one-lane, gravel road would connect to lands owned by Sitka’s urban Native corporation.