Island Institute associate director Peter Bradley visits the KCAW studio to talk about the Institute’s many upcoming events. The annual Sitka Symposium starts on July 20 and features a week of events, including a Sunday...
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Four years ago, on July 7, 2010, a Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter crashed off the coast of La Push, Washington, taking the lives of the aircraft’s commander and two crewman. The deaths of the Sitka airmen were three of 14 fatalities in the Coast Guard in a two-year period. Late last month, the Center for Investigative Reporting released an in-depth story examining the culture of safety -- and accountability -- in the Coast Guard.
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Sitkans celebrated their independent spirit on Friday with another fabulous town-wide Fourth of July party. KCAW's Greta Mart files this audio postcard.
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Sitkans this week will mark 40 days since the passing of John Littlefield with a traditional celebration of his life. The food will be wild, local, and plentiful -- thanks in large part to his legacy. John Littlefield was a clan uncle, a father, a husband, and electrical contractor. But most of all, he was a passionate advocate for traditional subsistence rights.
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Construction was completed on the new ANB Harbor in Sitka in early 2014, but it wasn't until the last week in June when local officials held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the project's success.
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Anne Linkenhall, park ranger at the Sitka National Historical Park, describes all the activities planned for the Fourth of July. From 10:30 to noon at the Russian Bishop’s House , rangers dressed in period costumes will...
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Sealaska’s new board chairman and CEO say the regional Native corporation is gearing up for growth. They’re following a direction set by their predecessors. But they promise some changes.
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Sitkans Against Family Violence’s Julia Smith and Dr. Matt Hirschfeld, via phone from Anchorage, talk about an upcoming free lunch and learn event on July 8 at Harrigan Centennial Hall. From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., SAFV...
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Thanks to all the agencies and individuals who helped make Sitka's first Community Land Trust a Reality. The next steps for Sitka Community Development Corporation are to approve a house design, select a qualified prospective home owner according to the CLT process, coach the home owner through financing, select a builder for the home on Lillian Drive, oversee the building project, and then choose our next project.
Sitka Fine Arts Camp (SFAC) faculty members WT McRae and Amy Butcher discuss Art Shares, the evening performances presented by SFAC faculty, which are open to the public. Every night for the next week, faculty will perform a...
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