The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has darted and tagged a brown bear frequenting the end of the Sitka road system, in the hope of learning whether it’s the same animal that killed and ate a dog in the area earlier in the week. ADF&G biologist Phil Mooney tranquilized the bear last Friday evening (5-17-14) on the beach in Starrigavan Bay.
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Joe Robidou has been found not guilty on all counts. A Sitka jury of seven women and five men delivered its verdict in favor of the former school administrator at about 6 PM Monday evening (5-19-14).
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After a 31 year absence, the Carnival came to Sitka over the weekend – not the cruise ship Carnival, but the cover-your-kids-in-cotton-candy carnival. Golden Wheel amusements brought 14 rides, games, funnel cake, and corn dogs. Sitka was ready.
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Friday, May 16, 2014, was Emily Forman's last day on the job as KCAW's Post-Graduate Fellow in Community Journalism (aka "Winter Fellow"). Over the past nine months she's reported on just about everything that makes Sitka the interesting community it is: the subsistence herring harvest, locally-sourced school lunches, the Orthodox Church, to name just a few. And it's not just us she's impressed. Emily is spending her last week in town developing her story on birds and airport safety into a feature for National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
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John McCrehin, Sitka Salmon Derby barge chairman, discusses plans for this year's derby, which gets underway at 7 AM this Saturday.
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Defense rests; Robidou trial now in hands of jury. Blue Lake Hydro expansion project three-quarters complete. Alaskan Brewing Company to be featured on reality TV.
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Siouxha Tokman and Kevin Knox, who help organize the Julie Hughes Triathlon, discuss plans for the 30th Anniversary running of the race, which starts tomorrow morning (5-17-14) at 8:30.
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Defense cross-examines state's lead witnesses in Robidou sexual assault trial. Sealaska Inc. posts $35-million loss in fiscal year. Tongass Forest seeks public input in identifying "recreation niches" to concentrate limited funding.
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May 17th marked the second official Roller Derby Bout by the Sitka Sound Slayers, and Raven Radio was there to broadcast it live! If you missed it, you can hear it now right here.
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KCAW's Robert Woolsey and Emily Forman captured first place for Raven Radio in the Corporate Division of the 30th Annual Julie Hughes Triathlon on Saturday (5-17-14). JHT veteran Woolsey, team captain and lead strategist, anchored the bicycle leg, and opted to put Forman, a 28-year-old former collegiate swimmer in the pool and on the running course. The tactic worked: KCAW's main rivals all fled the division leaving the Ravens a clear path to the championship.
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