Michael Jenkins and Amanda Roberts, with the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, describe the rollout of Healthy Living Southeast -- a new website with recipes, lifestyle, and health information tailored to life in Southeast Alaska.
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Third herring opener targets fish south of town. Herring Rock Ceremony honors the renewal of the seasons and the beginning of the subsistence harvest. Great Alaska Quake, Part 4: Sitkans react to tsunami surge.
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Beginning in mid-March in Sitka, there is no escaping the excitement surrounding the commercial sac roe herring fishery. Big seiners from around Southeast raft up in the harbors, waiting for the large masses of herring to school up near shore. But the annual arrival of the herring marks the opening of another important -- and just as exciting -- season: subsistence.
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A federal appeals court issued an opinion saying the roadless rule should not apply to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
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Mt. Edgecumbe girls' Basketball coach Dane Vincent, and players Joallyn Johnson (Jr-Kotlik) and Renatta Olson (Jr-Golovin) share their thoughts following their loss to ACS in the finals of the state 3A tournament last weekend.
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The Mt. Edgecumbe Lady Braves came within striking distance of the state 3A basketball championship last weekend, but did not quite get there. The Lady Braves lost in the finals to the ACS Lady Lions by four points, 45 - 49. Mt. Edgecumbe coach Dane Vincent and two of his players dropped by our studios and talked about the tournament with KCAW’s Robert Woolsey.
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Seaman Lindy and Chief Alan from Air Station Sitka guest host on The Speaking Tube and take us on a swing journey. Listen to their favorite songs to swing to, songs you wouldn't expect to swing to and learn about their love of the pretzel. Oh yeah, they both have thrown a telephone pole in the Highland Games as well.Listen to the full show here!
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With the herring spawn starting in Sitka Sound, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game is quickly developing plans for a third commercial seine opening -- possibly on Wednesday.
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Dennis Girardot lived in Sitka for 20 years. He currently resides in Juneau. While Sitka is likely the place where he made the most memories, he says his earliest memory was set in Anchorage. That was 50 years ago, but Girardot remembers the details vividly - including his brother’s birthday cake.
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