The number of finalists for superintendent of the Sitka School District has been cut from three to two. Eddie Campbell and Mary Wegner will be interviewed by the school board and district staff in Sitka next week. A third candidate, Joseph Krause, is no longer in the running.
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Channel 2 News will soon be back on the air in Southeast Alaska, and rural cable subscribers across the state who have been without NBC will see that programming return, after an agreement announced on Thursday between cable provider GCI and the Anchorage NBC affiliate KTUU.
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Marienthal is a visiting jazz musician for Sitka's Jazz Fest. He discusses what led him to professionally pursue jazz saxophone, how he originally wanted to play the trumpet, and how braces played a role in the decision.
The Sitka School District's transition to the new Common Core Math curriculum has fallen behind schedule. Sitka High School students want a more active role in policy decisions. The Sitka School Board pushes for more funding for locally-sourced food in schools across the state. The final design for the Alaska Class Ferry is expected to be complete by the end of this month.
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Juneau Empire bans anonymous comments on website in favor of real identities. Wrangell Museum needs feet for children's programs. Unalaska seafood worker shares his personal connection to tragedy in South Sudan.
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New MEHS Girls Basketball coach Dane Vincent and players Renatta Olson (Jr-Golovin) Payton Weisz (So-Tok) discuss their prospects for the season, and the recent Battle of the Bridge with Sitka High.
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SHS Music director John DePalatis brings his Vocal Jazz Ensemble to the studio: Hallie Bernhoft, Samantha Robinson, Rosie Palof, Destony Rosas, and Cassie Gillespie perform 'Til There Was You from 'The Music Man.' The Sitka JazzFest runs this Thu-Sat, Feb 6-8. Tickets are $10/$25/$45 for an all-Festival pass.
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Two Sitka men indicted on weapons, drug charges after store employee notices stolen firearm. Blatchley health curriculum draws criticism from some concerned parents. Straley's "Cold Storage" arrives in bookstores today.
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Alaskan mystery writer John Straley’s latest novel hits bookstore shelves today (Tue 2-4-14).Cold Storage, Alaska is Straley’s eighth novel, and his first since 2008’s The Big Both Ways. But Straley says he actually wrote “Cold Storage” before his last novel, and had put it in a drawer.
This month, eighth graders at Blatchley Middle School will see a new class added to their schedule: comprehensive health education, including basic sex ed. The state doesn’t require the class, but educators feel strongly that middle school is the time to address healthy relationships. But some parents object to how the school has handled the program.
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