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Clement: After two hard years, SEARHC ‘turning outward’

The CEO of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium says it’s been a rough couple of years, but the organization’s finances have stabilized. Charles Clement is only 39 years old, but he told the Sitka Chamber of Commerce this week (1-29-14) that the experience had cost him some gray hairs and about 25 pounds. After taking the top job at SEARCH in early 2012, he had the unpleasant responsibility of reporting a $4-million dollar loss the previous year.

A little bike shelter with big ambitions

Sitkans this week (Tue 1-28-14) dedicated a new bike shelter downtown. The small, timber-framed structure is actually the culmination of a large undertaking to help develop an industry around young-growth trees in the Tongass.

Wed Jan 29, 2014

Assembly postpones action on tightening smoking ban; passes rules on local purchasing; and applies for AEA loan to complete Blue Lake project. LeConte breakdown complicates travel plans for fog-bound Haines/Skagway residents. Ketchikan "cash mob" lands on local bookstore.

Tues Jan 28, 2014

The Sitka Assembly will hear a presentation on potential cuts to the community Ride bus program. A 19 year old man had a run-in with a sea lion at Seafood Producers Cooperation on Saturday. The Sitka Assembly discusses transferring a state-of-the-art Emergency Response Vessel from the Fire Department to the Harbor Department. Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell spoke with KCAW on Friday about public lands, personal privacy, and his campaign motto.

Reassigned to Harbors, Sitka response boat may see more action

Every year Sitka has its share of maritime emergencies and remote rescue operations. Last December, for example, two hunters were seriously injured in Salisbury Sound when their boat slammed into a cliff in the narrows. And while that and other events often make headlines, you don’t often hear about the state-of-the-art Emergency Response Vessel Sitka has available to render aid. That’s because, in many cases, the $200,000 boat has remained tied up at the dock.

Sea lion lunges at Sitka fisherman

A 19 year old Sitka man had a run-in with a sea lion at Seafood Producers Cooperative on Saturday. Alaska State Troopers say the man was sitting on the railing of a fishing vessel when a large bull pounced. The sea lion jumped out of the water and attempted to bite him -- on the behind, causing the man to fall forward into the vessel.

Deserted Island dead(a)head

You may have seen Dan Gunn behind the counter at the Hames Center working as an Americorp Volunteer for the last six months. But you may not know that Dan is a deadhead and while he's never seen The Grateful Dead perform live (owing to the fact that he was eight years old when Jerry Garcia passed away) he grew up listening to bootleg tapes and the music stirs his soul. Dan was the castaway on Deserted Island on the 24th of January, 2014. Here is a recording of the show, his list of 10 songs he would choose to have while stranded, perhaps forever, and the one dessert he would have with him, since it is after all a deserted island.

Young-growth bike shelter aimed at inspiring old-growth preservation

Sitka Conservation Society's Conservation Solutions Director, Marjorie Hennessy and Executive Director, Andrew Thoms discuss a new young-growth bike shelter. The dedication ceremony is at 3 p.m. on Tuesday (1-28-14). Prior to the ceremony, assembly member Phyllis Hackett will lead a bike ride from totem square to the bike shelter at 2:45 p.m.

Mon. Jan 27, 2014

Years of detailed research have shaped Baranof island's goat hunting guidelines; and we now have clues to what the island looked like before there were hunters: mystery ice-age goats. The Sitka School Board selected three finalists for a new superintendent. Keet Gooshi Heen fourth-grader Hunter Lambdin is headed to auditions for NBC's America's Got Talent.

Baranof goat study unlocks clues to island’s paleo past

It doesn’t take much to trigger an emergency mountain goat closure on Baranof island. Because of recent population declines, if a hunter shoots one nanny, a large swath of the island may become off-limits. Years of detailed research has shaped today’s goat hunting guidelines -- which might seem like a lot of effort considering that only a handful of Sitkans have the stamina to hunt goats. But the process has revealed much more than how to manage the goat population. We now have clues to what Baranof looked like before there were hunters.