Author: Robert Woolsey, KCAW

Governor passes on Blue Lake ‘ask’

The governor’s budget has a healthy chunk of money for Sitka -- but it’s not the money local officials were hoping for the most. City Hall had its fingers crossed for $18.5 million dollars to finish off the Blue Lake Hydro project.

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SAFV visits Keet Gooshi Heen to talk prevention

This month, Elena Gustafson, youth development specialist at Sitkans Against Family Violence (SAFV), will visit second through fifth grade classrooms to deliver safety presentations. She discussed how these presentations might empower students and help prevent child abuse.

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Wed Dec 11, 2013

Assembly approves 6-percent moorage hike on first reading. Final application for chinook mitigation fund to close in early January. Herring seiners will target over 17,000 tons in the Sitka Sound Sac Roe fishery in 2014.

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Braves ‘three-peat’ Region V Wrestling title

Mt. Edgecumbe wrestlers Moses Jackson (Jr-Kwethluk), Daniel Alexi (Sr-Mt. Village), and Trevor Creed (Sr-Kotzebue) discuss their team's championship performance at the Region V Wrestling tournament over the weekend. Mt. Edgecumbe captured the regional title for the third straight year in a row. With coach Mike Kimber.

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Help us honor Stef!

Stef Steffen(left in photo), one of the founders of Raven Radio and a Board Member for more than 30 years is stepping down from the board. Please join us this Friday at 7 pm at the station to honor and thank Stef! Snacks and drinks will be provided. All are welcome!

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Tue Dec 10, 2013

Sitka Assembly to consider library design, budget when it meets in regular session tonight. A moorage rate hike is also on the agenda. Funeral procession and mass for Fr. James Blaney to take place at 11 AM today in Sitka. HIV/AIDS activist Joyce Kamwana speaks in Sitka about the role of the Global Fund.

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Joyce Kamwana: A new life speaking out as HIV-positive

Joyce Kamwana is an ambassador. But she’s not the kind of ambassador who rides around in a limo with flags on the fender. “The reason I’m here is to basically give a face and a voice to HIV/AIDS.” Kamwana traveled to Sitka to speak our local RESULTS group in support of the Global Fund. The anti-retroviral therapy she received -- that saved her life -- was paid for through one of the first grants to Malawi by the Global Fund.

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