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 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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Blaney had served as a pastor in Catholic Churches throughout Southeast Alaska for over twenty-five years. He died last Wednesday, December 4, in Sitka. He was 76.
A decade ago, when a Sitka couple proposed creating a bear rescue center from the remains of Sitka's decommissioned pulp mill, the plan raised some local hackles. Ten years later, the Fortress of the Bear is home to five brown bears and two new black bear cubs -- and it's about to embark on a major expansion, building a black bear enclosure this winter.
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Sitka's Fortress of the Bear: 10 years later. SE halibut fishermen could see small increase in 2014 quota. Petersburg to use Sitka as model for city/hospital relationships.
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SCS staffers Ray Friedlander and Mary Wood, and board members Judy Lehmann and Richard Nelson, talk about this Sunday's (5-8:30 PM Sun Dec 8, Sweetland Hall) Wild Foods Potluck. The program will feature short films and presentations. Learn more about the Sitka Conservation Society.
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Last week Sen. Lisa Murkowski issued a statement that the recent change in the senate filibuster rules was "a power grab, plain and simple." It's interesting how time affects some people's memories.
School district officials subdued, despite $1-million boost to budget. School board revises cyberbullying policy. MEHS Braves host Region V Wrestling tourney. Teen panel says youth leadership programs are making a difference for kids.
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Teams from around Southeast will be in Sitka this weekend for the Region V Wrestling tournament. Mt. Edgecumbe High School is trying for its third straight championship in the 3A classification. Thirteen of the Braves 48-member roster are girls.
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