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Library ‘super-friends’ look to close funding gap

Librarian Sarah Bell and 'super-friend' Gus Adams discuss the $250,000 budget gap in the Kettleson Library project, and how to close it.

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.

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.

Fr. James Blaney, pastor across Southeast Alaska, dies

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.

Raven Radio Survey Results

We asked, and 101 of you answered. Between November 25th and December 9th, we have collected responses to our Programming Survey. Please find the results below, and if you haven't contributed to the survey yet, you can still find it here.

Nose to snout at Sitka’s Fortress of the Bear

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.

Mon Dec 9, 2013

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.

Wild Foods Potluck a celebration of Sitka’s land & water

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.

Murkowski flips on the filibuster

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.

Fri Dec 6, 2013

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.