It doesn't seem possible that it has been almost two decades since we were listening to Lisa Nurnberger deliver our local news! Now she is Lisa Snyder and here she is pictured with daughter Evangeline. Let's keep Raven flying strong for the next 20 years! As Lisa said "Just renewed my membership cause Raven is the most creative, rockin' station bar none!" Please contribute towards our $55,000 Fall Drive goal. We need everybody to get there!
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Raven Radio News Reporter Ed Ronco is moving to Seattle to become Morning Edition producer at KPLU in Seattle. He starts in October. Ed came to KCAW in September, 2009, from Indiana, where he covered business, politics and government at the South Bend Tribune. He's on the job here through the end of the month, but he plans to remain a proud member of Raven Radio for the rest of his life.
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Twelve sophomores from Stanford University are in Sitka this month for a 3-week field course studying human and natural systems in Southeast Alaska. The course is taught by a combination of four graduate instructors, visiting Stanford professors, and local experts. It’s called a “SoCo” -- or Sophomore College. SoCo teaching assistant Caitlin Woolsey sent this audio postcard from what is proving to be a hands-on adventure in higher education.
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A new preschool is opening in Sitka this fall, with the aim of closing the gap in achievement for low-income students. The preschool will be housed in Baranof Elementary, and will help transition three-year-olds from the existing Head Start program into kindergarten. Members of the team collaborating on Wooch.ein Yei Jigahxtoonei outlined their plans for the Sitka School Board this week (9-10-13).
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About 250 Southeast business, government and nonprofit leaders will gather in Sitka Sept. 17-19.
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Raven Radio’s Alaska Airlines Raffle is going on now. This is your opportunity to win two round-trip tickets anywhere Alaska Airlines flies with no blackout dates. Tickets are $10 and available week days at the station. The drawing will be on air Tuesday, October 22. Thank you to Alaska Airlines for donating the tickets for this station fundraiser, all proceeds benefit Raven Radio.
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September 11 is one of three Americorps National Days of Service. Garrett Bauer, Alyssa Wooden, and Melissa Berger discuss the firehall's plans to climb stairs in the Cathedral Arms in honor of their colleagues who lost their lives on 9-11-01. The event will be held Sat Sep 14, 10AM - 1PM.
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The world is getting a little smaller, thanks to Dr. Gary Greene. For the past three decades, he’s worked with researchers like former ADF&G groundfish biologist Tory O’Connell to map the ocean floor. The result is a surprisingly detailed understanding of fish habitat called “benthic mapping.”
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Gayle Young, coordinator for the Sitka Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic Team, says today is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day. A free telesummit is being held online, at 9 AM and 1 PM every day for the next 12 days. To register visit Living With FASD online.
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Sitka’s urban Cross Trail is about to get a little bigger, thanks to an infusion of nearly $1-million in federal transportation funding. Sitka Trail Works is developing the trail in partnership with the City of Sitka and the US Forest Service. The non-profit trail builder has learned how to tap federal transportation dollars to get more Sitkans outside on foot or on bikes, including KCAW’s Robert Woolsey.
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