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Huna Totem may build own dock without city grant

Hoonah’s village Native corporation may build its own cruise-ship dock, bypassing a city effort funded by the Legislature.

Fri Aug 30, 2013

Semi flips on Sawmill Creek Road, police investigating. Greens Creek Mine looking for more room for tailings. Samuelson launches bid for House seat held by Kreiss-Tomkins.

Greens Creek Mine looks for more space

The Greens Creek mine on Admiralty Island might have to shut down in 2016, unless it can find more room to dispose of its spent ore. Mike Satre, the manager of government and community relations for the Hecla Mining Company, told the Sitka Chamber of Commerce this week that Greens Creek was undertaking an extensive permitting process to increase the area where it can put the spent ore, known in the industry as “tailings.”

Ballering’s fiction strives for authentic interactions

Sitka Fellow Zoe Ballering is writing a novel about a Wisconsin family whose history includes two acts of domestic terrorism, one in the 1930s and another in the 1970s. She'll be reading from her work at an Open Studio, 5-7 PM Fri Aug 30 at the Yaw Art Center on the Sheldon Jackson Campus.

Thu Aug 29, 2013

Cape Edgecumbe weather buoy returned to service. More students likely to do poorly on new state assessment tests in 2015. Ketchikan area power project could send electricity to Canada.

State blocks $15 million Hoonah dock grant

State officials say they’ll withdraw funding for a $15 million Hoonah dock unless the Southeast city changes its location.

KCAW changes morning lineup (and Holly tells all!)

KCAW news director Robert Woolsey explains the new morning clock, and the changes at NPR news delivery that make it a good move. Plus Holly Keen admits to finding love on the air!

Wed Aug 29, 2013

Assembly selects Mark Gorman as municipal administrator. Public feedback sways assembly against adding Sweeney to hiring list. Sequestration budget cuts will curtail regional HeadStart programs. SE pink catch tops 80-million - a new record.

Local news returns to 6:49 & 7:49 AM

You spoke, we listened!After a month-long test of our new morning lineup, we’ve taken your feedback and created what we hope combines KCAW’s tradition of providing the best local, state, and national news available, with the predictability you’ve come to rely on from your community station. While there’s much to like about where we’re headed with the morning schedule, many of us were happier with Local News at its original times at 6:49 and 7:49. For other changes, check out our revised Morning Edition rundown beginning Monday, September 30, 2013.

Top USFS team to review district’s performance

Top officials from Forest Service headquarters in Washington DC are visiting Sitka this week. Forest Service chief Tom Tidwell is not among them, although he is scheduled to join the group in Juneau on Wednesday. The high-level visit is part of a review process that takes place once every seven years or so in the Alaska region of the US Forest Service.