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Stanford: Prehistoric European cultures migrated by boat to America

Dennis Stanford has been the director of the Paleoindian/Paleoecology program at the National Museum of Natural History for 40 years. He's become a leading proponent of an idea that is making waves in Anthropology: that North America was populated by the migration of pre-Clovis cultures from Europe. Stanford is the keynote speaker 7:30 PM Sat Aug 17, at the Rasmuson Center, as part of the 2013 Paths Across the Pacific Conference.

Wed Aug 14, 2013

New commission to help assembly become "more strategic, less reactive." Ketchikan Library to be featured in national design magazine.

New commission to help assembly become ‘more strategic, less reactive’

A majority on the Sitka assembly wants to re-establish a long-range planning commission, but a cautious minority is reluctant to repeat some mistakes of the past. The two sides will get together over the next couple of weeks and hammer out the details of what they hope will be a more a results-oriented group.

Ebbesmeyer’s ocean is half predictable, half chaos

Oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer is a leading authority on ocean currents, thanks to his "obsession" with drifting trash. He says science really has no other tool to determine currents than to track debris as it moves across the oceans. He'll speak at 7PM Thu Aug 15 in Rasmuson Hall on tsunami debris, as part of this year's Paths Across the Pacific Conference.

Tue Aug 13, 2013

Assembly to consider reviving Long-Range Planning Commission with new purpose. As school closes this year, Tenakee residents look to solution for next year. Petersburg opposes plans to apply herbicides along state highways.

Let your light shine

The lights in the sky over Sitka on Sunday evening (8-11-13) weren't all meteors. Photographer Dan Evans summited Arrowhead Peak to take in the fantastic view, and his headlamp was seen from town -- as an inadvertant distress signal.

As school closes this year, Tenakee focuses on next

The Tenakee School has been closed for this year, but residents of the Chichagof Island community hope to turn things around for the next. With only three local students enrolled, the Chatham School board voted last week (8-6-13) for closure -- but that closure is temporary for now. The district will maintain the building and other school assets for the next 9 months. Tenakee residents, meanwhile, will be looking for a solution.

‘Paths’ conference changes a student’s path

Michaela Dunlap is a former Sitka High student who now sits on the Paths Across the Pacific committee. She recalls how attending the Sitka conference put her on course to study Anthropology. Sitkan Bertha Karras says the conference validates her family's stories about how people first came to this part of Alaska.

Mon Aug 12, 2013

Lynden's buyout of Northland will require expansion of Sitka's Samson Tug & Barge. Sitka Farmer's Market increases buying power of food assistance programs. Murkowski tours Ketchikan area with USFS Chief Tom Tidwell. Wrangell Fire Dept. imposes outdoor burn ban.

EBT users double down at farmer’s market

Getting healthy fruits and vegetables can be difficult anywhere, but especially here in Alaska where it costs more and sits on store shelves for longer. The Sitka farmer's market recently added a new matching program where low-income shoppers can double the value of their food purchases and buy twice as much healthy food.