In June, the Keku Cannery in Kake was named one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the country by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The building is an artifact of Alaska’s salmon canning industry and its a reminder of the different people that worked there.
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Sitkan Hugh Bevan captured yet another trailcam portrait of one of Sitka's local brown bears. This guy was scouting for humpies about 10 miles south of town, at 8:15 in the morning on July 31. Bevan first came across the no-name stream while hunting a few years ago, and noticed fish bones along the banks. He checked this trailcam on August 2, and discovered several other bears had been photographed as well. He's decided to keep clear of "Scary Creek" until October!
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Playwright Sarah DeLappe began her theater career as an actor. She says this is often how people enter the techical side of the business. During her seven-week residency as a Sitka Fellow, she's working on a play about an Alaska radio station, based on her twin sister's experience at KNOM in Nome, and on interviews with staff at KCAW in Sitka.
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State medical examiner's report: No foul play in harbor drowning last month. Sen. Murkowski upbeat on hydro bills, saddened by outcome of Leone case, during Sitka layover. Locals come out ahead in first Cross Trail Classic Marathon. Audio postcard: Voices from Change Your Latitute Open Water Challenge.
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Senator Lisa Murkowski paid an unexpected visit to Sitka this morning, along with a plane full of other Juneau-bound passengers who were unable to land in the state's foggy capital city. KCAW caught up with Alaska's senior senator at the ferry terminal. She's just co-sponsored a pair of energy bills which should reduce barriers to small hydro projects. She also expressed regret over actions taken to discipline former USCG Air Station Sitka pilot Lance Leone.
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The fourth annual Change Your Latitude Open Water Challenge put 22 competitors in Sitka Channel, on a course from the Mt. Edgecumbe High School ramp, out to John Brown’s Beach, and around Battery Island.
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Tracy Turner makes a great cookie…and as it turns out, a great list of songs to have on a...
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The state medical examiner’s office has determined there was no foul play in the death of a man in Sitka’s ANB Harbor last month. The body of 33-year old John W. Schroeder, of New South Wales, Australia, was found on the bottom of ANB Harbor by Sitka Dive Rescue around 9 PM Friday July 12, near the end of float #1. Sgt. Bill Bandy, with the Sitka Police Department, says Schroeder’s death has been ruled an accidental drowning.
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Boat capsizing victim identified as Sitkan John Reid, 44; Coast Guard suspends search for third victim. Tenakee school's future hinges on Tuesday board vote. Swanson, Miyasato file for two open assembly seats; incumbent Lon Garrison files for third school board term, will be challenged by Stephen Courtright. Juneau celebrates Equality Day.
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Brian Hanson signals the start of the inaugural Cross Trail Classic Marathon and Half Marathon on Saturday morning. Over 100 runners participated in the race.
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