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Fri Jul 26, 2013

ADF&G's Davidson steps down as regional management coordinator. "Seussical the Musical": A News Story in Verse! Sitka falls to Anchorage in Wednesday's Little League championship series opener.

Listen to Breathe Owl Breathe!

We were lucky enough to have the very talented Breathe Owl Breathe perform live at the station this afternoon. If you missed the performance, you can hear it here now.

Vocal Jazz students to perform ‘in the moment’

Jazz singer Dee Daniels taught a workshop for vocalists this week. Tonight (7PM, Rasmuson Center, free) her students will perform. With Native Jazz Quartet bassist Christian Fabian. Daniels says jazz promotes an authentic technique -- there is no room for auto-tuning or other technology in the jazz method.

Thu Jul 25, 2013

As second year of program gets underway, Sitka Fellow Bes Young explores the Arts of Aging. Episcopal presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori visits Sitka, in path biologists Ricketts and Calvin. ADF&G to hold no additional king openers this summer.

Bes Young: The art of aging

Bessie Young is a Sitka Fellow originally from New Jersey, who’s been studying for her Master’s Degree in Ireland. She’s been documenting dementia in elderly women since her undergraduate years. “If you are comfortable with a difficult topic, that’s an area you should really pursue and help people deal with. I deal with it myself through my artwork,” she says. Young will use her seven weeks in Sitka to continue work on her Master’s project. She plans to spend time in Sitka’s senior care facilities, getting to know the residents.

Sitka Fellows: Second summer builds sense of purpose

Tully McLoughlin says this is a critical year for growth in the Sitka Fellows program. He introduces Fellow Bessie Young, a photographer and filmmaker exploring memory and aging.

Wed Jul 24, 2013

Assembly selects 10 administrator candidates for further consideration. City offers reward for arrest of Baranov statue vandal. Crystal Lake Hatchery loses 1,100 kings to warm water.

Competition targets Southeast entrepreneurs

A Southeast Alaska Native corporation and a conservation group are combining forces to try to spur sustainable regional development.

Theater camp’s ‘Seussical’ to run Fri, Sat in Sitka

W.T. McRae selected Seussical the Musical for this year's Musical Theater camp. He directs the show, which opens this Friday night (7PM Fri Jul 26, 2PM & 7PM Sat Jul 27, Sitka Performing Arts Center, $20/$15 students and seniors). With Megan Wright, who stars as The Cat in the Hat.

Tue Jul 23, 2013

Assembly to cull list of administrator candidates. Aaron Swanson first to file for October Assembly race. City Hall evacuated after battery acid leaks in closet. Two records set in Sitka's Alpine Adventure Run. Sitka All-Stars capture Div. II Little League championship. Ketchikan's Ward Lake trail closed because of problem bear.