Native Jazz Quartet pianist Reuel Lubag and percussionist Ed Littlefield will perform a CD release concert (7:30 PM Wed Jul 17, Odess Theater, $15 at the door) with fellow musicians Christian Fabian on bass, and Jason Marsalis on vibes. The concert is a part of this year's Native Jazz Workshop happening now at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp.
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Grasmeder leaves top hospital post at SEARHC. Interim administrator at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital involved in legal battle at Wrangell Medical Center. Sitka Dive Rescue locates body of drowned yacht crewman in ANB Harbor. Wildfires in the Yukon push smokey haze toward Sitka. NOAA to consider removing humpback whales from Endangered Species List.
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USGC Air Station Sitka pilot Brooks Crawford and his wife Caitlin say a very special Sitka Farewell, with Jess Gibson on KCAW's Good Day Radio show on Tuesday morning (7-16-13). Friendships formed in the Coast Guard have to endure long absences, as typical postings for career officers last only three years. Gibson asked the Crawfords to share their favorite music, and some of their experiences during their Sitka tour. The show was filmed by a camera crew from the television hit Coast Guard Alaska.
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Sitka’s otherwise clear weather on Monday (7-15-13) was marred by smoke from forest fires in Canada. Joel Curtis is with the National Weather Service in Juneau. Once a day his office receives satellite imagery that can detect the heat of wildfires. “And I’m seeing about a dozen right now in the Yukon Territory,” he says. The smoke created a pinkish hue as it filtered sunlight in Sitka in the early afternoon.
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The head of Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka is resigning. Dr. Marty Grasmeder has been both hospital administrator at SEARHC in Sitka, and the facility’s medical director for the last several years. Grasmeder has accepted a position as the Medical Director of the Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon.
Sheldon Jackson Museum curator Jackie Fernandez and silk-screen printer Allie High discuss the museum's Native Artist Demonstrator program. For more information visit the Sheldon Jackson Museum online.
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Invasive sawfly discovered in Sitka yard. Merger of Seattle-based shipping companies creates monopoly concerns. Ketchikan DA reviews alleged sexual assault aboard cruise ship.
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Sitkan Tom Wallo dipnets at Redoubt Falls over the weekend. Wallo and his partners netted 11 sockeye salmon on Saturday during a day of subsistence fishing. The bag limit was increased this year to 25 fish per day. The Department of Fish and Game plans to hold a rare commercial opening for Redoubt Sockeye later this month.
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Renowned cellist and Artistic Director of the Sitka Summer Music Festival, Zuill Bailey was the guest castaway on Deserted Island on July 12, 2013. No big surprise that Zuill's list contained Dvorak, Bach and Brahms. But rock & roll from Kiss and the Stone Temple Pilots? Hear the stories behind the ten songs that Zuill would choose to have if stranded on a deserted island, perhaps forever.
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What helps – or hurts – the health of Gulf of Alaska’s fisheries? More than 40 scientists from 11 institutions are searching for answers as part of a five-year study of the gulf’s vast ecosystem.
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