An invasive insect that is doing widespread damage to alder trees in Southcentral Alaska has now been discovered in Southeast. A Forest Service entomologist is fairly certain that the bright green caterpillar which recently defoliated a small tree in a Sitka neighborhood is the green alder sawfly, which is native to North Africa.
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Pilots Bill Lantz and Jeannie Frank, and pilot-groupie Kari Lundgren discuss the schedule of events for this weekend's Panhandle Fly-In at the Rocky Gutierrez Airport in Sitka. For more information, visit the Southeast Alaska Aviation Association online.
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Tenakee school faces closure without increase in enrollment. Oral history project finds that some students benefitted from Alaska' missionary schools. House fire claims one life in Ketchikan.
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The high school session of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp culminates this weekend with final performances in the visual and performing arts. Listen to camp instructors Scott Davis and Andrew Hames discuss this year's final performances on KCAW's Morning Interview. Performance times are 7 PM Thu Jul 11 at the Odess Theater, 7 PM Fri and Sat, Jul 12 and 13, at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. Visual Arts will be on display throughout campus Sat Jul 13 from 1-4 PM.
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An oral history study of the former Sheldon Jackson School in Sitka is showing that many students thrived in the institution’s strict, missionary environment. This is in contrast to widely-held views that missionary schools served only to break Alaska Native traditions, culture, and language.
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Sitka Fine Arts Camp instructors Scott Davis (Mime) and Andrew Hames (Choir) both started two decades ago as campers. They discuss this week's final student performances (7PM Thu Jul 11, Odess Theater; 7 PM Fri Jul 12 and Sat Jul 13, Sitka Performing Arts Center; Sat Jul 13 1-4 PM throughout SJ Campus). Learn more about the Sitka Fine Arts Camp online.
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Author Lorrie Haight recounts early adventures in Alaska. Federal deer subsistence hunting reductions proposed for Lindenberg Peninsula. The Fireweed 400 attracts large group of international riders. Alaska senators split on increases in federal student loan rates.
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An iconic Sitka figure is returning to town this summer -- in book form. Author Lorrie Haight has collected the poetry of her late husband and longtime Sitka fisherman Harrison “Smitty” Smith in a volume called “The Fishing Poet.” Haight has also published her own memoir: “First Time North: A Young Woman’s True Alaskan Adventure.”
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Peg Tobin is a registered nurse and author. She'll be the keynote speaker at the second annual Nursing Summit (2-6 PM Thu Jul 11, 2013, Harrigan Centennial Hall). Tobin says nurses leave school with clinical schools, but often find themselves managing teams.
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Sitka Police to increase staff, following increase in state jail funding. Sitka Coast Guardsman discharged, will serve nine months in brig for child porn possession. Petersburg officials happy to be reunited in House district with Sitka, under proposed plan. Second "Big Wild Ride" scheduled for later this month in Valdez.
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