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Yakutat reports first case of the coronavirus in more than six weeks

The person who tested positive has symptoms and the Yakutat Community Health Center believes they contracted the virus locally, according to a press release issued by the Yakutat Incident Command. Contact tracing is still underway.

Four of six feared missing in Haines landslide found safe

Searchers will continue to look Thursday for two people still missing after a large landslide rumbled through a residential area on Beach Road in Haines Wednesday afternoon, destroying at least four houses, according to the Alaska State Troopers.

Sitka Maritime Heritage Society brings tiny boat building to kids

Board members Rebecca Poulson and Joe D'Arienzo joined KCAW's Erin Fulton on the Morning Interview to talk about how kids and families can get involved.

Sitka and surrounding communities assess damage after record-breaking storm

Communities around Southeast Alaska are assessing the damage from a powerful storm that brought record-breaking rain and heavy wind to the region.

Homes destroyed, six missing after ‘half-mile’ landslide in Haines

The slide struck in Haines at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, generating a small tsunami in the harbor. Eyewitness Mike Ward estimated that about a half-mile of the mountainside came down.

Holiday sales give Sitka retailers a welcome boost during the pandemic

Many small businesses in Alaska rely on summer tourism to get through the winter. But after a season of cancelled cruise ships and low visitation, retailers in Sitka are turning to holiday sales from local customers to help them make it through.

Sitka Legacy Foundation asks Sitkans to donate locally this Giving Tuesday

Following the shopping holidays of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is a chance for people to support community organizations. Sitka Legacy Foundation program manager Robin Sherman and board member Brian Hames talk about the importance of local philanthropy.