Wed May 8, 2013
School board to consider hard cap on absences due to travel. Decades after WWII, AK Territorial Guard granted formal discharge papers. Huna Totem Corp. opens tourism consulting business.
Author: KCAW News
How much school can a student miss?
The Sitka school board is going to take a hard look at whether travel costs students and parents more than just money. At its regular meeting Monday night (5-6-13), the board officially opened the question of whether Sitka’s students -- and the teachers who coach them -- spend too much time away from class.
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Girls on the Run 5K this Saturday
SAFV staffer Brian Sparks, and Girls on the Run coaches Dianna Twaddle and Kym Johns, discuss the successful 5th season of the girls empowerment program. Their culminating 5K run takes off this Saturday (5-11-13) at 11:30 AM from the Sitka Sound Science Center.
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Tue May 7, 2013
Cycling advocates in Sitka plan activities for Nat'l Bike Month in May. AMHS 50-year Anniversary interviews, part I: Bob Pickerell. Disaster-prone canoe voyage results in true love for Ketchikan couple. UAS holds simultaneous graduation at three campuses on Sunday.
Sitkans pedal to health, wealth in May
May is National Bike Month, and cycling advocates in Sitka have prepared a slate of activities to help residents gear up for the summer riding season. Health educator Doug Osborne says that dedicated bike commuters realize huge savings over driving – savings that can add up in dramatic fashion.
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Local seafood, conservation meet in Community Supported Fisheries
Gordon Blue, director of the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust, and Linda Behnken, director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association, discuss the connection between Community Supported Fisheries and conservation.
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Mon May 6, 2013
The Nation calls House 34 legislative race "a lesson for the left." Juneau authorities warn parents, students about designer drug "25-I" or "Smiles." Traditional canoe paddlers face adversity en route to Wrangell celebration.
The Nation: Kreiss-Tomkins a ‘lesson for the left’
A local legislative race in Alaska has caught the attention of national media, and is being held up as model for political change elsewhere in the country. The April 22nd issue of The Nation magazine calls the election of 23-year-old Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins to the to the House District 34 seat a “lesson” for the left.
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Fri May 3, 2013
Mayor reports: State of the City better than many. Softball players get their chance to compete on new synthetic turf; trooper cadets help remove pitcher's mound. Eighteen years after crashing through a Sitka window, "Windex" the eagle found dead of natural causes. Authorities close Stikine River to subsistence chinook harvest.
Softball takes over Moller for weekend series
Softball players will have their turn on the new synthetic turf this weekend. The three-days of play open Thursday evening with the Sitka Lady Wolves taking on Kodiak at 5 PM. There will be a JV game after at 6:45 PM. The softball action this weekend on Sitka’s new $2.6-million dollar facility came after a long winter of some at-times acrimonious wrangling over how team practice times would be allocated at Moller Park.
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