Sitka drum group, Haa Toow’u Litseen, performs at Crescent Harbor Thursday (2/14/2013) afternoon. Sitkans Against Family Violence, or SAFV, organized the event as part of V-Day, a worldwide call-to-action to end violence against women and girls.
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The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour comes to Sitka tonight (7 PM Fri 2-15-13, Sitka Performing Arts Center, advance tickets $15/$10 at Old Harbor Books). Organizers discuss some of the dozen films in the tour, including one made by a pair of Australians who skiied across Antarctica. This year's festival benefits Southeast Alaska Independent Living's outdoor recreation program.
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Alaska's congressional delegation introduces new Sealaska land-selection bills. 23-year-old to serve two years in prison for assault. Development expert says SE leaders on right track to improve regional economy. Controversial cruise ship wastewater bill held up for a week. Petersburg issues boil-water notice after E.Coli detected.'
A twenty-three year old Sitka man will spend nearly two years in prison, after pleading guilty to a pair of assault charges. Jeffrey Bettencourt was sentenced by Sitka Superior Court judge David George on Tuesday (2-12-13).
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Alaska’s congressional delegation today introduced new Sealaska land-selection bills. Both would turn about 70,000 acres of the Tongass National Forest over to Sealaska, the regional Native corporation for Southeast Alaska.
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Mt. Edgecumbe High School's Radio Club has been named one of this year's Spirit of Youth award winners. The Anchorage-based organization annually recognizes about twenty youth age 12-19 for improving the quality of life in their communities or solving social problems.
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ANB president Nels Lawson, ANS president Victoria Canul-Dunne, and lifetime member Bertha Karras discuss this Saturday's lineup (2-16-13) of Elizabeth Peratrovich Day celebration activities. See the full schedule here.
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Sitka's Blue Lake a complicated 'game.' Assembly to solicit bids for $1.8 million sea walk. SAFV holds women's drum performance in honor of 'One Billion Rising.'
Staff in the municipal electric department outlined the scope of the Blue Lake Hydro expansion project for the Sitka Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (2-13-13). The work, while dangerous and expensive, is also a complicated engineering puzzle that is much more than a paycheck for the people designing and building it.
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It’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow and Sitkans Against Family Violence, or SAFV, is inviting people to a drum performance on Thursday. It’s part of V-Day, a worldwide call-to-action to stop violence against women and girls.
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