Alaska State Troopers are in Kake starting today (Wednesday, 2/6/2013) investigating a suspicious death, after receiving a report that a body had been discovered shortly before midnight last night.
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A patient at the Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center in Sitka died last month, in the facility’s first-ever loss to lead poisoning.
The Department of Fish & Game is advising Sitkans to take care when feeding swans: Care in how you feed the birds, and care in what you feed them. While the department officially discourages the feeding of any wild animal, people nevertheless are drawn to the huge trumpeters. The birds – though wild – have also adapted to being fed.
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Bob Athayde is the music director at Stanley Middle School in Lafayette, California and the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding teaching. In this audio postcard, Athyade talks about the importance of practice and how he hopes to inspire students to pursue music.
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Today, renowned jazz singer Barbara Morrison talks about her favorite song, “Never Let Me Go,” written by Ray Evans, and tells us what the love ballad means to her
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Greater Sitka Arts Council members Shannon Haugland and John Stein discuss this Friday's Night on Broadway, a fundraiser for community theater. 6-8 PM Friday February 8 at the Westmark Sitka. Advance tickets $30 at Old Harbor Books.
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Sitka woman will spend another year in jail for involvement with methamphetamine. Two perspectives on cruise ship wastewater: How clean is clean enough? Inside JazzFest: Barbara Morrison. Southeast population on the rise.
A preliminary report from a state science advisory panel concludes that cruise ships have gone as far as possible toward meeting the state’s wastewater discharge standards, and that there’s little benefit to the environment to be gained – even by spending millions more on technology. Here are two perspectives on the issue, from a member of the majority opinion on the advisory panel, and from the co-author of the 2006 ballot initiative which imposed the standards on ships.
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On Friday, some artists stopped by Sitka's elementary schools to perform and answer questions about their careers. This is the first of a series of audio postcards that take a behind-the-scenes look at the 2013 Sitka Jazz Festival. In this, Kramer and Scott discuss what sparked an interest in jazz and how it feels to perform.
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Local and state disaster response teams powered up emergency communications systems in Sitka this weekend, testing the compatibility and coverage of their two-way radio systems. The Alaska National Guard brought equipment to keep radios working for police, fire, and mountain rescue teams even if local antennas are lost. Sending a portable system to the top of Harbor Mountain enables continued communication with outlying communities as well.
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