Author: KCAW News

Wed Dec 26, 2012

Sitka man dies in car crash trying to elude police. Ketchikan assembly shoots down neighborhood revitalization plan. Juneau residents open dialog on gun control. 'Whistleblowers' combine music and activism at Washington state nuclear site.

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Mon Dec 24, 2012

Mayor, assembly break ground on $90-million dam project. Ketchikan considers 140-lot land sale. Holiday Brass a Sitka tradition for visiting musicians, too.

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Fri Dec 21, 2012

Sitka to hold ground-breaking ceremony for Blue Lake Dam expansion today. A plan to improve hatchery king returns near Petersburg moves forward. More details emerge about Alaska-class ferry redesign.

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Thu Dec 20, 2012

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/news_122012.mp3 Listen to iFriendly audio. In wake of Newtown shooting, community officials meet to discuss school safety plans. Community Land Trusts could offer path to affordable...

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Solstice sun

While the Southeastern US was battered by severe Christmas weather, Sitkans enjoyed another day of brief-but-welcome sunlight. This is Mother Earth on Tommy Joseph's Centennial Totem at Sitka National Historical Park. As photographer Hugh Bevan knows, it's one of the best places to catch some late-afternoon rays.

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Top elf says Santa IS ‘Gangnam Style’

Dropping by Sitka on a layover en route to Seoul, South Korea, Polar Chief of Staff J. Twinkle Rovington says Santa has traded toy trains and dolls for K-pop. And yes, Virginia, the Moon Base is real! Pull up a chair, light your favorite cigar, and savor the life of the one-percent north of the Arctic Circle.

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Wild foods potluck puts focus on watersheds

Scott Harris and Adam Andis discuss the winning dishes from the Sitka Conservation Society's annual Wild Foods Potluck. The theme for this year's event was watersheds, and identifying priority projects for the Sitka area.

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