Jeff Budd, exec. director of the Greater Sitka Arts Council, is organizing a scheduling meeting for 2013 on Tue Nov 20, 6:30 - 8 PM at the Yaw Chapel. Other coming arts events: The annual Gallery Walk 4 - 8 PM Fri Nov 23, Craft Fair 2 - 4 PM Sun Nov 25 at UAS, Radio Theater 7 PM Fri Nov 30 at the Performing Arts Center.
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Organizers to hold planning summit for Homeless Connect 2013. Sea cucumber, geoduck fisheries near end of good season. Senate earmark ban could affect federal spending in Alaska.
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Organizers of a major effort to aid the homeless in Sitka last winter are hoping to repeat their success this coming January. The nonprofit Easter Group spearheaded a multi-agency collaboration to provide basic services for Sitka’s homeless called “Project Homeless Connect.” Over forty-five individuals attended the event in Harrigan Centennial Hall – an unexpectedly high turnout that caught the attention of municipal government and the public alike.
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Organizers Dorrie Farrell and Julia Smith are holding a planning meeting for another Homeless Connect event in Sitka, 9AM Mon Oct 19 at Harrigan Centennial Hall. The event is scheduled for next January.
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Baines to take leadership of Sitka Tribal Council; resignations follow closely-contested election. Mt. Edgecumbe students learn hands-on biology from Whalefest scientist. Audio postcard: Blatchley students report on Whalefest.
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Two votes separate Thomas, Kreiss-Tomkins in House 34 legislative race. Petersburg honors Vietnam vet by renaming bridge. Alaska Board of Fisheries to address controversial proposals at next meeting in Western Alaska.
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What’s it look like inside an octopus? You probably don’t want to know, at least first-hand. That’s unless you’re a student dissecting one during this month’s Sitka WhaleFest.
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Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell capitalized on a weather delay at Juneau's airport on Sunday (11-11-12) to catch a bite in downtown Sitka, at the Larkspur Cafe on the first floor of KCAW's Cable House. An aide took this picture and put it on the Governor's Twitter feed. With election season finally over, it's worth asking Alaska's chief executive: Is the ketchup bottle half-full?
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Sealaska shareholders will soon get their largest end-of-year dividend in three years. But it’s mostly due to the success of another regional Native corporation.
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Haines Republican Representative Bill Thomas says he’ll still have a seat on the House Finance Committee if he picks up enough votes to win the election.
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