Hello, my name is Michael Baines. I am running for election to the office of Tribal Chairman on the Sitka Tribal Council. I’d like to ask for your vote on Tuesday, November 13. I would also like to thank current chairman Lawrence “Woody” Widmark for twenty-four years of service to the Tribe.
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Bishop Carol Gallagher is serving as the interim priest at St. Peters by the Sea Episcopal Church. She discusses the still-small minority of women bishops, her childhood in a mixed-ethnicity home, and her call to the priesthood.
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Juneau jury convicts John Marvin, Jr., of first-degree murder in the death of two Hoonah police officers. Authorities destroy seven bears in Poison Cove, searching for clues in the death of Tomas Puerta. Sitka police still receiving numerous calls about garbage bears. Ketchikan's Whitman Lake Dam project gets second life.
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My name is Dale Spencer Williams, your candidate for Sitka Tribe of Alaska chairman. I am a Raven of the Taak Dein Taan’ clan, born and raised in Sitka by my grandparents Jimmy and Flora Williams. My grandfather Jimmy Williams was of the Kiksadi clan. I am a 1968 graduate of Sitka High School. I am very proud of my family.
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Southeast Alaska’s legislative campaigns have brought in a lot more money that shown in previous reports.
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Leave your kids at home tonight for the first burlesque show performed by Sitka's Ramshackle Cabaret. There will be more than 20 performers, and all proceeds go to Planned Parenthood. It's at Allen Hall on the Sheldon Jackson College campus. Doors open at 7:30pm and the show starts at 9pm.
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More than 100 Sitkans held a candlelight vigil at Totem Square at 8pm for the safe return of Lael Grant, a 33-year-old mother of two, who has been missing since October 14. Anyone with information is asked to call Sitka police at 907.747.3245.
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The Sitka Wolves captured their second-straight Region V swimming title last weekend in Ketchikan, but – as usual – won’t have much time to rest on their laurels. The team now at the state meet in Anchorage, where they hope to improve on their second-place finish last year.
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Whalefest theme this year to connect marine, terrestrial environment. State transportation bond package includes funding for Sawmill Cove barge dock, $14-million Katlian Bay road. Juneau's representatives well-funded, despite no opposition in upcoming election.
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Figuring out how much Sitka's urban forest is worth and how to take care of it is the job of Stephen Nickel, who works in the Community Forestry Program for the state Dept. of Natural Resources. Nickel has spent the past week in Sitka with Parks & Recreation staff and local volunteers preparing an inventory of the city’s trees – the first step toward developing an Urban Forest Management Plan.
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