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Tue Oct 10, 2012

Polls open in Sitka today to elect municipal office-holders. Don Young over breakfast: Congress is broken. Final decision made on site of Mt. Edgecumbe aquatics center. 29-year old Metlakatla man to be indicted for murder.

Mt. Edgecumbe pool plans move forward

Officials have chosen a site for the Mt. Edgecumbe High School aquatic center. Anchorage Architect Brian Meissner visited Sitka recently to update the community on plans.

Health Fair kicks off Saturday

Sitka Community Hospital nurse Alyssa Sexton outlines plan's for this Saturday's Health Fair, 9AM - 1PM Sat Oct 6 at Sweetland Hall on the Sheldon Jackson Campus. In conjunction with a campus-wide open house.

Mon Oct 1, 2012

Four of Southeast's five largest cities will choose mayors. Tongass Roundtable supports Mental Health Trust land exchanges in several communities. Police in Haines investigate accidental shooting. A river guide has been fined $30,000 for smuggling mammoth fossil.

Four Southeast cities choose mayors Tuesday

Four out of Southeast Alaska’s five largest cities will choose mayors on Tuesday. Two have incumbents on the ballot, while the other two will choose among newcomers – or politicians rejoining the race.

Stikine subsistence proposal advances

A regional panel says Stikine River subsistence sockeye harvests should no longer be limited. The Southeast Alaska Regional Advisory Council voted Wednesday (Sept. 26th) to remove the fishery’s 600-sockeye guideline harvest level.

Alaskan cartography influenced by Native mapmakers

“Aha moments” probably come more often in the sciences than in social studies, but every once in a while an historian makes a find that changes everything. Recently, a researcher combing through the National Archives made just such a discovery. In this case, while working on a project to scan some of the very first maps of Alaska, he learned how early cartographers so accurately depicted places they had never been.

Sitka’s fake coupons part of national problem

A nationwide consumer scam has hit Sitka. It involves online sales of counterfeit coupons.

Sitka seeks state funding for hydroprojects

Sitka officials want more state money to help raise the Blue Lake Dam. Hydropower expansion tops a list of about 30 projects targeted for legislative grants or other state funding.

Community foundations promote local philanthropy

Candice Winkler, with the Alaska Community Foundation, and Willow Moore, executive director of Brave Heart Volunteers, discuss the ACF Affiliate Program, and the advantages of structured philanthropy. Winkler will give a presentation on the topic this morning (Fri 9-21-12) at 10:30 AM at the Hames Center.