Michelle Putz, Matt Hunter file for assembly seats; Cass Pook files for school board, with deadline nearing. Sen. Begich enters Sitka's resolution opposing "corporate personhood" into Congressional Record during floor speech. Sitka Fine Arts Camp to stage full production of "Bye, Bye Birdie" after only two weeks of rehearsal. Wrangell community smokehouse to be dedicated Friday (7-27-12).
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Sitka’s opposition to “corporate personhood” has been formally entered into the Congressional Record. Alaska Sen. Mark Begich asked for Sitka’s resolution to be entered into the official proceedings of the United States Congress during a floor speech on July 17th.
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There’s an effort underway to eradicate a Lower 48 weed that’s choking off plant life in part of Southeast Alaska. Three organizations combined forces to pull black bindweed from a beach.
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Sitka assembly advances a scaled-back harbor rate proposal. Downtown cruise dock ballot initiative receives lukewarm support. Assembly runs out of time; recesses until 6 PM tonight (7-25-12), 3rd floor conference room, City Hall. Author and Sitka Fellow Ross Perlin will spend the summer researching Third World poverty within the US.
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A Brooklyn-based author plans to spend the summer doing research on third-world poverty – inside the US. Ross Perlin is one of eight Sitka Fellows living on the Sheldon Jackson campus in July and August. This is the first year of the program, designed to foster visionary thinking in young people under thirty. If he’s successful, Third World Next Door will be Perlin’s second major book.
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The bear cams at Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park & Preserve were restored at 12:01 this morning (7-24-12), providing hours of mesmerizing fun for internet viewers around the globe. The project is a joint effort of the Annenberg Foundation and Explore.org. This cam is pointed at Brooks Falls.
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KCAW's Morning Edition listeners can finally lay one of life's big mysteries to rest: A Jojo is a giant, baked french fry -- not a tater tot.
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Illustrator and graphic novelist Sam Alden is a recent graduate of Whitman College who plans to spend the summer in Sitka developing a project he's calling "Eighth Grade." He's a member of the inaugural class of Sitka Fellows, in residence on the Sheldon Jackson Campus. He spoke with KCAW's Robert Woolsey.
Substantial increase to moorage rates could be an item of discussion, when the assembly meets in regular session tonight. Sitka man will spend twelve years in prison for shooting another man in the arm during a 2010 burglary attempt. A research project on the genetics of mountain goats sheds light on Baranof Island geology. Princess Cruise lines donates additional spill response gear in Glacier Bay.
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A Sitka man will spend 12 years in prison for shooting another man in the arm during an attempted burglary in 2010.
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