Elfin Cove lodges ineligible to sponsor gambling events, cancel proposed fish derby. Sitka general fund budget passes at $27-million, future tax hikes discussed. USDA-subsidized "high tunnels" expand Sitka gardener's growing season. Legislators complain to Postal Service about narcotics shipments.
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Raven 30th Anniversary Schedule Sat. June 30th – Wed. July 4th, Tickets for the Cruise and Banquet available at Old Harbor Books. Saturday June, 30th – “Hello Central” Open House at the Cable House 4-8pm. John Straley and Steve...
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When you think of food in Southeast Alaska you might think of king salmon or moose -- farming is not really our forte. But some Alaskans are trying to change that -- at least on a small scale. Here in Sitka, you can find two large, transparent plastic tunnels rising from a front yard on Peterson Street. These are "high tunnels," for growing produce. And they were funded by a USDA program that hopes to see similar stuctures sprout throughout the US.
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With a week of training under her belt, KCAW's graduate news intern Rachel Waldholz is air-ready. Waldholz (who, by the way, pronounces her last name with a "t" sound at the end, "Wald-holts") just completed her first year at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Before J-school, Waldholz worked at the High Country News on the Western Slope of Colorado, and at the Tremont Tribune in the Bronx.
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A former Alaskan is one of five finalists for the 2012 Outside Magazine Outdoor Adventure grant. Quinn Langbauer is a 2007 Sitka High graduate. If he wins, he and his brother and a friend from college will spend most of next...
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Assembly to consider raising limit on taxable sales, when it meets in regular session tonight. Michelle Putz submits letter of interest for assembly appointment, joins Jack Ozment and Bill Paden. 2007 Sitka High graduate's "Bicycling Across Siberia" a finalist in Outside Magazine Adventure contest. Angoon dancers close Celebration 2012.
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Sitka gardener Judy Johnstone, and Local Foods Network president Kerry MacLane discuss the arrival of the first USDA-funded high tunnel in Sitka. The simple greenhouses are subsidized through a program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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North Pacific Council votes to reduce halibut bycatch by 15-percent. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka begins installation of wood pellet heating system. Univ. of Pennsylvania moves DNA research effort to Juneau's Celebration 2012. Fishing industry group raises money to rebuild Japanese seafood market.
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Corrie Bosman and Andrea Thomas discuss Yoga Union's relocation to the Kellog Building on the SJ Campus, and an open house planned for this Sunday (6-10-12).
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Skipper charged with reckless endangerment after grounding troller. KCAW interview: Gov. Parnell on oil tax reform, infrastructure repair. Fifteen troopers graduate from Academy after doing "more pushups than can be calculated." Gov. Parnell signs bill creating revolving loan fund for shellfish farms.
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