The Sitka assembly moved no closer to eliminating the senior citizen sales tax exemption during its regular meeting last night (3-13-12). Residents opposed to repealing the exemption were out in force, as were some proponents. Due to a short-handed assembly, changes to the Fish Box Tax were also put on hold.
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Assembly takes testimony, but postpones action on repealing the senior sales tax exemption. Reif apologizes for his "incorrect" vote in support of the mayor's controversial recusal ruling. Undefeated Sitka High Mock Trial team will represent Alaska at national tourney. Watershed advocates gather in Juneau.
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Juneau’s Theatre in the Rough will stage “The Lion in Winter” for two performances only this Friday and Saturday nights (Mar 16 & 17), 7 PM, in the Sitka Performing Arts Center. This is Theatre in the Rough’s twentieth anniversary season. KCAW’s Robert Woolsey and the group’s artistic director and co-founder, Aaron Elmore, discuss the challenges of presenting classical theater in Alaska.
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Sitka High’s Mock Trial team will represent Alaska at the national tournament later this spring. The Sitka squad went undefeated in the state meet held at the Anchorage courthouse February 1 – 3. The team took second in state last year, with legal guidance from the late Bruce Horton, Sitka’s long-time magistrate. This year, the team relied on local public defender Jude Pate for advice, and conducted a full practice trial under Sitka Superior Court Judge David George.
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Sitka High Mock Trial competitors Evan Harrington, Sam Woolsey, and Justine Webb talk about their team's recent win at the state meet in Anchorage. The group now plans to represent Alaska at the national competition in May.
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Pacific Salmon Commission's "Northern Fund" contributes $130,000 to improve the historic water intake for the Sitka Sound Science Center hatchery. Hoonah city council under pressure to build it's state-funded dock adjacent to the Icy Straits Point cruise destination.
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KCAW news canvassed Jamestown Bay residents Monday morning (3-12-12) hoping to speak to someone who could corroborate this weekend's police report of "12 orange UFOs." Most neighbors saw nothing; one individual claimed the aliens were in his house, waiting to pick up Sarah Palin and return her to the home planet; and one resident produced this incontrovertible photographic proof of Sitka's close encounter.
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The hatchery program at the Sitka Sound Science Center is getting a helping hand from the Pacific Salmon Commission. The center has been awarded $130,000 in grant funding to improve the hatchery’s water intake system, which was originally built in the 19th century to float logs to the sawmill at the Sheldon Jackson Training School.
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Schools' budget gap narrowed to $340,000, but some painful cuts may still be ahead. Secure Rural Schools extension added to federal transportation bill. Seiners to vote on eliminating 64 permits in Southeast.
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https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/12BITTY.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. Starting this Friday (3-16-120, the Alaska Craftsman Home Program will return to Sitka to conduct a series of workshops on energy...
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