Sitka Historical Museum curator Jackie Fernandez and the Greater Sitka Arts Council's Jeff Budd discuss "Community Couture," a wearable art exhibit planned by the museum this month. Any wearable art -- regardless of whether it has appeared in one of Sitka's runway showns -- may be entered in the exhibit.
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3A/2A Region V basketball tournament updates. Sitka Historical Museum unveils plans for a 6,000-square-foot expansion. State Board of Fisheries allows the continued use of power-reels by sports fishermen. Senate bipartisan majority fires back at Gov. Parnell's suggestion that oil tax form represents an "increase."
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Planning for the expansion of the Sitka Historical Museum has moved from talk to floor plans. Museum director Bob Medinger displayed two options for a 6,000 square-foot addition to Harrigan Centennial Hall for the Sitka Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (2-29-12). See the floor plans here.
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Ariadne Will, Laura Everson, and Zofia Danielson are sixth-grade Eco Explorers who spend every lunchtime on Thursdays doing bona fide scientific research in Sitka's natural environment.
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New SEARHC CEO pleads no contest to Disorderly Conduct charge. Changes to Sitka's sales tax code advance to third reading. Community nonprofits, other organizations line up to oppose Harrigan fee hike. State Board of Fisheries approves a subsistence-only herring area near Sitka. 2A basketball tournament this week a good fix for Sitka sports fans.
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Game times and brackets from the 3A Region V Tournament in Ketchikan.
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See the day's tournament schedule, the tournament brackets, and a link to Mt. Edgecumbe's live webcasts here.
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MEHS athletic director Andrew Friske comments on the brackets for the 3A tournament in Ketchikan this week. Meanwhile, Mt. Edgecumbe will host the Region V 2A tournament, with opening games scheduled for 11:15 AM Wed Feb 28 at the BJ McGillis Gym.
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Proposed changes to Sitka sales tax code will get second (of three) readings tonight, during the regular meeting of the Assembly. Also on tonight's agenda: Proposed fee hikes for use of Harrigan Centennial Hall. Sitka grand jury indicts local teen on five counts of sexual abuse of a minor, for allegedly assaulting a 6-year-old on a school bus. Herring issues take center stage during opening weekend of the state Board of Fisheries meeting in Ketchikan.
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In Alaska, we know it’s not always easy to just bring in help. If you want to fix something you often have to do it yourself. This is especially true on an island, where the nearest town is hours away by ferry. This past year in Sitka, inhabitants learned just how much they could accomplish as a community.Diana Saverin is a Kingsley Trust Fellow from Yale University who spent last summer examining Sitka’s distinctiveness. She produced the following story for the “AK” feature on Alaska News Nightly, about the largely volunteer-driven revitalization of the Sheldon Jackson Campus.
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