Revitalizing the Sheldon Jackson campus is one way Alaskans fix things themselves. Energy issues, school funding top Sen. Lisa Murkowski's agenda at a meeting in Ketchikan last week. AFN president Julie Kitka fears budget axe will fall on essential rural services.
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Jeff Budd, with the Greater Sitka Arts Council, discusses tonight's performance of the Haunted Wind Chimes (7 PM at the Sheet'ka Kwaán Naa Kahídi), and Saturday's songwriter contest (7 PM at the Performing Arts Center). Click here for a full schedule of ArtiGras events. Cindy Edwards, with the Hames Center, outlines Sunday's "Fine Hearts Camp," 4-6 PM Sunday.
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State Board of Fisheries begins ten-day meeting in Ketchikan, with many Sitka finfish issues on the table. "Battle of the Bridge" was a great game, and a fun rivalry. State calls in mediator to negotiate resolution to a conflict over a moldy office building in Juneau.
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Sitka won Wednesday's (2-22-12) "Battle of the Bridge" by three points, 59 – 56. Mt. Edgecumbe had a last chance to tie the game with a three-point shot at the buzzer, but the ball failed to drop in, and Sitka senior Devan Romine covered the rebound as the clock ran out.The win boosted the Sitka Wolves’ record to 19-3 overall, and 11-1 in conference play, and assured them the top seed and a bye in the Region V tournament next Tuesday in Ketchikan.
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Leslie Gordon is the Health Information Management program director at UAS Sitka; Alan Puckett is the welding instructor. The pair describe their programs for prospective students, their parents, and other adult job-seekers. UAS Career and Technical Education will hold an open house on Sat Feb 25, from 10 - 2:30 to showcase vocational training.
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House majority leader Alan Austerman says he's open to making changes to a bill that would re-establish Alaska's Coastal Management Program. NOAA reports "mountainous" seas during February blow. Backers push biomass energy during House committee hearing. Sen. Kookesh -- if made king for a day -- would split the permanent fund, and shift college scholarship money toward preschool education. Gov. Parnell signs bill waiving electronic filing requirements for office-seekers who have no computers or internet at home.
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A walk through any forest trail around Sitka – or probably anywhere in Southeast for that matter – will reveal that this has been a windy winter. Broken branches and toppled trees are just about everywhere. But the same winds wreaking havoc on land are also a problem at sea. The state ferry Kennicott postponed a scheduled cross-gulf voyage earlier in February due to heavy weather. KCAW's Robert Woolsey spoke with NOAA meteorologist Joel Curtis about some startling data from the Cape Fairweather buoy.
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https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/interview_022212.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. Bitty Balducci, Energy Education Intern for the Sitka Conservation Society and the Electric Department, discusses the new Energy...
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New SEARHC CEO Charles Clement reports a $4-million loss for 2011; writes employees that "heartwrenching" changes are on the way. Sitka High DDF sweeps state tourney. House majority caucus introduces new Coastal management legislation that may pre-empt citizen initiative.
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The Sitka High Drama, Debate, and Forensics team was successful at the state tournament in Anchorage over the weekend. Though “success,” in this case, sounds like an understatement. Sitka won the 3A team titles in each of the three categories of the competition – drama, debate, and forensics -- won the overall team title, won nine individual championships, and outscored even the closest large 4A school by over twenty points.
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