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Thu Oct 6, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/news_100611.mp3 Election history: Sitkans have been pro-tax in the past; SE election wrap...

Interview: Education of girls critical to third world development

Julia Bolz has spent the past decade working to build schools in war-torn Afghanistan. She's the founder of Ayni Education International. Bolz will speak in Sitka at Harrigan Centennial at the RESULTS fundraising dinner, 6-8 PM Fri Oct 7. Bolz appeared on the Morning Interview with KCAW's Robert Woolsey.

Wed Oct 5, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/interview_100511.mp3 Jennifer Robinson, Chamber of Commerce Harvest Wine and Beer Tasting, 6PM Fri Oct 7 in the Westmark Sitka dining room. Learn more about the Sitka Chamber of...

Wed Oct 5, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/news_100511.mp3 Voters reject property tax increase, return incumbents to assembly, school board; Some fishermen discouraged by NOAA’s requested delay in halibut catch-sharing...

Election history: Sitkans pro-tax for some projects

Sitka voters soundly rejected a proposed property tax hike on Tuesday, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the town is anti-tax.The community has stepped forward several times over the last fifteen years to raise taxes – often by wide margins. But not once in that period have voters ever raised the property tax.

Sitka municipal election: Unofficial returns

Mike Reif and Pete Esquiro have won three-year terms on the Sitka assembly. Incumbent Phyllis Hackett has won a one-year term with a successful write-in campaign. Tim Fulton and Tonia Rioux have won seats on the school board. Voters rejected a property tax increase by a nearly two-to-one margin.