Author: KCAW News

Wed Sep 28, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/news_092811.mp3 Assembly dialogue with Sealaska execs more civil than past meetings; Ploughshares Fund argues that dismantling the US nuclear arsenal will benefit both the economy...

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Goat on the go

Billy goat #18 heads for high ground above Blue Lake after being tranquilized and collared by biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. Due to increased hunting pressure in drainages near Sitka, and a hard cap on the harvest of nannies, the department has closed by Emergency Order all goat hunting between Sitka and Necker Bay, effective Thursday, September 29, 2011.

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And they’re off!

Sitkans take off from the starting line at the annual Running of the Boots on Saturday, Sept. 25. The event, now in its 17th year, marks the end of the tourism season. It includes live music, contests, and a race in which contestants wear Xtratuf boots.

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Tue Sep 27, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/news_092711.mp3 Assembly invites Sealaska, Inc. to discuss corporate land selections; Wildlife troopers investigate wanton waste of deer in Sitka; Kake elder apartments to get...

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Mon Sep 26, 2011

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/news_092611.mp3 Kayaker says stolen camp gear is “against the code of the outdoors”; Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan meetings seek public comment on ferries, roads;...

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Corporations are not people

Many of us worry that the increased role of the world’s largest corporations, in our elections and legislation, has had an enormous, negative impact on our democracy and our economy. Commentary by Libby Stortz.

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Power up

Workers install a generator at Raven Radio. A matching piece of equipment will be installed at KCAW's transmitter site on Japonski Island.

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