The Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center is parting ways with the National Park Service. The cultural center has been located in a wing of the visitor center at Sitka National Historical Park for 42 years. But the center’s agreement with the park will not be renewed when it expires next week. And both cultural center and park officials have confirmed an investigation into mismanagement of funds at the center.
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Sitkans could soon be paying slightly more for water and sewer services, after the Sitka Assembly advanced a proposal last night to raise rates.
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Rethinking the relationship between the federal government and Alaska’s Tribes may muddy the waters for Sealaska lands legislation pending now in congress. Tribal leaders statewide met last month in Anchorage to assess what the state’s indigenous population may have gained -- and may have given up -- with the passage of Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971. To begin a statewide conversation about ANSCA on its fortienth anniversary, two of those leaders appeared Tuesday morning (6-14-11) on Talk of Alaska: Larry Merculieff, a former commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, and David Harrison, the executive director of the Alaska Intertribal Council.
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You might’ve seen a reconstructed animal skeleton on display at a museum. A group of students in Sitka is working on an orca skeleton that was recovered near Sitka in March. They’re learning about the work that goes into preparing those remains for display.
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During his Tuesday visit, Sir Nigel Sheinwald attended a Rotary Club lunch and toured popular attractions, including Castle Hill and Sitka National Historical Park. But the bulk of Sheinwald’s Alaska trip on the United Kingdom’s connections to Alaska – political and commercial. That includes the proposed Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska.
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The Sitka Salmon Derby is over, and Steve Burrell is the unofficial winner. Burrell landed a 45.6-pound king on Sunday morning to take the lead in the 56th annual derby, put on by the Sitka Sportsman’s Association.
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Alaska’s primacy as the country’s largest oil producer is in jeopardy without a better tax structure and development incentives. That was the message delivered by Marilyn Crockett, the executive director of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce this week (6-3-11).
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The Sitka Lady Wolves overcame some opening-game jitters this afternoon (Fri 6-3-11), and advanced to the semi-finals in the state softball tournament with a win over Soldotna 10-2. The Sitka boys lost to Dimond in the opening round of the baseball tourney, and will play Kodiak for 4th place.
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The community of Yakutat is celebrating its first-ever Yakutat Tern Festival this weekend.
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Sitka Summer Music Festival founder Paul Rosenthal will step down as artistic director at the conclusion of this 40th anniversary season. Rosenthal appeared on the Morning Interview with KCAW's Jeff Seifert to discuss his life and career post-festival.
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