KCAW Staff, Author at KCAW

Sitka task force highlights emergency economic relief

Garry White, director of the Sitka Economic Development Association, spoke with KCAW's Robert Woolsey about the group's effort to manage the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SEARHC eyes closed boarding school as COVID-19 treatment site

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium – or SEARHC – is eyeing the Mt. Edgecumbe boarding school in case its hospital in Sitka is overtaxed.

New UAS program equips college students and their ‘supporters’ with resources

A new UAS program, “Supporting Supporters” focuses on equipping...

Teddy bear season opens in Sitka, no license required

Hunting season is open — for teddy bears. In Anchorage, Juneau, and Sitka, folks are...

To keep virus out, Angoon closes door to outsiders

As local governments across the state impose restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19, Angoon will join a number of small communities in barring all non-residents from entering the town.

Wegner will direct leadership programs at UAS College of Education

The University of Alaska Southeast announced (Friday 3-27-20) that it has hired Sitka Schools superintendent Mary Wegner to head the College of Education’s two leadership programs, for graduate students seeking to become principals and superintendents.

Disrupted by virus, recall effort and primary election shift to snail mail

In a pandemic, there’s no such thing as politics as usual. Now, the Alaska Democratic Party and the Recall Dunleavy campaign are reaching voters by mail.

SEARHC relaxes testing criteria as virus spreads in Southeast communities

You no longer need to have traveled, or have come into contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19, to be tested for coronavirus in many Southeast communities. As of Thursday, March 26, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium will test anyone showing symptoms of the virus.