Author: Ed Ronco

'Steps' grant done after 5 years

A five-year program to develop healthy habits in Southeast Alaska has come to a conclusion. Steps to a Healthier Southeast Alaska ran from 2004 until just this last week, when the federal grant funding it ran out. The grant’s manager, and other health officials in Sitka, say the program made a difference.

Read More

Interview: SJC trustees to convey campus "without freight"

In the first of a series of interviews for Iowa Public Radio, KCAW's Robert Woolsey speaks with Sheldon Jackson College president David Dobler about the crisis that led to the closure of the school in 2007, and the trustees' hope for collaboration with the University of Dubuque.

Read More

Thornton: Kitka brought justice, dignity to cultural life

The University of Alaska awarded an honorary doctorate to Herman Kitka in graduation ceremonies in Sitka in May, 2009. This is an excerpt of a news story produced at the time, featuring extended remarks by Oxford scholar Thomas Thornton, university Chancellor John Pugh, and Herman Kitka.

Read More

Herman Kitka dies at 95

Tlingit elder Herman Kitka died in Sitka on Sunday (12-27-09). The Kogwaantaan leader and the first president of the Shee Atika corporation board of directors was 95 years old.

Read More

Sitka assembly approves wish list

The Sitka Assembly approved its legislative priority list for the upcoming year. It maps out projects Sitka would like the state to help fund. One assembly member questioned whether the state would perceive the requests as being too ambitious.

Read More

Bear caught, freed near Tenakee

An Alaska Department of Fish & Game biologist was called to Tenakee Springs earlier this week to free a bear whose toes had become caught in an otter trap. The cub was caught in the trap on a rocky point in Long Bay, which is about 15 miles northwest of Tenakee Springs.

Read More

Reactions mixed to 2010 Sitka herring forecast

The initial reactions to next spring’s projected record herring harvest in Sitka Sound are mixed. The commercial sector is pleased with the continued high abundance of the fish; the Tribal government is worried that the Department of Fish & Game’s forecasting model may be flawed, and that the high harvest may jeopardize stocks.

Read More

TAB asks city for more time to ship water

A company planning to ship drinking water from Blue Lake to foreign countries is asking the City of Sitka for more time to get its operations underway. True Alaska Bottling Company wants to sell 3-billion gallons of Sitka water each year. The city would benefit from the deal, too, possibly to the tune of millions of dollars. But as Ed Ronco reports, city leaders are trying to strike a delicate balance, by courting a company’s business, while at the same time, staying firm about thousands of overdue dollars that company owes to Sitka.

Read More

Record herring harvest forecast for Sitka in 2010

The forecast for next spring’s record herring catch in Sitka Sound has as much to do with improved computer modeling as with high fish abundance. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game on Friday (12-11-09) announced a guideline harvest level for the March 2010 fishery of almost 19-thousand tons, about four thousand tons more than last year.

Read More

News Tip Button

Send KCAW a lead on a news story.

latest_newscast

latest_newscast

Community Calendar

Email universal code

email inline code

KCAW Prize Drawings: click on the links for rules and winner info.

Alaska Seaplanes Drawing – ends 12/31/22

Alaska Airlines Drawing – ended 4/9/2022

Quiet Drive – ended 4/3/2022

Spring 2023 Quiet Drive – ends 4/2/2023

Allen Marine Drawing – ends 4/6/23

Alaska Seaplanes Drawing – ends 10/8/23

Alaska Airlines Spring 2024– ends 3/24/24