Author: Emily Kwong, KCAW

2016: A Year of Connections Lost and Found

Whether across the aisle or in the street, the year was rife with political and social conflict - some divisive, some unifying. The big moments of the year were defined not so much by how people came together, but where they freely expressed their differences.

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Brief power outage in Sitka harbors

Some of Sitka’s harbor users experienced a short outage yesterday evening (12-05-16). A high voltage switch failed near the corner of Halibut Point Road and Katlian Street. This created an outage at Thomsen Harbor, Eliason Harbor, and the area of the Seafood Producers Coop.

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Kake rebuilds community library, one book at a time

For over a decade, there was no place to check out a book in Kake, Alaska. The school district closed the library in 1999 due to funding loss. But through outside partnerships and the hard labor of volunteers, the books were put back on the shelves and the library re-opened one year ago.

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Teri Rofkar, innovative Tlingit weaver, dies at 60

Tlingit weaver Teri Rofkar died today (12-02-16). The Sitka resident was internationally renowned for her baskets and textiles, made from cedar, spruce tree roots, and mountain goat wool collected along Sitka’s shores. She was 60 years old.

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