Bob Sam is one of five candidates running for four seats on tribal council, along with Wilbur G. Brown, Michael Miller, Nancy Douglas, and Wilfred S. Hanbury. Sam will be listed on the ballot as Robert Calvin Sam.
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Planning for the holiday started months ago, but a holiday centered around colonialism has some people rethinking one of Sitka’s longest standing traditions. Downloadable audio.
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A pair of Southeast legislators is asking the governor to include Southeast fishermen in Alaska’s request for federal disaster relief under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
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When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (10-25-16), they’ll focus mostly on funding decisions: what to save, what to spend, and how. That includes a transfer to the Public Infrastructure Sinking Fund, which pays for city roads and sidewalks, and expenses related to the August 2015 landslide.
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Ohio-based poet Nikki Zielinski is the artist-in-residence at the Island Institute this October-November. She originally planned to work on poetry revisions while here, but she's been surprised by the beauty of Sitka, the bears wandering our streets, and the way "wildness presses in" on civilization here. Zielinski will host a workshop/reading 6:30 PM November 2 at the Island Institute. Downloadable audio.
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ALFA's Linda Behnken and Dan Falvey update listeners on two software workshops on bathymetric charting software with Nobletec, at the Sitka Sound Science Center on October 24 & 25. In addition, ALFA is sponsoring energy audits on fishing boats with a licensed marine engineer throughout the week. A workshop this Saturday, Oct 29, at noon in the Westmark Sitka will present data and ideas for efficiency discovered in the audits. And finally, there will be a series of workshops for longliners considering switching to pot gear, beginning at 10 AM on Friday Oct 28 and Saturday Oct 29 and running throughout the day. For complete information visit the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association online.Downloadable audio.
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The Sitka Health Summit held it’s 10th annual Planning Day on Friday (10-21-16). The crowd of 75 gathered at University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) to brainstorm wellness initiatives and through a blind vote, chose two projects with direct ties to food.
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Wildlife troopers shot and killed a brown bear sow and her two cubs in a Sitka neighborhood late this week (10/20/16). While it’s not the first report of an aggressive bear near downtown, the three were the first animals destroyed this year for public safety. Downloadable audio.
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The proponents of a new playground at Sitka’s Crescent Harbor want to get to work on the over half-million dollar upgrade in 2017.
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Angie Bowers will be teaching a Salmon Culture Lab October 26th - 28th at the Sitka Sound Science Center. The class is offered through the University of Alaska Southeast's Fisheries Technology Program. Downloadable audio.
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