Robert Woolsey, KCAW, Author at KCAW

A ‘funnybug’ holds a serious clue to Ice Age ecology

While finding the "funnybug" in Sitka sheds light on one of the more obscure corners of entomology, it also is a clue to how humans may have survived the Ice Age in North America.

PBS premiere: ‘Real Boy’ a journey through transition to acceptance

An award-winning film premiering on PBS tonight (6-19-17) has an Alaska connection. Real Boy is the story of a transgender youth launching a career as a musician in the Bay Area of California. The film was directed by Shaleece Haas, a former news intern at KCAW in Sitka.

SEARHC land transfer advances in congressional committees

A bill transferring over 19 acres of federal land in Sitka to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium -- or SEARHC -- has passed preliminary committees in both the US House and Senate.

Seven weeks after sinking, ‘Powhatan’ raised for a final trip south

There will be one last voyage for the Powhatan. The 81-foot tugboat sank at its dock in Sitka’s Starrigavan Bay in April. This week (6-12-17) salvage crews raised the Powhatan and placed it aboard a barge for a ride south to a Seattle scrap yard.

Jeff Davis: A ‘ferocious leader’ becomes Alaska’s first military governor

Along with other notable historic figures like Katlian, Seward, and Lincoln, there’s a street in Sitka named for Jeff Davis -- but he’s not the Jeff Davis most people think he is.

‘Woman with small shovel’ finds a clue to Sitka’s paleo past

A stone tool -- resembling a wedge, or striker -- was unearthed in an excavation beneath a street in downtown Sitka, and may never have been found, but for a retired anthropologist who knew what to look for.

A solo ‘cruise’ around North America stops in Sitka

A kayaker who has circumnavigated the continents of Australia and South America is now on her way around North America. Freya Hoffmeister stopped in Sitka to resupply, roughly 70 days after leaving Seattle.

Pitching, gameplay earn Sitka a second baseball title in four years

The Sitka High Wolves are the state baseball champions -- again. The Wolves edged out the South High Wolverines 2-1 on Saturday (6-3-17) to capture their second state title in four years.

One-tenth of a pound makes a winner in Sitka derby

Yet another Bernhardt is out in front after three days of fishing in the Sitka Salmon Derby. Paige Bernhardt leads all competitors with a 35.6 pound king. Her father-in-law Bob won last year.

Sitka assembly picks Messina for interim administrator post

The Sitka assembly has finally found someone they’d like to hire to run the municipal government. Unfortunately, he’s a temp. The assembly would like Phillip Messina to be administrator for 3 months.