An expert in tribal law and health care says it would be possible for Sitka Community Hospital and the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium to combine operations, but control over the organization would primarily rest with SEARHC.
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Ellen Lueders is helping organize the first-ever "Rusty Raven Vintage Holiday Market," which will open in the Yaw Art Building, this Friday-Sunday in conjunction with the Sitka Artisans Market (Allen Hall, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Friday December 2, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday). She's joined by gyotaku print artist Jerry Wright and salt-maker Jim Michener. Downloadable audio.
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35-year-old Kyle Paddleford of Juneau is safe after being rescued by an Air Station Sitka helicopter on Friday evening (11-25-16). Paddleford missed his rendezvous with partners after becoming lost near Green Cove.
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Michelle Putz, with the Sitka Global Warming Group, is coordinating nominations for the Sitka...
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Perry Edwards says that fisheries remain the top economic driver in the Sitka Ranger District. He believes that continued salmon habitat restoration and recreational funding make economic sense.
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Amber Hulon and Crystal Ivy, with Sitka Community Hospital, discuss plans for this year's Turkey Trot, 9 a.m. Thu Nov 24 at Crescent Harbor. All proceeds to Sitka Community Playground. Register online, or from 8:15 to 8:45 Thanksgiving day. Downloadable audio.
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Zeke Blackwell, director of the Young Performers Theater at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, and Rhiannon Guevin discuss upcoming auditions for Oliver! Auditions: December 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, sign up here. Downloadable audio.
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Since she arrived at KCAW, people in Sitka and around the state have been asking Schaeffer to say things that they’d really rather not say themselves. Now, she's turned that silvery voice into gold.
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It may be the cheapest route into a brand new family home in Sitka. It will have two-stories, three bedrooms, a yard, and off--street parking. It has just about everything, in fact, except a long list of people eager to buy it.
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High rainfall this month is being blamed for a major landslide near Sitka. The US Forest Service reports that a 100-acre slide came down in the Starrigavan Valley, about ten miles from town. The slide, and water damage to an ATV trail in the valley and other hiking trails elsewhere in Sitka -- all add up to a tough month for the agency.
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