Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

‘Curious Sitka’ investigates local Salvation Army’s unusual blue shelters

In Sitka, the ringers stand in a different sort of shelter -- one that fans of classic British science fiction television will recognize instantly.

When preschoolers meet Pioneer Home residents, both benefit

Tucked away behind the Sitka Pioneer Home, which provides state-run senior housing and care, is a cozy yellow building with an entryway filled with tiny jackets and boots. These old nurses’ quarters now house Mt. Edgecumbe Preschool.

At planning meeting, conversation about warming shelter heats up

The seasonal warming shelter would run from October 1 to March 31 and sleep up to 20 men. Staffed by volunteers, it would be located in an existing structure, a two story dorm hall behind the church.

Mt. Edgecumbe girls set records at state wrestling tournament

Students from around Alaska gathered in Anchorage this weekend to compete in the state wrestling...

Rasmuson Foundation awards $200,000 for Sitka playground project

The Rasmuson Foundation awarded the Sitka Community Playground group $200,000 and on Tuesday, the Sitka Assembly authorized the city to receive those grants on behalf of the group.

What a change in city code could mean for Sitka’s LGBTQ community

The Sitka assembly on Tuesday will consider on final reading a sweeping anti-discrimination ordinance. But will it really change anything in Sitka?

Silver Bay plans for two aquatic farm sites north of Sitka

A local seafood processor is getting into the shellfish game. Silver Bay Seafoods applied for two mariculture leases earlier this year. The leases are good for ten years. If approved by the state, they will install 22 rafts in two separate locations northwest of Sitka for raising shellfish.