Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

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.

Researcher listens to learn about ocean’s health

Whale watching is a popular pastime in Alaska, but what about whale listening? Dr. Kate Stafford does it for a living.

Sitka Tribe of Alaska receives over $2 million to aid domestic violence victims

The Sitka Tribe of Alaska has landed over $2 million in federal grant money to aid victims of domestic violence.

LGBTQ protections could become part of Sitka’s city code

Earlier this fall, the Human Rights Campaign, a national nonprofit, released its annual Municipal Equality Index. Along with 10 other cities, Sitka received a score of zero.

Does Sitka’s Baranov statue impress or oppress?

Earlier this fall -- right around the October Alaska Day Festival -- a group of Sitkans renewed a conversation about a piece of bronze art in heart of downtown.

Students get ‘hands-on’ experience with subsistence

In a high school classroom a saw is buzzing, but it’s not woodshop class. Students at Pacific High stand in a circle, watching intently as Fujioka shows them, step by step how to process a deer.