Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

Fine Arts Camp requests $125,000 from city to break even on PAC management

As conversations around school funding continue, one facility that has been mostly spared from budget talks in recent years is the Sitka Performing Arts Center. For the last several years, a local nonprofit has been managing the PAC for the Sitka School District. They don’t charge a fee- they just collect revenue from rentals of the PAC. But now they’re asking for an annual fee in order to keep up with the cost of running the facility.

March 26, 2024: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight, it will consider updating the goals and work plan for the city’s sustainability commission for the coming year.

At meeting ahead of herring opener, state lays out plan for fishery

The Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery went on two-hour notice this/Wednesday morning, and so far the fishery has yet to open.

Most herring egg sushi likely from North America, but it’s not so easy to find

KCAW’s Katherine Rose continues her assignment in Japan, where she’s learning about the industry and history of herring in the country. Last week, Rose visited a sushi restaurant in Otaru, and spoke with sushi chef Kodai Sanada about herring and herring egg sushi.

Buyers vie for hatchery herring in Otaru’s ‘flash’ auction

KCAW’s Katherine Rose continues her assignment in Japan this week, where she’s looking into the industry and culture of herring. Today, Rose tracks the herring to an early-morning wholesale auction in the city of Otaru, where, in a lightning-fast process that lasts under four minutes, buyers stake their claim to thousands of boxes of hatchery-produced herring – all of which will be processed and retailed in Japan.

Takashima gillnetters find a growing market for hatchery herring

KCAW’s Katherine Rose continues her assignment in Japan this week, where she’s looking into the industry and culture of herring. Today, Rose visits Takashima Fishing Village in the city of Otaru and learns about one family's gillnetting operation.

Two minutes in Tsukiji Outer Market

KCAW’s Katherine Rose continues her assignment in Japan this week, where she’s looking into the industry and culture of herring. Rose recently visited the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyoand met with a vendor who sells sac roe from Alaska.

Two minutes in Toyosu Fish Market

KCAW’s Katherine Rose is on assignment in Japan this week, where she’s looking into the industry and culture of herring. Rose’s first stop was the Toyosu Fish Market in Tokyo – the Grand Central Station of Asian seafood.

Assembly considers where to set utility rates for FY25

The budgeting process for fiscal year 2025 is underway, and when the Sitka Assembly met on February 29, it reviewed the city’s enterprise funds and proposed rate increases. This year, city staff recommended increasing utility rates by four percent for water, seven-and-a-half percent for waste water, four percent for solid waste and four percent for harbors.

Public records appeal sparks debate at assembly table

Things became unusually heated at the latest meeting of the Sitka Assembly, after a member of the public – and former assembly candidate – leveled accusations of corruption at municipal government, and claimed his record requests were being wrongfully denied.