Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

Minor earthquake shakes Sitka on Monday

As reported by the Alaska Earthquake Center, around 12:50 p.m., a 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck around 37 miles west of Sitka.

Five months after sustaining slide damage, section of Sitka Cross trail repaired

A 30-foot chunk of the Sitka Cross Trail that washed out in a landslide in late January has finally been repaired.

Two teens apprehended for alleged involvement in arson case

Sitka law enforcement officers have apprehended two teenagers for allegedly starting a fire in Crescent Harbor last month.

Sitka Coast Guard crew medevacs man from Eurodam cruise ship

The Coast Guard medevaced a man Sunday night (6-5-22) from a cruise ship near Duke Island, around 120 miles southeast of Sitka.

Assembly considers options to fund heavy lift of marine haulout construction

Plans for a new marine haul out in Sitka are high and dry, after the Sitka Assembly on Tuesday did not reach a consensus on where to go next to look for funding for the project. Some members contemplated putting a tax on the October ballot and building the haulout with public funds, and some still hoped for some combination of grant funding and private capital.

Meet the Sitkan behind the music of a certain cynical cartoon cephalopod

Although the show Spongebob Squarepants was carefully targeted at a cartoon-loving demographic in the late 1990s, parts of the delightfully offbeat production were a happy accident. Namely, Spongebob’s jazzaphile neighbor Squidward, and his somewhat random clarinet performances. The musical genius of Squidward can be traced back to one person who now lives in Sitka, and shares his gifts every week on his own radio program.