Eechdaa Dave Ketah is a Tlingit carver, drum maker, and painter. He's the Sheldon Jackson Museum’s first Alaska Native artist-in-residence of 2022 and will be working most days at the museum through July 30. Listen to our conversation with Ketah here:
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A year into serving his second term as a Sitka Assembly member, Kevin Mosher has filed to run for the mayor’s seat. KCAW’s Katherine Rose spoke with Mosher this week about why he’s making another run for elected office:
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The future of the marine services industry in Sitka could be decided by voters this fall. The Sitka Assembly Tuesday night (7-12-22) approved on first reading a ballot question asking residents to spend the proceeds from the recent sale of the community hospital to build a new marine haulout at the city’s industrial park.
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Sitkans may get to weigh in on another ballot proposition in this fall’s municipal election.
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The Sitka Fire Department responded to a brush fire on Sunday night on private property behind the Petro gas station.
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Ellen Frankenstein, Shannon Haugland and Atman Mehta joined KCAW's Brooke Schafer in the studio to discuss the triumphant return of the 48 Hour Film Festival on July 13.
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Just a week after the cutter Kukui changed hands, Air Station Sitka has a new commanding officer. The station held a change of command ceremony this/Friday morning at the hangar. An audience of Coast Guard officers, community members, friends and family recognized outgoing Captain Brian McLaughlin, and incoming Commander Vincent Jansen.
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Sitka’s COVID community level is at “high” for the third week in a row. That’s according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday (7-7-22).
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Southeast Alaska is home to at least six wild bat species, and maybe more. The nocturnal mammals are often not seen…that is unless they’ve made a home out of your warm, inviting attic. But if that happens, getting them out can be quite the challenge.
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Two updated union contracts were approved without a hitch when the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday. The group gave the green light for the collective bargaining agreements for the unions representing Sitka’s firefighters and electrical workers.
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