Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

With quick thinking and a garden hose, mother and son extinguish Sitka house fire

Tragedy was narrowly avoided on Tuesday (7-22-25) when several good Samaritans discovered and quickly put out a house fire in Sitka.

August king opener will be noncompetitive fishery

Southeast Alaska’s king salmon troll fishery will open for a second time in August, but the late summer opener will not be competitive. In a press release last week (7-16-25), the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced it would instead allow trollers to take an equal share of the remaining allocated summer kings.

Filing period opens for October 7 municipal election

The filing period to run for local office in Sitka opened on Monday (7-21-25).

As negotiations wind down, city officials hope for September haulout opening

City officials are close to wrapping negotiations with the contractor set to run the city’s new marine haulout, allowing Sitka’s fishing fleet to haul boats and make repairs locally for the first time in several years.

Around half of Sitka experienced brief outage Thursday

Around half of Sitka experienced a brief power outage this morning [Thursday, 7-17-25].

July king fishery exceeds state’s target, leaving few fish for August opener

Southeast Alaska trollers caught more than anticipated in the summer’s first king opener, leaving few fish to catch for a second opener in August.

Gov. candidate Bernadette Wilson to visit Sitka on Sunday

A conservative activist vying to be Alaska’s next governor is touring Southeast this weekend. Bernadette Wilson is an Anchorage business owner, former talk radio host and the great-niece of late Alaska Governor Wally Hickel. She spoke with KCAW’s Katherine Rose about her platform ahead of her visit to Sitka/Southeast.