Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

You’ve got a ‘fiend’ in me: A chilling Toy Story house reveals warmth, wit in doll art

A look inside the home of Sitka artist Pamela Ash is a study in contrasts. And how you take it all depends on how you feel about dolls. Scary dolls, ugly dolls, dolls in jars, baby dolls. They’re all watching, as she shows me around her art studio.

Sitka Tribe, NPS continue negotiating future park management

There’s uncertainty over whether Sitka’s tribe will lead interpretation at Sitka National Historical Park next year. The National Park Service and Sitka Tribe of Alaska say they’re negotiating terms of a new contract after the federal government opted not to renew the contract for 2020.

Health Insurance Marketplace open through mid-December

Open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace began on November 1. Andrea Thomas joined KCAW's Erin Fulton in the studio Monday (11/4/19) to discuss open enrollment and resources for Sitkans as they navigate the marketplace this winter.

Richard Nelson, writer who shared sounds of the wilderness, has died at 77

Sitka's Richard Nelson passed away this week (11-4-19) For years, the anthropologist, writer and naturalist would take listeners across Alaska on an intimate journey to places many would otherwise never experience. His show “Encounters,” was a 30-minute exercise to get us to think more deeply about the world around us.

Car accident near Sitka ferry terminal proves fatal

A 59-year-old Sitka man is dead after the car he was traveling in Friday went into Starrigavan Bay near Sitka’s ferry terminal.

SAR team aids two stuck on steep terrain at Nakwasina

The Sitka Fire Department and Coast Guard Air Station Sitka were busy over the weekend, performing multiple rescues and medevacs throughout Southeast.

UAS-Sitka campus director resigns, will return to SEARHC

After just under two years in the role, Leslie Gordon says she is stepping down as the campus...

Cost of Marine Street project up by $1.7 million

More money is going into a project to update the Marine Street Substation. On Tuesday night (10/22/19), the Sitka Assembly unanimously approved $1.7 million dollars be moved to the project, to cover extra costs.

Fluffy-tailed Sitkan hops into ‘Tonight Show’ limelight

Jenny Lewis is a singer-songwriter traveling all over the country and world this year, promoting her hit album “On the Line.” Most of the time, a former Sitkan is behind the scenes helping her music come to life. But When Lewis performed on the Tonight Show Wednesday (10/23/19) night, that Sitkan stepped into the limelight -- albeit in a rabbit suit -- and swept Lewis and viewers away.

Assembly dissolves ‘position’ subcommittee, hires administrator

Four months after the previous city administrator’s dismissal, the city’s top job has been filled. And filling other city jobs will soon be a bit easier. On a 4-3 vote, the Sitka Assembly voted to lift a hiring freeze and dissolve a “position” subcommittee enacted last spring.