Katherine Rose, Author at KCAW

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.

Lake Street bear’s rare tear sparks neighborhood scare

Sitka has a downtown bear. Residents around Swan Lake have recently called in numerous reports of a brown bear getting into trash cans, raiding chicken coops -- and even swimming in the lake.

Coffee, video games, policy: 20-year-old takes reins of Sitka School Board

The Sitka School Board has a new member. Paul Rioux was sworn in when the school board met Friday (10/11/19) night. And it has a new president too.

Utility dock sale delayed again

The long-delayed sale of the old utility dock at Sitka’s industrial park is being delayed again, over concerns about the possible moorage of large ships at the brand new industrial dock next door.

Starved of funding, Mt. Edgecumbe Aquatic Center to be shuttered in December

The brand new Mt. Edgecumbe High School Aquatic Center in Sitka has been open to students for all of two semesters, and is scheduled now to be closed -- permanently -- at the end of December.

Assembly appoints new interim admin, swears in new members

The newly elected members of the Sitka Assembly were seated Tuesday night (10-8-19) and they weren’t the only new faces added to the fold- the assembly appointed a long-term interim city administrator.