Category: Local News

Leak shuts down Green Lake power plant

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Jun 20, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

For the second time in the past year, the city shut down Sitka’s Green Lake power plant. Electric department staff discovered a leak in a 40-year-old electrical conduit.

PBS premiere: ‘Real Boy’ a journey through transition to acceptance

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jun 19, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

An award-winning film premiering on PBS tonight (6-19-17) has an Alaska connection. Real Boy is the story of a transgender youth launching a career as a musician in the Bay Area of California. The film was directed by Shaleece Haas, a former news intern at KCAW in Sitka.

SEARHC land transfer advances in congressional committees

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jun 16, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

A bill transferring over 19 acres of federal land in Sitka to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium — or SEARHC — has passed preliminary committees in both the US House and Senate.

Seven weeks after sinking, ‘Powhatan’ raised for a final trip south

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jun 16, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

There will be one last voyage for the Powhatan. The 81-foot tugboat sank at its dock in Sitka’s Starrigavan Bay in April. This week (6-12-17) salvage crews raised the Powhatan and placed it aboard a barge for a ride south to a Seattle scrap yard.

Sitka considers code changes in landslide zones

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Jun 16, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

The state is currently mapping the potential risk for landslides in Sitka. Whether the Sitka Assembly adopts the maps or not, city staff wanted to be prepared for how the information could affect property development.