What’s in store for this year’s Alaska Day Festival?
Hal Spackman is the director of the Sitka Historical Museum- he joined KCAW's Erin Fulton to discuss this year's Alaska Day Festival. Listen here:Read More
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Human Rights Commission to join Sitka’s Alaska Day Festival
Since the earliest days of statehood, the Alaska Commission for Human Rights has held meetings in rural communities. This Alaska Day, the commission is renewing that tradition in Sitka.
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Alaska Day Festival returns with parade, brew fest
Alaska Day organizers Hal Spackman and Ted Allio joined Erin Fulton to discuss the activities planned for the weekend. Listen here:
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Discouraged by upswing in coronavirus, organizers cancel Sitka’s 2020 Alaska Day Festival
Although the October holiday is more than two months away, festival organizers are discouraged by the steady increase in coronavirus infections in the state, and decided it was best to stand down for this year.
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Jury denies former New Archangel dancer’s $3.7 million injury claim
After hearing two weeks of testimony, a Sitka jury must decide whether or not to award a former New Archangel Dancer $3.7 million in damages for an injury she sustained while rehearsing for the 2016 Alaska Day Celebration.
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