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Indian River ‘monitoring tool’ may shed light on Sitka’s potential landslide hazard

by KCAW News | Aug 12, 2021 | The Morning Interview

Former Sitka science teacher and programmer Eric Matthes noticed an extraordinarily rapid rise in the Indian River (Ḵaasda Héen) on a trail run the morning of August 18, 2015. At the same time, three landslides struck in Sitka, one of them deadly. Matthes has since correlated eleven other landslides around Sitka since 2014 with high water events on the river, and developed an online tool that indicates when a rainstorm is producing a possible landslide hazard -- and when it's not. Read More

Skier survives avalanche in the crater of Mt. Edgecumbe

by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Apr 1, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated

The man triggered the slide during his descent, according to a report to the Coastal Alaska Avalanche Center. Two other skiers in his group used avalanche transceivers to locate him. Read More

In prep for reaccreditation, Sitka Mountain Rescue focuses on approach

by Katherine Rose | Feb 9, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

Some Sitkans pass the winter months huddled around board games and TV screens. But volunteers for Sitka Mountain Rescue gather in a different way. Read More

Herring child

by Rachel Waldholz, KCAW | Mar 20, 2014 | The CorvidEYE

Eric and Erin Matthes brought their son, Ever, to join the dozens of Sitkans who lined Halibut Point Road to watch the opening of the sac roe herring season on Thursday. Ever is a true "herring baby," said his parents. Born during herring season, he'll turn three on Friday. Read More