Sitka’s daily paper looks to the reading public for insight into its future
The Daily Sitka Sentinel has been published by Thad and Sandy Poulson for the last 50 years. A new survey is intended to help guide its future.
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Tag: Lisa Busch
New science center director: ‘The first thing I want to do is listen”
When Lisa Busch announced she was retiring this April after 14 years as Executive Director of the Sitka Sound Science Center, Fairbanks-based veterinarian Arleigh Reynolds says he was ready to hop on a southbound flight. Reynolds, who most recently served as the director of the University of Alaska - Fairbanks Center for One Health Research, says he has been collaborating with the science center and other Sitka organizations for the past decade. And now that he’s been hired as Busch’s successor, he says he’s eager to get to work.
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Science Center to dedicate renovated mill building and hatchery Friday
The Sitka Sound Science Center is holding a ribbon-cutting on the restored Mill Building and hatchery on July 7. Executive Director Lisa Busch and board member Michael Mausbach joined KCAW's Brooke Schafer for the morning interview to share details.
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More bust than bonanza, Sitka’s 10,000-passenger day was ‘far too many’ says mayor
Nearly 10,000 cruise visitors in one day is "far too many," Sitka's mayor said at Tuesday's assembly meeting (6-27-23). An informal poll of downtown businesses indicated that June 21 was more bust than bonanza, as resources were strained across the community.
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New app warns Sitkans of landslide risk
Seven years (to the day) after a swarm of landslides struck Sitka -- one of which was fatal -- an interdisciplinary team has developed a web-based tool to alert residents to landslide danger.
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