Matt Hunter Archives

Tag: Matt Hunter

Longtime Sitka Search & Rescue veteran found dead on Mt. Verstovia

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Nov 6, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Mike Motti, a 39-year veteran with Sitka Search and Rescue, climbed Mt. Verstovia every year on his birthday. On Friday (11-4-22) he failed to return. Searchers found him alongside the trail near the top, apparently dead from natural causes. Read More

Sitka’s abandoned Fort Babcock to be scrubbed of PCB pollution

by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Jan 21, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

The feds plan to spend $2.2 million to clean up PCB contamination on Kruzof Island near Sitka. It's part of World War II's legacy of abandoned toxic waste sites that have been unaddressed nearly 80 years later. Read More

Commemorate Alaska Day with the Sitka Historical Society

by KCAW News | Oct 11, 2018 | The Morning Interview

It's that time of year again! Join the Sitka Historical Society next week to look back and reflect on Sitka's history before Alaska Day. Read More

After two years of debate, Sitka’s tobacco age goes to 21

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 11, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

The age to buy tobacco in Sitka will be going up, if an ordinance passed by the Sitka Assembly this week survives a second reading. The assembly also passed the 2019 budget on first reading -- both literally and figuratively. Read More