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LatestMarch 26, 2024: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?
by Katherine Rose | Mar 26, 2024
When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight, it will consider updating the goals and work plan for the city’s sustainability commission for the coming year.
Sitka schools may drain savings account, swimming pool to make ends meet in ’25
by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 26, 2024
Sitka's Schools will have $1.4 million in reserves at the end of the current academic year -- far short of the amount needed to cover next year's deficit. At a work session, the Sitka School Board discussed how much of its savings to drain to make ends meet next year, and which programs -- like the Blatchley Swimming Pool -- might be transferred to the city, or cut altogether. (KCAW/Woolsey)
At meeting ahead of herring opener, state lays out plan for fishery
by Katherine Rose | Mar 24, 2024
The Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery went on two-hour notice this/Wednesday morning, and so far the fishery has yet to open.
The Morning Interview
Latest‘Frankenstein’ adaptation brings Mary Shelley to life
Mar 22, 2024
Most of us think of the big, green, misunderstood monster from Mary Shelley's seminal work when we hear the word "Frankenstein." In Sitka Community Theater's upcoming production of Danielle Mohlman's Frankenstein, the focus is on Mary Shelley herself.
‘A Beautiful Place’ tackles climate change in rural Alaska
Mar 21, 2024
Artchange, Inc. and the Sitka Film Society are screening a new short documentary by Atman Mehta. "A Beautiful Place" features residents of the Alaska village of Golovin and climate change in rural Alaska.
Book flea market to raise funds for library
Mar 21, 2024
The Friends of Sitka Public Library is hosting a book flea market and rare book auction to raise money for Sitka Public Library programming next Saturday, March 30.
Southeast News
LatestWithout additional education funds, Wrangell Public Schools will have to dip into close to half their savings next year
by KSTK Wrangell | Mar 28, 2024
(Sage Smiley/KSTK) The first draft of Wrangell’s school budget for next year was discussed at last...
Petersburg Medical Center’s nursing department steadily recovers from staffing shortage
by KFSK Petersburg | Mar 28, 2024
Jennifer Bryner, Petersburg Medical Center’s Chief Nursing Officer, pictured next to the...
Ketchikan Borough is considering raising airport parking rates
by KRBD Ketchikan | Mar 27, 2024
The parking lot of the the Ketchikan International Airport on the Revillagigedo Island side....
Alaska News
LatestLawmakers clash over Permanent Fund dividend amount as House debates budget
by APRN | Mar 28, 2024
Co-chair Rep. DeLena Johnson, R-Palmer, is seen during a House Finance Committee meeting on March...
This Alaska artist hopes you’ll draw on your vintage clothes | INDIE ALASKA
by APRN | Mar 28, 2024
Meg Kelley has been crafting since she was a kid learning to live with an ADHD diagnosis. Now as...
Anchorage airport officials hope incentive program encourages airlines to test new routes
by APRN | Mar 28, 2024
Alaska Airlines planes are parked at several Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport gates on...
NPR
LatestBaltimore bridge collapse threatens jobs; Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25-year sentence
by NPR | Mar 29, 2024
Cleaning up the Baltimore bridge collapse won’t be quick, easy or inexpensive. Disgraced FTX...
The White House issued new rules on how government can use AI. Here’s what they do
by NPR | Mar 29, 2024
The memo outlines how government agencies can implement artificial intelligence and requires that...
Bad news, chocolate lovers: Cocoa prices have risen faster than bitcoin
by NPR | Mar 29, 2024
It’s been a wild historic ride: The price of cocoa topped the all-time record before...
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