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Despite promise of help from Juneau, Sitka School Board cuts 16 teachers to balance next year’s budget
The Sitka School Board Wednesday night (5-1-24) passed a budget for next year with the most sweeping jobs cut in recent memory. A total of 16 teaching positions are gone, with most unlikely to be restored – even after a pledge by the governor to sign a one-time boost in education funding in the next state operating budget.
Task force finalizes tourism recommendations
A little over a year after it was created, Sitka’s Tourism Task Force has completed its work, without settling on a “magic number” of annual cruise passengers. Instead, the assembly-appointed group adopted recommendations including reducing “peak days,” engaging with the visitor industry, and establishing a permanent commission to take its place.
With an unexpected ship, Thursday May 2 will be Sitka’s biggest day of the summer cruise season
Thursday (5-2-24) will be the biggest day of the 2024 cruise season in Sitka. The unscheduled arrival of a third ship will put the projected passenger count at 9,300. Disembarking crew members could push the total number of visitors into five figures. During a joint meeting of the Sitka Tribal Council and Sitka Assembly Tuesday evening (4-30-24), Mayor Steven Eisenbeisz said the big day was not part of the city's game plan.
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41st Annual Quilt Show opens in Sitka May 10
The Ocean Wave Quilt show opens May 10, 5-8 pm and then daily through May 19. And, special Mother’s Day Tea on Sunday, May 12 at noon! Megan Pasternak and Janine Holzman share the details.
5k fun run embraces ‘under the sea’ theme
Girls on the Run and its new sister program, Heart and Sole, will host a 5k fun run this weekend with an "under the sea" theme.
Sitka Trail Works to offer weekly group hikes this summer
Sitka Trail Works is gearing up for fun summer of hiking and volunteer events. Executive director Ben Hughey joined KCAW to discuss events the nonprofit has planned for the long days of the summer months. Listen here:
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Southeast Alaska not ready for a hatchery-only king fishery study finds
A 45.8-pound king sits on ice during Petersburg’s salmon derby in 2015. The community has not held...
Ketchikan’s primary homeless shelter is stopping overnight service
Ketchikan Creek swells after heavy rains in late 2019. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Ketchikan’s only 24-hour...
Petersburg residents march in the rain for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Day
A group of 17 people marched through Petersburg’s downtown on Sunday, May 5, 2024. (Photo by...
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Anchorage mayoral runoff election: Q&As with Dave Bronson and Suzanne LaFrance
Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and former Anchorage Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance have...
Key senators skeptical royalty relief proposals would boost Cook Inlet gas output
The Alaska State Capitol on March 25, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Key state lawmakers...
Alaska U.S. House candidate Begich gets Freedom Fund endorsement
Nick Begich III at 2022 candidate forum (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) The race for Alaska’s...
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Putin replaces his defense minister as he starts his 5th term in office
Putin proposed Andrei Belousov, who until recently served as the first deputy prime minister, to...
There’s still a chance to see the Northern Lights from lower latitudes
The solar storm that’s pushing sightings of the Northern Lights to lower latitudes is...
Student protests caused mostly minor disruptions at several graduation ceremonies
From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest...
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